This weekend, San Diego is playing host to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, and one topic on the docket is the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical omnipresence that was created during the intelligent design debates in 2005.
"We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it," said creator Bobby Henderson, who holds a degree in physics from Oregon State University.
The point Henderson is trying to make is that science classes should contain only science, and that if intelligent design is to be put into schoolbooks, equal space should be given to theories from other religions.
