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I get email … from Michael Korn
Category: Creationism • Kooks
Posted on: July 25, 2007 2:34 PM, by PZ Myers
The creationist fruit-loop du jour left another comment here in which he tried to taunt me with his proximity ("is Minneapolis-St. Paul close enough to Morris for you?") which wasn't very effective, since his IP address said he was commenting from a community college in North Carolina. And then he replied with more wacky comments:
very good. you know how to analyze an IP address.
you seem to think that i need to personally track you down. but no, its much simpler. i can rely on prayer to motivate the God you hate to destroy the godless heretic He hates.
your name is jewish. thanks for being a "light to the nations" and teaching Gentiles to hate their Creator.
are you one of those jews who whine perpetually about the Holocaust? why? Hitler greatly admired your pal Darwin and acted according to the dictates of his logic!
but in my experience, Jews like you who oppose Creationism received plenty of hebraic education in your youths and even believe in the Genesis account. your support of Darwin is simply a ploy to emasculate Christianity, while leaving Judaism to reign supreme. many, like my own biochemist father, think they are actually serving God's interest by destroying the simple faith of the average Christian. but they are gravely mistaken, since rather than serving as a light to the nations they are blinding them to their Creator.
if Jews want the Gentile world to respect them, they must learn to respect the fact that the Gentile world also is created in God's image. you vainly imagine that by denigrating the Godly image of Gentiles you alone will remain to reign supreme. but really in destroying the Divine image of the rest of humanity you also are dooming yourselves. like the fool who drills a hole in the bottom of a boat and imagines that he can enjoy the ride while everyone else drowns.
in fact Jesus rebuked them with these very same words in the famous parable in Luke 20:
The Parable of the Tenants
9He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
10At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.
12He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.
13"Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.'
14"But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 'This is the heir,' they said. 'Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never be!"
17Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone[a]'[b]? 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."
19The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.wake up before it is too late. the more you mess with God's creation, the more reason you give for God to pour out His wrath upon you. He has withheld His anger because you too, as His creature, deserve His love. but His patience is not infinite. and your doom in hell will be when it finally runs out...
It's mostly boring blather from a faith-head, but there was a revelation.
I'm Jewish?
My family is going to be so surprised. I suppose it's possible that the original Myers who emigrated from the Netherlands to America in the 17th century could have had some Jewish link, but after all that time I don't think I could really claim a connection other genetically or culturally.
Comments
Well at least as long as he keeps blustering, he keeps adding evidence for when they nail his butt to the wall.
See? Good news can even come from psychopaths!
Kisses
Posted by: JanieBelle | July 25, 2007 2:40 PM
PZ wrote: "I don't think I could really claim a connection other genetically or culturally."
I always assumed you were related to John Cusack's Lane Meyer character in the movie 'Better Off Dead' (the mother does cook a tentacled creature up for dinner one night, after all...)
Posted by: gg | July 25, 2007 2:42 PM
I knew it! PZ is part of the secret Zionist group that is controlling the world.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | July 25, 2007 2:46 PM
Hey Korn - Have you always been this stupid, or did you have to work at it?
Oh, by the way Korn. God spoke to me in a vision, and he told me that you are going to suffer eternal hellfire and damnation.
HTH.
Have a nice day.
Posted by: J-Dog | July 25, 2007 2:47 PM
Fundies who rub their hands in glee at the prospect of seeing heretics burn in Hell for eternity always make me sick.
Ironically, it's probably lost on him that he makes excellent advertisement for denouncing the crazy religion he preaches.
Posted by: trj | July 25, 2007 2:47 PM
I think you have Wikipedia to blame. Their "disambiguation page" which lists everybody and everything named "Myers" links to the "List of Jewish surnames" at the bottom.
Posted by: Blake Stacey, OM | July 25, 2007 2:49 PM
i can rely on prayer to motivate the God you hate to destroy the godless heretic He hates.
Because, if anything, God is one lazy motherfucker. If it weren't for the impassioned prayers of maniacal screwheads Yahweh would just kick in front of the tube watching Oprah rather than smite the all loving crap out of those He, in His infinite love and compassion, hates.
Posted by: Sarcastro | July 25, 2007 2:50 PM
This man is a stupid, angry bully. He will threaten the wrong person one day and end up dead for no good reason.
Posted by: Brownian | July 25, 2007 2:50 PM
Great, he's flirting with either Holocaust denial ("Jews whining about the Holocaust") or anti-Semitism of the "Jews deserved the Holocaust" type ("Hitler greatly admired your pal Darwin and acted according to the dictates of his logic!").
Truly, PZ, you've shown me a new form of anti-Semitic wingnut.
Well, not really. Sadly, I've encountered Korn's kind many, many times before in my years refuting Holocaust deniers.
Posted by: Orac | July 25, 2007 2:50 PM
Oh hell, most "Jewish" surnames aren't even Jewish. That's a North American perception created by the immmigration pattern of Eastern European Jews.
IIRC, the most common Jewish surname is "Miller", or some variant thereof. That doesn't mean that most Millers are Jews.
Oh well, logic and familiarity with reality is not this idjit's strong point....
Posted by: Graculus | July 25, 2007 2:50 PM
crazychristian wrote: "i can rely on prayer to motivate the God you hate to destroy the godless heretic He hates."
I constantly find threats like these amusing. Hello, crazychristian, I thought you were mad at PZ 'cause he's an atheist? Don't you understand what that word means? Why not go all out and threaten to send ogres, trolls, elves, and hippogriffs after him, too? (oh, wait; you've got the 'troll' part covered...)
Posted by: gg | July 25, 2007 2:51 PM
Bob
Posted by: Bob O'H | July 25, 2007 2:52 PM
as if often the case, it takes only the slightest provocation for the facade of Israel support and Old Testament reading to break down, and the anti-Semitism of the Evangelical community to stand bare.
In this case, the slight provocation was having a possibly Jewish name, lol.
"Your name is Green?!...THE HOLOCAUST DIDN'T HAPPEN!"
Posted by: b.schac | July 25, 2007 2:53 PM
also, as long as we're making gross assumptions based on last names. Isn't "Korn" often a Jewish name? Perhaps the biochemist father he seems to malign was Jewish!
This all breaks down to serious daddy issues.
Posted by: b.schac | July 25, 2007 2:54 PM
PZ, of course you're Jewish. You have a beard. Moses had a beard. http://www.wga.hu/art/m/michelan/1sculptu/giulio_2/moses.jpg
Moses was Jewish. Therefore, you are Jewish.
Thus do creationists use their logic, wonders to perform. The fact that Moses' beard has tentacles only proves the point.
Posted by: frank | July 25, 2007 2:55 PM
By the way, if my first thought upon seeing Korn's comment was of Borges's essay, "I, a Jew", does that make me a member of the effete literati?
You know, "our inquisitors are only interested in the Hebrews and not the Phoenicians, Numidians, Scythians, Babylonians, Huns, Vandals, Ostrogoths, Ethiopians, Illyrians, Paphlagonians, etc."
Posted by: Blake Stacey, OM | July 25, 2007 2:56 PM
If this is Michael Korn, it seems that he's been spending too much time with Mel Gibson lately. Be thankful he didn't call you 'suger tits'!
Posted by: gg | July 25, 2007 2:57 PM
"...i can rely on prayer to motivate the God you hate to destroy the godless heretic He hates."
Now ya done it...he's gonna sic his ghost on ya!
Posted by: Willy | July 25, 2007 2:59 PM
He will threaten the wrong person one day and end up dead for no good reason.
That depends on whetehr it was "reasonable force" or not, doesn't it?
Posted by: Graculus | July 25, 2007 3:00 PM
What's that one commandment? That one.. you know.. uhmm.. "Thou shalt not.." ..hmm... ah, ha! "Lie!"
Does make me wonder, though, what his dad thinks. Or, if he's not alive, what he thought about his son's ridiculousness.
Posted by: Tom @Thoughtsic.com | July 25, 2007 3:02 PM
Me too. If the best a fuckup like Korn can do is threaten you with the wrath of an imaginary being, that doesn't exactly pack a lot of weight.
Still, It's good you're saving these emails to show to law enforcement when it comes time to put this idjit away. This guy may not actually have the balls to become the domestic religious terrorist he desires to be, but it's the thought that counts.
Posted by: Martin Wagner | July 25, 2007 3:03 PM
"you vainly imagine that by denigrating the Godly image of Gentiles you alone will remain to reign supreme."
He should read this site more before responding next time. Clearly, any plans PZ has to "reign supreme" involve hordes of 8 and 10 limbed beasties from the sea.
Posted by: TheFeshy | July 25, 2007 3:03 PM
Michael Korn wrote:
John the Baptist wrote:
...
In other words, the Bible says that Mr Korn is a lying hypocrite.
Posted by: Stanton | July 25, 2007 3:03 PM
PZ, I was initially going to warn you to re-check the IP address (my work's proxy server makes me show up as being in Michigan when I'm actually in BC), but if all he's threatening you with is the power of prayer then I'm not so worried.
Posted by: VWXYNot? | July 25, 2007 3:03 PM
Never knew you have a Dutch Y-chromosome. 'Meijer' and 'Meyer' are common Dutch names and many of those Meijers are Jewish. In addition Meyer occurs as given (I almost wrote Christian) name.
Meanwhile this post tells us more about Michael Korn than about you. More than I wanted to know, actually. 'Psychopath' is way too kind, JanieBelle, (some of my best friends...etc.).
Posted by: amph | July 25, 2007 3:04 PM
Hell, ya'll know already that Darwinism is a huge conspiracy of JOOZ!! Also, Nazis. Yes, it's an evil conspiracy of Nazis and JOOZ! Also atheists that aren't already included as Nazis or JOOZ! Yes, I tell you, an evil worldwide conspiracy of Nazis, JOOZ, and non-Nazi, non-JOOZ atheists! Oh, and scientists, those that aren't already atheists, Nazis, or JOOZ!!! They're in on it too! Also the Media, but that's mostly JOOZ...
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | July 25, 2007 3:04 PM
Is he still on the lam? Wouldn't the FBI be interested in his whereabouts?
Just sayin'. Of course, how do you single out one xian nutjob in NC? Like my home in Virginia, you can't swing a dead cat without knocking a cheeses fish off a car.
Posted by: Bob | July 25, 2007 3:07 PM
From what I remember of his website. He was originally Jewish and then Korn became an antizionist christian and then a kinda-ok-with-zionism christian.
Posted by: Steve_C | July 25, 2007 3:08 PM
What a pathetic, pathological piece of crap. Jew-baiting an atheist. How much lower can you go? Wait, disregard that, he'll only see it as a challenge.
Posted by: Milo Johnson | July 25, 2007 3:09 PM
That's some pretty twisted reasoning. But then, I suppose people with these kinds of ideas don't generally stop and think about them, do they?
Posted by: Leon | July 25, 2007 3:11 PM
I'm sorry, but I think God forogt to teach you proper grammar. I just hate it when people refuse to capitalize their sentences!
If it is someone who is trying to make a point, the only point they make is that they are morons. This guys religious beliefs aside, he is still a bloody moron.
Posted by: Demented | July 25, 2007 3:13 PM
I liked the response of Charlie Chaplin in the biopic about him, after someone "accused" him of being a Jew: "I am afraid that privilege is not mine." Whether it's actually a privilege is open to discussion, but it strikes me as a good way to shut up an ignorant bigot.
Posted by: Greg Peterson | July 25, 2007 3:13 PM
I reiterate a comment I made elsewhere:
Because nothing says 'My God is a Loving God' like venomous, bigoted hate.
Posted by: Brownian | July 25, 2007 3:16 PM
Thanks, Mr. Peterson. I'm going to have to steal that the next time someone calls me a Muslim because I know Arabic.
Apparently right thinking people shouldn't know Arabic, even if we're going to wars in locations which make knowing that language fairly vital.
Posted by: Nullifidian | July 25, 2007 3:17 PM
Soooo ... Michael sent you a suicide note?
Posted by: Warren | July 25, 2007 3:19 PM
It's sad that he cannot come out of the closet to be himself. All the pent up anger.
Posted by: Steverino | July 25, 2007 3:22 PM
S'iz shver tsu zayn a Yid!
And to Mike, Gey kacken offen yam.
Tzie gesundt!
Posted by: PalMD | July 25, 2007 3:23 PM
You speak Arabic? I'm jealous.
Not jealous enough to take the time to learn it myself, but just enough to mention it. :-)
Posted by: Leon | July 25, 2007 3:24 PM
PZ's name is one of a great many derived from Latin "major." In German many of them refer to a medieval estate manager or imply office in a royal or noble court. The English names "Majors" and "Major" as well as the office of mayor come from the same source. This is the source many Jewish family names from Yiddish speaking areas, but only a samll fraction of the related names belong to Jewish families. I think, but do not know, that names like Meir (as in Golda)have a different origin from Hebrew sources.
Posted by: barkdog | July 25, 2007 3:24 PM
Um, the guy isn't a creationist fruit loop de jeur. He's a psychopathic racist death-threatening stalker.
I know we like to say xian = nutjob and all but this guy is certifiable. I guess my point is it's not really sporting or amusing to expose the psychotic as it is to expose the stupid, the weird, nor as useful as exposing the respected.
Posted by: woozy | July 25, 2007 3:25 PM
This is strange. Why are creationist type people the ones that sporadically capitalize and mainly capitalize the names of god and jesus?
My ex was like this, and one time (statutes are way over) I had to hack into her email. The security question for reseting the password was "what is most important" and I knew after a moment of thought that it would be "Jesus" with the J capitalized. I was right and proceeded with the mayhem.
And no, she wasn't what sent me to atheism, the change came years later when I started to actually look for answers about the world
Posted by: wildcardjack | July 25, 2007 3:31 PM
Korn is Jewish. He is a christian convert. Jewish can be an ethnic group and christian is a religion.
The crude antisemitic baiting is pretty bizarre given his family history. This guy is very confused.
He's also on the run with an arrest warrant out on him. While he seems to be kooky, he doesn't look like a lone kook. My best guess is that as a hero and martyr to the xian violence cults, he is getting a lot of safe house type help from sympathizers.
Posted by: raven | July 25, 2007 3:31 PM
Myers is a Jewish name, thus you are Jewish. WTF? Myers, Meyer, Meijer, Maier, Meier and any other derivate of this name are incredibly common in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland, iirc. Etimologically they are job designations (of some kind of farm administrator or some other high office, if I'm not mistaken).
Are all these people Jews? Hardly. It's much more likely that Jews also adopted this name as given name.
Posted by: DCP | July 25, 2007 3:33 PM
Oops, not given name, I meant family name.
@Wildcardjack:
I think Jesus is capitalized just because any other name in English is also capitalized: because it's a name.
Posted by: DCP | July 25, 2007 3:38 PM
A self-hating Jew who went over the edge.
Posted by: Madam Pomfrey | July 25, 2007 3:40 PM
Jews? I thought that we atheists were "really a subcult of Muslims."
What an ignoramous. North Carolina isn't far enough from the Twin Cities for me.
Posted by: Kristine | July 25, 2007 3:41 PM
Right. Also, God is supposed to be capitalized, because the names of deities are supposed to be. That's just a rule in English grammar. So not just God, but Allah, Odin, etc. are supposed to be capitalized. (If you're talking about gods or just any old single god, don't capitalize--but you should if you're talking about the Abrahamic God.)
Posted by: Leon | July 25, 2007 3:42 PM
PZ Jewish?
Yeah. This cat's playing with a full deck. It's really just baffling that he's writing to scold you for being an atheist in one breath, and then somehow turns around to assume you're Jewish.
Anyway, if I am not mistaken, there are a whole heap of people looking for Manachem "Michael" Korn, so I hope you passed along the ISP for them to investigate (though, it could be some sort of poseur, I suppose).
Posted by: Dan | July 25, 2007 3:42 PM
All the same, forward the threat on to your campus cops, the Morris gendarmerie, the county sheriff if you have one, the State Police, and the FBI.
The guy may be liable for interstate flight if he's actually in North Carolina, and it's quite likely the FBI would like a look at the e-mail.
I hope your less open colleagues are doing the same.
Posted by: Ed Darrell | July 25, 2007 3:43 PM
That's some of the best unintentional humor I've seen this side of Kent H.
Posted by: anevilmeme | July 25, 2007 3:47 PM
Your froot loop is enraged at his father, and is transferring the rage to you. What style of language sounds better for curses and imprecations than the biblical prophetic? I've often wondered, after hearing a baptist exclaim,"you're goin to hell!" whether these peak emotive expressions are learned, or are they innate? Not the language, but the tendency to anathemize.
Posted by: Howard Schamest | July 25, 2007 3:59 PM
Frank said way back up yonder ways,
Well, at least Dr. PZ doesn't weigh the same as a duck. Then we'd be talkin' 'bout a good ol' fashioned stake burnin'.
Posted by: JanieBelle | July 25, 2007 4:00 PM
Hmmm, this is a tough one. Might need to call in the Rabbis or theologians.
Could god be considered a deadly weapon? I mean, what if PZ is struck by lightening today? If so, is MK liable for using a deadly weapon in a homicide?
BTW, just who is running this universe anyway? I was under the impression that god didn't take orders from humans. When was Jehovah demoted to hired killer?
On second thought, scratch the holy thinkers. A psychiatrist might be more useful.
Posted by: raven | July 25, 2007 4:04 PM
I'm not sure, but I'm going to guess that a lot of the real crazy Christians think the Muslims are Jews, too.
phat
Posted by: phat | July 25, 2007 4:06 PM
You realize you have a risqué-looking ad for "eHardBodies" at the top of this page (as I view it).
Posted by: Mike | July 25, 2007 4:13 PM
Honestly I couldn't read his rant all the way through. It's like listening to rightwing talk radio. It's funny for a few seconds, and afterwards just boring and mind-numbing.
Posted by: Chuck | July 25, 2007 4:13 PM
Reading The Parable of the Tenants all I could think was if I were the landlord's third servent I'd tell him, "Get off your lazy dumbass and get your own damn fruit."
But then I'm uppity that way.
Posted by: EnoNomi | July 25, 2007 4:19 PM
Cool. That means I'm Jewish, too. I can't wait to get to the money-lending!! (but I refuse to give up bacon and baby-back ribs. Mmmmmmm.....bacon.....)
Posted by: kmiers | July 25, 2007 4:20 PM
But ... but ... but ...
Judaism is matrilinear. It doesn't matter what Dr. Myers' family name is, since he presumably - like most westerners - got that from his father.
Posted by: Sili | July 25, 2007 4:29 PM
As an esteemed grammar-socialist, my opinion is that capitalization is not a big deal. It's more of a convention than actual additional information. However, violating apo'strophe's left, right, and center does change the meaning of what you are saying. In this example, by making you look like a bloody moron.
Thanks for playing
Posted by: schwa sticker | July 25, 2007 4:35 PM
He's equating you with his father.
This is a guy who hated his father and wanted to sleep with his mother, and probably still does. He's latched onto his vengeful god to get revenge against the father who kept him from his love-object/mother.
This guy is 100% certifiable nuts, and he IS going to hurt somebody at some point, no doubt someone who reminds him of his evil daddy. There are some serious issues here; Korn needs to be hospitalized ASAP. I hope law enforcement tracks him down soon, because from the sound of this email he's going to lose it soon.
BTW, it's not coincidental that he's in North Carolina. Eric Rudolph spent much of his time running from the authorities there, and Korn may be getting shelter from the same network of fanatics that kept Rudolph from being brought to justice after he committed murder.
I hope you're going to send these emails to the authorities. Korn is dangerous, probably psychotic, is projecting like crazy, and needs to be medicated before he starts shooting.
Posted by: Vyoma | July 25, 2007 4:35 PM
I would not only notify your campus and the police that put out the warrant for him, but it might be good to see about letting the people at Forsyth Community College know about this issue. While it is a technical school, they do still have biotech programs so is he targetting them?
Also, since this idiot most probably is not a student, why is he on campus using their computers? I know my university would not have allowed that.
Posted by: molecanthro | July 25, 2007 4:38 PM
I used to work with a moron who claimed all bankers were Jews. I pointed out that David Rockefeller ran the biggest bank in the US and he's not Jewish. His reply was so he says.
Posted by: ike | July 25, 2007 4:44 PM
Email programmes really need 'Green Ink', 'Underline Random Word Three Times' and 'INseRt randoM CaPital lettErs' buttons to help these chaps format their epistles.
Presumably Mr Korn is holed up somewhere. A man of his sincere beliefs really shouldn't be kornholing.
Posted by: Peter McGrath | July 25, 2007 4:45 PM
"i can rely on prayer to motivate the God you hate to destroy the godless heretic He hates."
Clearly theists have a different definition of "omniscient" and "omnipotent" than I do. God not able to figure out PZ is atheist by himself unless Korn tells God about?
Posted by: Bob L | July 25, 2007 4:50 PM
Peter wrote: "Email programmes really need 'Green Ink', 'Underline Random Word Three Times' and 'INseRt randoM CaPital lettErs' buttons to help these chaps format their epistles."
I was going to suggest a font which looks like random letters clipped out of newspapers...
Posted by: gg | July 25, 2007 4:50 PM
Ooh! Random Newsletter font? That'd be cool.
Posted by: Leon | July 25, 2007 4:57 PM
I agree with the contributor above who suggested taking all this the proper authorities. While it may be fun, at a distance, to tease a rabidly ignorant criminal, up close can be another thing altogether. Cover your bases.
And maybe, in the interim, you're doing a for law enforcement and helping them catch someone who obviously needs a lot of help.
Posted by: ice weasel | July 25, 2007 4:58 PM
PZ, would you mind naming the community college? Some of us may be in a position to find this loser and get him arrested.
Posted by: R | July 25, 2007 5:02 PM
No tolerance for the rest of the human race in that one.
Posted by: viggen | July 25, 2007 5:06 PM
Ooh! Random Newsletter font? That'd be cool.
there are plenty of them out there. most are called "ransom" or "ransom note" or similar.
Posted by: cleek | July 25, 2007 5:07 PM
If we're lucky he'll piss off some local redneck and end up on the unsolved murders list.
Posted by: Seamus Ruah | July 25, 2007 5:12 PM
Yes, 'cause we all know that God needs the motivation. Ever since he got his new XBox 360 and Wii, it's been Hell getting his attention. And now that the seventh volume of Harry Potter came out - well! It's just been impossible!
Posted by: Calladus | July 25, 2007 5:13 PM
Is PZ Myers a Jew?
Posted by: nwklge | July 25, 2007 5:22 PM
You do have a Jewish name: Paul.
Posted by: IanR | July 25, 2007 5:24 PM
Just so it doesn't get lost, his IP address was 198.86.116.230. This geolocates to Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Posted by: Blake Stacey, OM | July 25, 2007 5:27 PM
We must crush PZ Meyers!
Posted by: Borat | July 25, 2007 5:34 PM
molecanthro, community colleges sometimes have libraries open to the public with computers.
I do hope you are keeping these emails just in case he explicitly threatens you so you have a record.
Posted by: TheBlackCat | July 25, 2007 5:37 PM
He's not, but I am Sparticus.
Posted by: PalMD | July 25, 2007 5:42 PM
I agree completely with the commenters that said to notify the police in all three places- this guy is dangerous, and he needs to be taken down and put in a hospital before he kills someone/gets killed.
Posted by: Digger | July 25, 2007 5:45 PM
'I can rely on prayer'...hmmm. I think for once this delusion about prayer is serving a useful purpose: So long as Mr. Korn is counting on prayer to destroy his enemies, we can all sleep sound, but if the voices ever tell him that it's up to him, he could well become dangerous.
Posted by: Bryson Brown | July 25, 2007 5:50 PM
He should tell the LDS* about the power of prayer. Then they can quit pestering me at home and pray far far away.
*This always makes me think "Learning Disabled..."
PS "Well, at least Dr. PZ doesn't weigh the same as a duck."
We could build a bridge out of 'im!
Posted by: Bob | July 25, 2007 5:59 PM
Bryson said
Problem is, it won't take someone like that long to get frustrated that his prayers aren't working - er...I mean... suddenly hear the Voice Of God telling him that he's been anointed to do the deed.
Posted by: JanieBelle | July 25, 2007 6:19 PM
It's sort of hard not to feel sorry for him after reading that. How warped.
Posted by: Matty Smith | July 25, 2007 6:21 PM
P.S. to Bob -
Ha, I almost missed that!
and amph,
Point taken. :)
Kisses
Posted by: JanieBelle | July 25, 2007 6:22 PM
He mentioned Hitler so according to Godwin's law, the creationists lose. Now we all can move on from this stupid argument.
Posted by: Adam S | July 25, 2007 6:22 PM
Interesting diatribe from somebody so "devout." I wonder if he's heard about those Commandmenty thingamabobs, like this one:
He might also want to check this out, before talking about his father any more:
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
Posted by: dhonig | July 25, 2007 6:30 PM
I KNEW IT ALL ALONG!
I bet that PZ also owns a bank and has relatives at DeBeers.
This is sooooooooo not kosher!
Posted by: Aaron Kinney | July 25, 2007 6:55 PM
Hmmm...it's interesting that my RSS feed reader has trouble rendering those ellipses so the headline here reads I get email &andhellip; from Michael Korn I thought it was a hidden cry for assistance.
Posted by: AlanWCan | July 25, 2007 6:55 PM
I really doubt that this guy is a harmless crank. He's going to do something, somewhere soon that will not be a laughing matter, and someone's going to get hurt. PZ, you should report this to the NC community college's library and campus police. He may still be there, using resources in a rather obvious way. The sooner this guy is detained and questioned, the better for all concerned...SH
Posted by: Scott Hatfield, OM | July 25, 2007 7:00 PM
Oh just GREAT. Where I grew up.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | July 25, 2007 7:13 PM
To follow up on post #25, a strong Jewish connection to the Netherlands comes through Spain. When Queen Isabella turned up the the heat on non-Christians via the Spanish Inquisition, many Jewish families left for the more tolerant Netherlands.
One famous example is the philosopher Spinoza, who's forebears had fled first for Portugal and then to the Dutch city of Amsterdam.
Posted by: Ross | July 25, 2007 7:19 PM
You don't think he'll put on Jesus holy diapers for a trip across the country?
What a wackjob.
Posted by: Inky | July 25, 2007 7:24 PM
Good blog about Korn here:
http://thestubborncurmudgeon.blogspot.com
Posted by: John Danley | July 25, 2007 7:30 PM
He forgot to mention crop circles.
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