“There’s a serious problem here.”Smith, 56, identifies as a Pastafarian — a member of the fringe Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose adherents say they worship a deity consisting of an invisible, floating heap of spaghetti noodles, a couple of large meatballs and googly eyes resting on stalks. They display their devotion by wearing pasta strainers on their heads — or, in the case of Smith, a tricorne. If you’re going down that path, he wrote in an open letter, why not teach students that the universe was created by a flying spaghetti monster? The first question: “Is this a joke?”Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...Answer: “It’s not a joke. He’s gearing up for a potentially bigger challenge: registering the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a religious charity with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Source: thestar March 07, 2021 16:52 UTC