Bobby Henderson (born 18 July 1980) is an American physics graduate who founded Pastafarianism, a parody religion centered around Flying Spaghetti Monster. He describes himself as "prophet" of the Flaying Spaghetti Monster and he is the author of The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Biography[]
Bobby Henderson was born in 1980 in Oregon. He studied physics at Oregon State University. In 2005, Henderson sent a satirical letter to Kansas School Board to address the decision to permit teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes. In the letter, he claimed it is important for students to hear different theories but that he is concerned that they will not hear the one which states that Flying Spaghetti Monster created all the living beings. He requested equal time be taken to teach about Pastafarianism, intelligent design and evolution. He also wrote that it would be disrespectful to teach Pastafarianism without wearing a pirate regalia and that reduced number of pirates is responsible for global warming. As an "evidence", he included a graph showing that average global temperature has increased as the number of pirates has fallen. After the letter was ignored, he posted it on his website and Pastafarianism became an Internet phenomenon. Henderson described himself as the prophet of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. In 2006, he published The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the first "holy book" of Pastafarianism.