Child suspended for his religious beliefs

[Kiefer13]

They should either ban all religious attire from schools, or none of it. Sure, you can point and laugh at the "silly little boy with his pirate costume and made up religion", but it's just as valid as any other religion in the end.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Well...this kid certainly filled my Wtf slot of the day. Although this sounds like the kid just picked this religion as a way to kinda fuck with everyone. Either way though I can see why the school would think that he was lieing about it.

It just seems like a distraction for other students.

I mean what are you gonna stare at in school. Your Chemistry Teacher or the kid in a Pirate suit?

 

[IamQ]

Spaghetti monster? Pirate Costume?

Where do I sign up?!

 

[AlexTheBucket2112]

Spoiler

the teacher felt accomplished until he felt the wrath of the noodly appendage.

 

[Hooded-hyena]

Dude, give that kid a bone. That was fucking awsome.

 

[The Kangaroo]

R'amen.

That's just bad

You dare insult his religion! Have at you!

 

[The Kangaroo]

How dare they violate his rights? I say that we hang them with noodles!

It would be fitting

 

[Tears of Blood]

Good. I'm glad the fool got suspended.

 

[Kiefer13]

I thought it could be a viable religion until I read that they worship the "Flying Spahghetti Monster". You can't just make up your own religion and expect people to heed to your beliefs without question.

Why not? Isn't that how every other religion started?

 

[DazZ.]

I would happily convert to Pastafarianism.

Do we get to talk like pirates aswell as rock the attire?

 

[Kellerb]

im an atheist myself, and i am proud of hi

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

R'amen.

May he touch you with His Noodly Appendage

And you as well my fellow follower. (fixed it, c'mon man give our diety some respect!)

Good for the kid, I'm glad to see that we the Pastafarians are not alone, this injustice will not stand!

 

[Scumpernickle]

This kid is win.

I hope the principal gets slapped for suspending him. Any religion that tells you to dress up as a pirate is awesome.

 

[The Kangaroo]

I would happily convert to Pastafarianism.

Do we get to talk like pirates aswell as rock the attire?

You don't just dress up as pirates, you become pirates

 

[A Weary Exile]

That may be the most retarded religion I've ever heard of. This better not be real or I've lost all faith in humanity.

 

[DirkGently]

Isn't that quite an old story? I swear I heard it a while ago.

Yeah, after reading it says it's from May 2007.

It's a valid argument, though. Pastafarianism is equally as likely as Christianity, or Judaism, or Islam, or any religion. If you like it, I suggest you read up on Russell's Teapot [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot] concept.

You do realise that the point of Russell's Teapot is that the burden of proof lies not just with a skeptic? It's that the person making a claim has to provide proof as well as the skeptic of said claim.

On-topic, really, if the school allows a Muslim girl to come dressed in a burka, they can't suspend the kid unless his outfit had something that was in direct violation of the dress code or he was otherwise disrupting the class. If the school has a moratorium on religious type clothing/symbols/etc, then it's someting else entirely and really a matter for the Supreme Court.

This all of course only relevant if it's a public school.

 

[Murlin]

Lol the kid is übersome, why don't they just let him be?