(Evidence for FSM) A couple of weeks ago I was stuck at home with pneumonia, and one afternoon, after one part or other of the Lord of the Rings trilogy finished, I found myself face to face with Maury Povich. Merciful heavens. I have never seen a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, and I ran a community theatre for over twenty years. It was almost enough to make one abandon one’s belief in Intelligent Design. I mean, really, who could think that an intelligent force would design creatures capable of those kinds of choices? In one sitting, I…

(Evidence for FSM) Dear Science Creative Quarterly, Some of my friends and my science teacher tell me that there is no Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Kansas School Board says that there is no Flying Spaghetti Monster. My dad said that if you see it in the Science Creative Quarterly, then it is so. I am certain I have seen pirates in Kansas as well. Please tell me the truth. Is there a Flying Spaghetti Monster, even in Kansas? Are there pirates in Kansas? Signed, Virginia 123 Main Street Topeka, Kansas – – – Dear Virginia Your little friends and your…

(Evidence for FSM) A classic argument for the existence of God is known as the Ontological Argument (henceforth OA). This argument was developed by St. Anselm in the eleventh century, but has been greatly improved upon in the ensuing years. The argument, in a nutshell, is that a perfect being must necessarily exist. It is part of the very nature of a perfect being to be real- all beings which do not exist are by definition imperfect. This is because it is better to exist than to not exist (i.e. to exist brings you closer to perfection). So if we…

(Evidence for FSM) A definitive, simple experiment that can be reproduced the world over with conclusive results: 1. Gather a group of people together. Officemates or family work. For good scientific sampling, though, get at least a sample size of 9 with a good mix of gender and race. 2. Ask the question, “How does everyone feel about Italian for dinner tonight?” 3. Observe how many affirmatives are posted in the group. From years of extensive, observed behavior, most people in the group will give positive answers like: – “Cool” – “Sounds good.” – “Sure.” – “I guess.” – “Anything…

(Evidence for FSM) To begin, let us look at the forms of life we can see on this planet. They all exhibit a certain degree of complexity, which is not found in non-living matter. A dog is much more complex than a rock. To express this, we can use the concept of Kolmogorov complexity. Living things possess high Kolmogorov complexity, because their DNA is decidedly uncompressible. As an example, consider the string of bits 10101010. This string has very low Kolmogorov complexity, because it can be compressed to ‘write 10 four times’. On the other hand, the string 0100101, is…

(Evidence for FSM) Profound science uses mathematics to prove theories. This paper introduces fundamental algebra and Boolean logic into theology to prove that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the one and only god. The perspective shown here makes any other philosophy senseless and undesirable. Actually it has the potential to negate even itself – dear god, what have I done? Before starting to prove god, it is necessary to extend Boolean logic with a few new operators: These 3 symbols are defined by the following relations, where x is an arbitrary variable of any dimension: Additionally, some religiously important symbols…

(Evidence for FSM) A friend of mine sent me the web address to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and upon reviewing the site, I found the call for submissions for evidence of the FSM. I have been trained as a geologist and have become very suspicious of many current religions. However, after reading the ideas and theology of FSM, I am convinced that this church has the answers to many of the scientific problems I deal with in my professional career. The following is the evidence I have collected that undeniably proves the existence of the Flying Spaghetti…

(Evidence for FSM) Over the last century, the average global temperature has been able to be measured fairly accurately. Before this, temperature could not be measured very well, and good data are not available. The general scientific consensus is that over the last century, the average global temperature has raised linearly a total of 0.6 +/- 0.2 degrees Kelvin [1] to finally reach the current average temperature of 287.67K [2]. Using this data, the very common scientific method of extrapolation can be used to find an approximation to the average global temperature as a function of the year. If the…

(Evidence for FSM) Proposition 1. The universe exhibits too much structure to have evolved by chance. Conclusion 1. There was a creator. Proposition 2. All things are subject to the passage of time. Conclusion 2. The processes of the universe were in action over the time period in which it was created. Proposition 3. Nothing, not even a God, can know the exact outcome of a situation in the universe. Moreover, the uncertainty increases with the time elapsed since the parameters of the situtation were known. Conclusion 3. If the creator wished to make the universe precisely as he pleased,…