# What is the origin of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 1, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/328841 "2005-11-01T02:30:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/328841/1 "2005-11-01T02:30:16Z")

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From what deep and musty crevice of the spiritual zeitgeist did God’s doppleganger, the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) originate?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/328841/2 "2005-11-01T02:45:04Z")

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Heretic!

The FSM has always and will always exist. The FSM has no origin. This isn’t The Green Lantern we’re talking about here, Bub!

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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/328841/3 "2005-11-01T02:51:48Z")

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> **[Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster](https://www.spaghettimonster.org/)**
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> With millions of devout worshippers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents – mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/328841/4 "2005-11-01T03:08:18Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Heretic!
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> The FSM has always and will always exist. The FSM has no origin. This isn’t The Green Lantern we’re talking about here, Bub!

How dare you conflate the puny “spaghetti monster” with the [illustrious one](http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/index.html) !!

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**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/328841/5 "2005-11-01T03:11:35Z")

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Why am I always the last nerd to find these things out? Anyway, I just ordered [these](http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=868532&view=276), and I’m putting the cafepress mug with the pirate chart on it on my Christmas list. WWFSMD?