I get email 15 Mar 2011 Only one of the very many things I share with PZ Myers (apart from the success, the job, the handsomeness, the youth, and the Trophy Wife™) is that occasionally I get emails from crackpots. When you get an email whose Subject line is Fw: Tidal Wave Hit Japan and Alaska as prophesy! — As Science has Proven the Bible, So have “i” proven in the name of the Lord, the Immutable Destiny of those Prophesy in the Bible, {{Proof below}} Which “i” am commanded to gather and instruct, The 144,000 and More “i” pray which now Inherit the promisedland / Paradise called EARTH Rev:7:3-4, Rev:14:1-3, Matthew 25:34, Matthew 5:5, Rev:21:3 — Why Does God have to do as He does??? – Crying out too Church Missions and Scientific Researchers around earth, BRING HOME YOUR MISSIONS – The gathering signs listed on the Prophecy and the Signs page on the Lords website have fallen Like rain over the last year and a half, “i” now very soon must make another List of Signs — death and aging now soon end as Prophesy/Promised by the Great Physician who came and Destroyed death in battle / Victory Isaiah 25:8, He Jesus Christ the Lord God of the Heaven and Earth The Scientific soul of the God our Father who Scientifically Created the Universe, and Miraculously Brought it Forth. then you know you are dealing with a disordered mind… Multiple Inappropriate Capitals, inability to use apostrophes, no apparent knowledge of sentences or sentence structure, verbs or subject-object. All that is missing is five consecutive exclamation marks (properly called “shrieks” or “bangs” in typesetting). Administrative Humor Religion Administrative
Evolution A prehumous Darwin Award for Michelle Bachmann 2 May 2009 One of the things I don’t like about the Darwin Awards is that it presumes the only way to gain one is to remove yourself from the gene pool directly by dying. But that would be a Wallace Award. Darwin knew, as do we, that there are many ways one… Read More
Biology Couple of my recent papers 7 Aug 2009 These are under review, so any useful comments will be helpful still. What is it to be an atheist? [Revision 5.2] Essentialism and natural kinds in biology Read More
Evolution Things Glenn Beck has never seen 24 Oct 2010 A DNA sequence Comparative anatomical diagrams Behavioural studies of apes and humans compared Psychological studies of apes and human children Fossils A science book His arse Read More
FWIW, lowercase i is a fairly common conceit of African-American and Afro-Caribbean millennialist cults influenced by Marcus Garvey and/or Rastafarianism. I’ve never seen “i” in quotes like that before, though. It’s like he’s saying “humble before the Lord, but not really.” The 144,000 is a reference to Jehovah’s Witnesses, which also strongly suggests a Caribbean influence. A disordered mind, to be sure, but he had help getting there.