The Church of the Flying Macaroni Monster. Belief in the Pasta Monster

The twentieth century brought freedom of religion to most countries of the world. People had the opportunity to choose which God to believe in and what religious rites to follow. One of the first to use it Tatars, scattered throughout all CIS countries, which massively began to return to the faith of their ancestors. In addition, many parents began to refuse early baptism of their children, arguing that the descendants must consciously come to God and choose their own spiritual path.

An active position was taken by all sorts of charlatans, who created an abundance of sects and pseudo-religious teachings, aimed mainly at replenishing the purses of the creators at the expense of the trustful flock.

However, the most interesting current is the so-called Church of the Flying Macaroni Monster (it is also Pastafarianism). And at once two factors: firstly, it does not seek to take money from its supporters, and secondly, until the world community has come to a common opinion what it is - a global joke or a serious religious direction.

Several different views

Some people believe that the Church of the Flying Macaroni Monster is a well-reasoned spiritual doctrine that has a solid philosophical, scientific and religious base. And they assure that pastafarianism is more justified in its essence than the overwhelming number of other religions.

The majority of the people belong to the Churches of the Flying Macaroni Monster as a lucky joke, almost an April Fool's rally. They can be understood: the outer accessories of this religion are very comical.

Supporters of traditional churches (primarily Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant) perceive the new teaching as an outrage over their symbols and regulations, mockery of everything that is holy to them.

History of the emergence of pastafarianism

The belief in a macaroni monster is very young in itself. It appeared only in 2005 by the efforts of a certain Robert (Bobby) named Henderson. He was very indignant at the compulsory study at the school of the course of "Reasonable Design", similar to the lessons of the word of God in pre-revolutionary Russia. This concept was supposed to replace the evolutionary theory.

The future prophet, whom the Church of the Pasta Monster subsequently declared, said that there is no evidence that the world was created by the Lord. Therefore, we can consider with the same success that macaroni and meatballs took part in its creation. So the founder of the new current urged him to study it in all schools on a par with other subjects.

Name value

Initially, the religion of a macaroni monster was conceived as a parody and protest. This is also reflected in the name of pastafarianism. The first part comes from macaroni (calque from the Italian language), the second - from the Jamaican rastafarian. Pasta - it's understandable, yet the creator of the thing is a pasta monster. But the ideas of the Jamaican religion have somewhat changed. If on that island a piece of faith is marijuana, then in pastafarianism it was replaced by a cult of beer.

Basic provisions of the new religion

The basic principle of the Church of the Flying Macaroni Monster is the unprovability and irrefutability of any postulates. Her followers are sure that any proof of something is arranged by the creator himself, which remains, though unreadable, but still valid to this day. That is, having found scientific proof of the hypothesis put forward, the scientist does not actually receive the exact result, as he thinks, but what the macaroni monster wants to see or show to the person.

The unbreakable dogma of pastafarianism is the complete negation of all and all dogmas.

Everyone will enter paradise, regardless of faith. A flying macaroni monster (official website states this definitely) is indifferent to whether the person was a supporter of it. And in the paradise of all waiting for a beer volcano, which can be attached to everyone. Promised yet some kind of "striptease factory", but somehow it is not very clear what it is.

Pastafarians have their own analog of the procession, called the pastoral process; Each prayer ends with the word "Ramini" (a symbiosis of the classic amen and the name of the Japanese soup all with the same pasta). Those who are close to the belief in a macaroni monster are considered pirates of the saints, whose bad reputation is due to the fact that they were deceived.

The holy book of LMM

2006 made the world happy by the creation of the Gospel of the Flying Macaroni Monster. And not just written, but also published in a rather large edition. It declared Friday the main holiday, which is not necessary to celebrate at the same time. However, it is necessary to celebrate it completely doing nothing.

The Pasteurians paid tribute not only to Christianity. They have a Ramindan festival, suspiciously similar to Ramadan. On this day you need to eat soluble noodles. Halloween and the day of pirates are also celebrated, probably, instead of the Catholic day of all saints.

The Gospel of the Pasta Monster gave its followers and commandments, which at the same time to observe is not at all fundamentally, since this doctrine generally denies dogma.

Commandments of pastafarianism

They are set out in the form of recommendations: "it would be better not to do something". In total, there are 8 of them, and some of them are somewhat analogous to the Christian commandments, only set out in a softer, humorous and modern tradition. In principle, the result of these recommendations can be reduced to two provisions: behave yourself and enjoy life. If the former is fully correlated with Christianity, the latter at the root of it contradicts.

The most zealous follower

The most active belief in the Pasta Monster is professed by an Austrian citizen who fought for three years with his country's bureaucratic apparatus for the right to be with a steward on his head in a photo for a driver's license. He still managed to prove that this kitchen appliance is an integral part of his religious attire, and in the end he proudly showed the world his "headpiece" and the photo on the rights in it.

It can be said that the Austrian fully fulfilled his duty to his faith: he brought the most ordinary everyday process to absurdity and absurdity.

Distribution of pastafarianism in the world: Russia

Gradually, the new religion expands its territory of distribution. Fertile soil for it was Russia, where they always liked to joke themselves, able to assess the scope of someone else's rally, and the joy of living in the form of beer and idleness, too, do not leave the Russians indifferent.

At first, there were not so many pastaarians on Russian territory, but in January 2011 their site began to work. At the end of the spring virtual supporters of the Flying Macaroni Monster were already two thousand. Certificates were issued for believers. The new doctrine in Russia began to gain momentum. In 2013, it became possible to talk about the registration of the Church of the Flying Macaroni Monster in Moscow (while in the form of a religious group). The statement was written on July 12, and on August 17, a pastoral process was held.

Now groups of Pasteurians exist in Chelyabinsk, Petersburg, Tver, Vologda and some other cities.

Some observers believe that the "pasta church", conceived as a protest and libel, in Russia begins to acquire the dimensions of a solid religious organization. Pasta lawyers are seriously preparing documents for the registration of a new church, and the founders of the Russian branch of this exercise are preparing themselves for the necessary examinations, commissions and overcoming various obstacles. True, they do it all in accordance with the commandments of their monster: they say, they will refuse - also an occasion to joke and neigh.

Orthodoxy is still cautious in its assessments of what is happening. Either the hierarchs do not take seriously the Church of the Macaroni Monster, or at all did not hear about it, or draw parallels between their faith and pastafarianism. However, believers indignantly refer to the ideas of the Kansas father-founder, and the religious organization "God's will" even behaved aggressively enough during the pastoral process.

Distribution of pastafarianism in the world: Ukraine

No less active in this respect and the neighbors are Ukrainians. Last year, on October 11 (as it should be, on a holy Friday), the "Ukrainian Pastafarian Church" was registered, though not as a religious one, but as a public organization. The next day the supporters of the Pasta Monster held a pastoral move, noting the successful registration. The people were few - ten or three, but the procession turned out to be fun, almost conflict-free and colorful. Of course, there were unkindly-minded passers-by, threatening the afterlife, but in general, everything was pretty nice.

For a long time passed the times when injustice was punished, and often by death. Tolerance and tolerance, loyalty to the spiritual world of man are loudly proclaimed all over the world. It is all the more strange to meet aggressive statements about the parody, mocking, absurd and frivolous Church of the Flying Macaroni Monster. Even if someone is annoyed by the expectation of a posthumous beer-brewing volcano on the part of the Pasteurians, this is by no means an occasion to declare them heretics and blasphemers. Let them take their actions to the frank clownery - maybe these people are simply tired of the intolerable seriousness of being and rest in this way. It is not necessary to suspect a neighbor that it offends your religious feelings by your way of praying. A truly deeply and sincerely believing person is difficult to hurt, if only he is not a fanatic.