Pastafarianism in the military Here’s a guest post by Justin Griffith. Justin is well known for his fight against the idea that “there are no Atheists in Foxholes”. He was recently profiled in the New York Times for his activism. A little while ago, news broke about a Pastafarian winning the right to wearing a pasta strainer on his head for his official driver’s license photograph *edit: it seems that there was no legal battle*. Shortly after I donated the photograph to Wikipedia, the photo was added to the Flying Spaghetti Monster entry as well. I actually have a few funny stories about FSM and the Army. Why the Flying Spaghetti Monster was bigger than Jesus in boot camp. There are strict rules about what non-military texts you can posses during boot camp. I, however, brought my copy of The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. My book was incredibly popular, and people kept talking about it during the few short breaks you get during the typical boot camp day. Drill Sergeant VS Flying Spaghetti Monster He smiled.
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