After Henderson published the letter on his website, the Flying Spaghetti Monster rapidly became an Internet phenomenon and a symbol of opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools.
後來亨德森在其網站上公佈信件内容後，飛行麵條怪物迅速成為網絡爆紅現象及反對在公立學校教授智能設計的象徵。