I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story Official Trailer
I, Pastafari Clip #1: The Pastafarians are touched by His Noodley Appendage.
I, Pastafari Clip #2: What is a “real” religion anyway?
I, Pastafari Clip #3: Meet the Pastafarians. Dirk Jan and Bruder Spaghettus.
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The Guardian: “ A smart, funny, but above all thought provoking documentary.”
Newsweek: “director Mike Arthur uses the conflict as a gateway to a more serious and in-depth discussion about religion.”
Washington Post: “…short & sweet, but leaves you with something to think about. “
Film Threat: “…it will be your best hour spent that day.”
Medium : “…one of the more delicious, amusing, and relevant documentaries of the year.”
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WHAT IS THE
CHURCH OF THE
FLYING SPAGHETTI
MONSTER?
With millions of believers worldwide, The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the world’s fastest growing religion. Followers of the faith, the Pastafarians, have been preaching the message of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) since The Prophet, Bobby Henderson, was divinely inspired to write the Open Letter to the Kansas School Board in 2006.
In response to the school board's decision to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution alongside the biblical story of creation creation as equivalent scientific theories in science classes statewide, Mr. Henderson argued that if this were the case, then it would only be fair to teach other creation theories in science classes as well. Specifically, his belief: that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe a few thousand years ago.
“We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it.”
- The Prophet Bobby Henderson
Pastafarians acknowledge that there is overwhelming observable evidence that shows the universe is likely billions of years old; however, they believe this evidence was put in place by The FSM in order to trick scientists. They also believe that global warming is caused by the reduction in the pirate population, since the correlation between the two is undeniable (see chart). With this irrefutable evidence in hand, their holy mission is to increase the pirate population in order to reduce the earths temperature and combat global warming. Successful completion of this mission grants access to Pastafarian Heaven*, where a beer volcano and a stripper factory await.
*Pastafarian Hell also contains a beer volcano and a stripper factory, but the beer is stale and the strippers have sexually transmitted diseases.
The film begins in January 2016, when The Netherlands grants official recognition to the Kerk van het Vliegend Spaghettimonster as a religion or world view. With this recognition, Mienke, Samir, Mathé, Dirk Jan, and other Dutch Pastafarians, begin their holy mission by trying to get access to the same rights Dutch law affords other recognized religions, starting with the right to wear religious headwear in their driver’s license photos. Battling in Dutch courts, they make the case that Pastafarianism is just as rational a belief system as any other religion; therefore, Pastafarians should be able to express their faith in the same way as all other religions. Who decides what a “real religion” is anyway?
Meanwhile, in a small town outside Berlin, Germany, Rüdiger Weida aka Bruder Spaghettus fights a similar fight. As the founder of the Kirche des Fliegenden Spaghettimonster, he would also like to share in the rights of the other Churches in Germany: to post a sign showing the time and location of his weekly faith service, Noodlemass, held at the very first physical Pastafarian Church. In full Pirate Regalia (the chosen attire of Orthodox Pastafarians), he faithfully evangelizes the teachings of the FSM to his congregation.
Like any other religion, Pastafarians have a supernatural deity, a prophet, and hard to believe stories that teach lessons of morality written in their holy scripture. Unlike other religions, Pastafarianism seems to have forgone the hate, bigotry, violence, and instead focuses their faith on one dogma: there is no dogma. This explains why some Pastafarians choose to dress like Pirates, while others choose wearing a colander to express their religious identity. Wearing the Colander was not a commandment from their Noodly God, it was divine revelation to Niko Alm, member of the Austrian Parliament, and the first person to legally win the right to express his Pastafarian faith in his driver’s license photo.
While other religions are conflicted with fitting the morality of their scriptures as it was written in ancient times with the ethics of today, the Pastafarians ethical teachings evolve as society evolves. They do not hate those with different beliefs from their own, they do not wage holy wars to convert the masses, they do not judge on the basis of sexual preference, and their God does not require sacrifices. These loose moral guidelines are highlighted in their version of the Ten Commandments, the Eight I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts.
I, Pastafari follows a few brave Pastafarians as they battle non-believers for the right to express their faith like the other “real” religions.
