There has been a discussion going on over at Boing Boing about “Intelligent Design”, or “ID”, (see links below). If you are too lazy to click the link then I will give you the quick version: Intelligent Design is the belief that the universe and nature show signs that they have been put together by an intelligent being of some sort; The two major choices for this being(s) is either God or some sort of alien life. Its basically creationism in scientific clothing.

In protest of the state of Kansas deciding to teach Intelligent Design in their schools a woman wrote a letter to the school board, and in that letter made up “Pastafarianism” (The belief that the world was made by a giant spaghetti monster.) to prove a point and show them how silly this all was.

After posting two posts on this subject, a woman supporting ID shot back saying that no one can prove that ID isn’t true. Xeni replied with the following contest:

We are willing to pay any individual *$250,000 if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

No matter what side of this discussion you’re on (for the record, I’m with Xeni…ID is BS), this is just fun stuff. Make sure you check the links so you can get the full story…and if you are going to try to prove “Pastafarianism” wrong, post your reply here too!

Links:
Boing Boing’s $250,000 Intelligent Design challenge
Pastafarianism: Flying Spaghetti Monster cult grows
Dear Kansas: Why stop at “Intelligent Design?” What about Spaghetti Monsters?