Which parody religion venerates the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

The parody religion that venerates the Flying Spaghetti Monster is Pastafarianism.

Pastafarianism is the satirical belief system associated with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It began in 2005, when Bobby Henderson wrote an open letter to the Kansas State Board of Education protesting the proposal to teach intelligent design alongside evolution in science classes. Henderson argued that a flying spaghetti monster could just as easily be named as an unseen designer.

The movement uses deliberately comic religious imagery and language. Its followers are called Pastafarians, pirates are treated as sacred figures in its mythology, and prayers may end with “R’amen,” a pun combining “Amen” with ramen. Its writings include The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, published in 2006.

Pastafarianism is often confused with other parody or alternative movements, but Dudeism, Jediism, and Discordianism are separate traditions. The movement has also tested the boundary between satire and legal religion: New Zealand authorized Pastafarian marriage celebrants, while courts in other places have rejected its claims to religious recognition.