Our Noodly Prophet has touched us again! As reported last month in Gelf, the modern-day prophet Bobby Henderson preaches the good word of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism. But this religious craze—with its humble beginnings as a letter mailed to the Kansas State School Board—has more grounding than you might expect. As the BBC reported last week, noodles dating back 4,000 years have been unearthed in Lajia, China. When contacted regarding this discovery, Henderson tells Gelf his take on the unearthed evidence:

"I think it's pretty good evidence that FSM predates Christianity. And did you see the caption under the first photo? 'Late Neolithic noodles: They may settle the origin debate.' Damn right."