# Flying Spaghetti Monster...ist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113 "2009-12-13T17:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/1 "2009-12-13T17:14:33Z")

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What is the term for a follower of the (formerly purely rhetorical) religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/2 "2009-12-13T17:15:54Z")

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Pastafarianism.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/3 "2009-12-13T17:49:14Z")

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Pastafarianism is the religion. A pastafarian is a follower.

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/4 "2009-12-13T18:25:30Z")

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Ah. Thank you both.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/5 "2009-12-13T22:48:30Z")

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Or you can just call us Monstrosities. It was originally intended as an insult by our detractors, but like the Quakers before us, we felt the path of true humility was to accept and even celebrate the term.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/6 "2009-12-15T23:33:44Z")

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There’s also the Church of the Frequent Flying Spaghetti Monster (FFSM.) It’s mostly the same, but you get points for going to church.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/7 "2009-12-15T23:52:13Z")

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I will point out that True Believers in Invisible Pink Unicornianity have no truck with all these newfangled cults. 😛

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**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-spaghetti-monster-ist/521113/8 "2009-12-16T17:56:57Z")

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What about pirates?