Bill
10-10-2007, 03:59 AM
"Then Corbin-Beal had an idea. An epiphany, really, inspired by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
He bought yards and yards of sump pump hose, a couple of saucer sleds and some spray paint, then created what looks like a giant plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Two Wiffle ball eyes poke out from the pile. Below, in black and white, it says, "Believe Your Noodly Master, Hon."
The obvious message: Keep creationism out of public schools.
OK, maybe the meaning isn't so obvious. Unless you're familiar with The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a spoof religion whipped up in 2005 to protest plans to teach intelligent design in Kansas schools. (The founder threatened legal action if schools did not teach another theory -- that a "Spaghedeity" created the universe -- alongside evolution and intelligent design.)
Corbin-Beal read about the church -- its Web site (www.venganza.org) shows Michelangelo's Adam extending his finger toward the monster's "noodly appendage" -- and became a believer. He created the billboard, on Falls Road just north of The Avenue, and braced for a backlash. It never came."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.vozzella28sep28,0,633661.column
He bought yards and yards of sump pump hose, a couple of saucer sleds and some spray paint, then created what looks like a giant plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Two Wiffle ball eyes poke out from the pile. Below, in black and white, it says, "Believe Your Noodly Master, Hon."
The obvious message: Keep creationism out of public schools.
OK, maybe the meaning isn't so obvious. Unless you're familiar with The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a spoof religion whipped up in 2005 to protest plans to teach intelligent design in Kansas schools. (The founder threatened legal action if schools did not teach another theory -- that a "Spaghedeity" created the universe -- alongside evolution and intelligent design.)
Corbin-Beal read about the church -- its Web site (www.venganza.org) shows Michelangelo's Adam extending his finger toward the monster's "noodly appendage" -- and became a believer. He created the billboard, on Falls Road just north of The Avenue, and braced for a backlash. It never came."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.vozzella28sep28,0,633661.column