Noodly origins
And so we were all touched by His Noodly Appendage, but first in China:
Professor Houyuan Lu said: "Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, the earliest written record of noodles is traced to a book written during the East Han Dynasty sometime between AD 25 and 220, although it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first.
So, there you go. China. Now, given the date, surely the proponents of ID would have something to say?
One very interesting aspect of Pastafarianism is that time is only an illusion provided to satisfy our urge for sequential events. It commends respect and a deep appreciation of the concepts presented to the convert.