Ms Watkins told the ABC she found SACAT's decision 'quite disappointing', and said incorporation would have brought considerable benefits. On this basis, to conclude it is eligible for incorporation as a body with a religious purpose could clearly not be a preferable decision.' 'It was not formed for a religious purpose. 'I am satisfied that the proposed incorporated association merely presents as having a religious purpose, but is a sham religion or a parody of religion,' she wrote.

Ms McEvoy upheld theВ Corporate Affairs Commission's decision that there was no evidence the church engaged in 'systematic teaching and learning processes, nor of any structured, consistent, and broad-based charitable activities'. Self-described Pastafarian Tanya Watkins was seeking legal recognition for the church as an incorporated body. In my view, its purpose is to satirise or mock established religions, and it does so without discrimination,' she wrote.

'It is my view that the Pastafarian texts can only be read as parody or satire, namely, an imitation of work made for comic effect. Ms McEvoy said she was satisfied thatВ the 'Pastafarian texts present a hoax religion'.

'I do not accept the applicant'sВ explanation of the use of these expressions (and numerous other similar expressions, many expressed in racist and sexist terms, referencing texts or practices of other religions) as examples of humour, and for the purpose of generating curiosity.' 'In particular there are numerous expressions which reference the texts of established religions, mimicking those texts in form and language, but in a clearly parodic form,' Ms McEvoy wrote. In the ruling, Ms McEvoy noted that while various 'Pastafarian texts' are set out in traditional religious forms, they 'contain some surprising articulations', such as references to the books of the Bible as the 'Old Testicle' and 'New Testicle'. 'Ms Watkins explained to the tribunal that she was seeking incorporation for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Australia in order that the association would be recognised as a not for profit organisation under the Act, and be a legal entity in its own right,' Ms McEvoy stated. In a ruling handed down earlier this year, and recently published online, SACAT Senior Member Kathleen McEvoy rejected the argumentsВ for incorporation. Ms Watkins told the tribunal the church placed emphasis on helping others, andВ had engaged in acts of charityВ such as an event at Flinders UniversityВ to 'feed the hungry'. The tribunal heard evidence from the commission and from Ms Watkins, who contended that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was formed for a 'religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purpose', thereby meeting the criteria of South Australia'sВ Associations Incorporation Act. Adelaide woman Tanya Watkins, a self-described 'captain' of the church andВ adherent of its creed of 'Pastafarianism', has made repeated attempts to secure the offbeat movement official status asВ an incorporated association.ДЄfter the latest attempt was knocked back by the Corporate Affairs Commission, Ms WatkinsВ sought a review of that decision, and the matter was subsequently referred to the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT).

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