Flying Spaghetti Monster

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of the satirical religion known as the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Church, along with other groups such as the Satanic Temple, often fight legal battles seeking recognition of their religion and acknowledgement of them alongside Christian iconography.A Pastafarian hilariously trolled a town council meeting. The stakes are profoundly serious. - Ian Millhiser - 22 September 2019 - Vox - Retrieved 17 July 2021 
The Monster is alleged to be an invisible entity, that created the universe after a period of binge-drinking. For centuries, it was worshipped in secret by pirates.Pasta strainers and pirates: how the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was born - Peter Timms - 18 May 2019 - The Guardian - Retrieved 17 July 2021 
== Popular Culture ==
===Appearances===
====Variants====
The following list is of explicit appearances of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
2010	Flying Spaghetti Monster	
* Futurama, episode "A Clockwork Origin"	
* The Monster (Maurice LaMarche) takes issue with Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth's (Billy West) suggestion that he was the product of evolution.A Clockwork Origin - IMDB - Retrieved 17 July 2021
==== Mentions ====
The following list is of explicit mentions of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in fiction and popular culture.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
2008	Flying Spaghetti Monster	
* The Border, episode "Articles of Faith"	
* Detective Sergeant Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey) briefly discussed the missing Rachel Barden (Sarah White) with Homeland Security Special Agent Liz Carver (Grace Park), before accepting that it was unlikely that a young woman would have rejected her faith so quickly, jokingly mentioning the Monster.Articles of Faith - IMDB - Retrieved 17 July 2021
==Links==
*The Flying Spaghetti Monster on Wikipedia
*The Flying Spaghetti Monster on Encyclopædia Britannica
*The Flying Spaghetti Monster on TV Tropes
*The Flying Spaghetti Monster on Know Your Meme
==References==
Category:Real figures of religious belief