I am truly blessed to be part of Pastafarian... https://pastafarians.org.au/ Every morning when I wake up I say the Pasta Prayer: Our pasta, who art in a colander, draining be your noodles. Thy noodle come, Thy sauce be yum, on top some grated Parmesan. Give us this day, our garlic bread, …and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trample on our lawns. And lead us not into vegetarianism, but deliver us some pizza, for thine is the meatball, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. R’amen.
First time I heard mention of the Flying Spaghetti monster was in South Park's "Go God Go" episode where they really hammered Richard Dawkins, was also mentioned in Futurama as well. I hadn't been aware of the Pastafarians though