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    So Help Me, Flying Spaghetti Monster

    Jul 17, 2020 4 minutes
    BY JAMES CROWLEY

    @jamespcrowley68

    THERE’S NEVER BEEN A RELIGION MORE LIKELY TO illicit giggles than the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster—or Pastafarianism, as its members call it. While the satirical belief system has long been, for some, a smart-aleck response to the question “what’s your religion?” a new documentary makes the case for the religion’s importance, by focusing on hearings in Europe that are meant to determine whether Pastafarianism qualifies as a real religion.

    Titled , the film follows the cases of Dutch Pastafarians, which began in 2016, who are fighting to have their religion recognized so they can wear colanders—one official form of dress for members of the FSM

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