Religion
Signs of Faith: Roadside Spirituality
In the Deep South, professions of faith are as often found by the side of the road as a church pew. Here are a few of our faves, spotted by snarfd’s photographers.
18Aug2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Hyperlinks to Bible Bookstore Not Authorized
This Bible bookstore says links to its homepage are “not authorized.”
19Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Mortal Sins: Tired and Wired
The Vatican revises its traditional list of mortal sins, to the delight of modern penitents.
10Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | ContinuedExposing the Truth About Pastafarianism
Two leaked videos unmask the ugly truth behind the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
6Feb2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Welcome to the Church of the Jedi
According to the 2001 census, England has 390,000 who list “Jedi faith” as their primary religion. Now they have their very own church,
24Jan2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Anonymous Declares War on Scientology, Expect Much Internet Mayhem
Now here’s a cause I can get behind. Anonymous is a group of digeratti that’s recently formed to take down Scientology, prodded by the release of Tom Cruise’s crazy secret recruitment video. Here’s the start of their mission statement, also seen in the video shown below.
Hello, Scientology. We are Anonymous.
Over the years, we have been [...]
Gawker Has No Fear of Tom Cruise, Scientology, or Lord Xenu
Gawker has Tom Cruise’s crazy ass Scientology Recruitment video and they’re not taking it down. Kudos to Nick Denton and crew for having the big balls to stand up to one of the creepiest cult wacko religions around.
Gawker has it:
You have to watch this video. It shows Tom Cruise, with all the wide-eyed fervor that [...]
Make Your Own Flying Spaghetti Monster Idol in Six Easy Steps
Praise his noodly appendage!
Regular readers of snarfd know that we love, worship, and fear the great Flying Spaghetti Monster. We’ve written about his appearances in clouds, rocks, pumpkin pies, and even grilled cheese sandwiches. You can imagine how excited we were to find a post over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on how to make [...]
The Flying Spaghetti Monster Appears at the Table of snarfd Senior Editor Shea Gunther
Bless His Noodly Appendage!
I was eating dinner last night with my wife and two daughters when my five year old held up her grilled cheese and said “Look Dad, it looks like the Flying Spaghetti Monster”. I looked over and nearly fell out of my chair. She was right, His Starchy Lord choose my house, [...]
Thou Got Served! An Indian Court Subpoenas Hindu Gods
An Indian court has subpoenad the Hindu gods Ram and Hunuman to explain themselves in a land dispute.
13Dec2007 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
For You, a Special Deal on Hanukkah Ham
Someone at Balducci’s in New York’s Greenwich Village wasn’t thinking. They tagged a lovely selection of smoked, spiral cut ham — for Hanukkah.
7Dec2007 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Two Greek Orthodox Nuns Framed For Growing Pot
A Greek Orthodox Nunnery unwittingly turned into a marijuana plantation after some kindly, old nuns accepted some assistance from two men posing as gardeners. The clever scheme — which has now probably ruined the fun for the rest of us involved in similar nunnery projects worldwide — resulted in 30 large cannabis plants enclosed in [...]
5Dec2007 | Michael d'Estries | Comments | Continued
U.S. Military Photographs Flying Spaghetti Monster over Charleston
From the official archives of the United States Air Force: a startling daylight picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
30Nov2007 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
The Flying Spaghetti Monster Makes Another Appearance! Bow Before His Noodly Appendage
Coming right off the recent appearance of his starchy high lord in the form of a delicious pumpkin pie comes news of a more ancient sign of the great and powerful Flying Spaghetti Monster. A few hundred million years ago the great pasta god embedded his holy image into some bedrock that has been recently [...]
29Nov2007 | Shea Gunther | Comments | Continued
The Flying Spaghetti Monster Appears in a Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie
A modern miracle: The Flying Spaghetti Monster’s image has mysteriously appeared in an everyday pumpkin pie!
28Nov2007 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
