#39993: — 09/14  at  10:19 AM
That is a parody site, isn't it?

#39995: PZ Myers — 09/14  at  10:22 AM
Yes. It's the Poor Man.

#39996: Ali — 09/14  at  10:25 AM
Haha, I love the Poor Man.

#39997: — 09/14  at  10:35 AM
That's OK, I'm sure plenty of people mistake the Powerline site for parody as well.

#39998: QrazyQat — 09/14  at  10:39 AM
They said you were spectacular! How sweet... I think somebody has a crush on you, PZM.

#40001: Gavin M. — 09/14  at  11:14 AM
Poorman's bustin' on P. Zizzy... Brad, we gonna help a brother out here or what?

#40003: DarkSyde — 09/14  at  11:18 AM
You smug arrogant hell-bound godless biologist you. Next thing you'll be trying to run tests on mice to help cure cancer: If God didn't want us to have cancer he wouldn't strike down 5 year-olds with a long, lingering, death from leukemia. You listen to assrocket and the latently homoerotic gang over there PZ and stop interfering with God's all loving Will.

#40004: just john — 09/14  at  11:22 AM
Jeez, you had me going there, until I read the other comments and then the site.

#40007: — 09/14  at  11:42 AM
If you believe something because of the overwhelming, brute force of evidence, you're smug. But if you believe something--no matter how incoherent or incomprehensible--by dint of sheer force of will, you're a saint. We're down the rabbit hole here, people.

Oh, and I get that the blog is parody, but as has been said many times before, when it comes religion, the wall between parody and belief is a semi-permeable membrane.

#40010: just john — 09/14  at  12:00 PM
#40007 -- As a dues-paying member of the Church of the Subgenius, I can attest to the accuracy of what you say. Every time I think we've dreamed up the wackiest, dumbest stuff possible, some "real" religion trumps us.

Yes, you CAN make this stuff up! And you can then get your followers to force it upon their children!

#40012: — 09/14  at  12:02 PM

Dang. And it's so nearly true—I am a smug, arrogant, anti-Christianity biologist.

Maybe have that printed on your business cards? Might stave off a lot of conversations with annoying people...

#40016: Hashishan Sara Prophet of God — 09/14  at  12:21 PM
you anti-christian pharynghoul genius? You are my god-subject now! I am the god-object of all the anti-christian forces and loyal officers opposed to this brigand rat jesus christ! He is a damned fool monkey lord like the hideous Hanuman of the hindis! For behold I am the Hashishan Prophet the Revelead Sara and I am the Lord god of Israel America and all the all-in-all holy earth. Not so wholly no more thanks to depradations by the jesus gang blackguards of popery mormon apostasy wicked whore david miscavige and sinful beasts. The chalicotheres are the true unicorn race hidden in hollow earth transfoed to outuer sphere by me and my princess hordes and we shall conquer earth hit the ground running transfo moments FLIP the rotation polar reverse circa 2012 decemeber 12. I havee a mighty army will you please join we will crush this jesus christ and restore truth!

I will reveal to you secret of life and evolution. It is different then you shall know! Monkey Dna NOT inserted to human race till 31 ad with WICKED jesus christ and MAGDALENE congress and sickening act of sodometry Judas was there. You shall be amazed at the iron sun theories and thermite reaction guns and mathemagical proof of "IAM" god! Darwin was a secret jesus freak blackguard and deceptor! True evolution secret method of JUCHE TRANSFO dna process not known outside of DPRK! Please willl you please to join us!

#40020: — 09/14  at  12:31 PM
Whew! I read the PZM post at thepoorman.net without realizing it was a parody! IT IS REALLY NOT SERIOUS, RIGHT? Parody or not, I suspect there are people out there (fellow US citizens, even!) who actually think like that. Frightening.

p.s. I am a long-time (daily) lurker here, PZM, and a major fan. This is my first comment. I live in God's own backyard -- north Georgia -- and I feel sometimes as if I am, in a real sense, safer out in public if I folks don't know I'm a real live scary infant-mauling athiest. Grrrrr. Thank you very very much for giving me a rational life line here at pharyngula.org. j

#40023: — 09/14  at  01:05 PM

You listen to assrocket and the latently homoerotic gang over there PZ and stop interfering with God's all loving Will.

Waaay off topic here, but...

Has anyone ever wondered about the ad that always pops up on the conservative blogs for the ultimate natural fitness program?? Whenever I see that, I think of the General JC Christian's manly wrestling displays.

#40026: notheory — 09/14  at  01:14 PM
Has anyone ever wondered about the ad that always pops up on the conservative blogs for the ultimate natural fitness program?? Whenever I see that, I think of the General JC Christian's manly wrestling displays.

Yeah? I always get advertisments of hate-clothing (oh, that commie ACLU - cause the cold war isn't over yet), usually t-shirts modeld by (presumably conservative) white blond girls with long hair. All of which i find disturbing in its homogeneity.

#40030: — 09/14  at  02:26 PM
"As a dues-paying member of the Church of the Subgenius..."

You have to pay dues? Popehood in the Unholy Order of the Apostles of Eris is free.

#40035: — 09/14  at  02:57 PM
Wait, I'm confused. Are anti-christians people who worship the anti-christ?

#40036: Hashishan prophet — 09/14  at  03:04 PM
I am proud to be antichrist god. I am god and anti-christ. Christ the fool Jesus christ was biggest atheist and liar and destroyer of the God. good riddance he is dead! I hate this idiot Christ and his unholy ghost who is a pigeon not of the Lord! They are now burning in the magellan clouds which are a place of torment and despair. Goodbye foul christ! You betrayed me to the pharisees cruel evil man-animal!

behold i have condemned evil christophile semjase and manata.

#40039: Mikko Sandt — 09/14  at  03:42 PM
That is a parody site, isn't it?

My thoughts exactly - just too bad to be true!

#40042: Bob Davis — 09/14  at  04:36 PM
Satire is a very subtle and disarming art. People are easily confused. Even scientists are easily fooled by satire. Subtle cues get overlooked as the human mind doesn't want to believe it is being fooled.

a modest experiment

#40062: donna — 09/14  at  05:20 PM
Wait..wait a minute... Powerline *isn't* a parody site. Oh. Wow. There really are people that stupid around?

Now I'm scared.

#40066: ajmilne — 09/14  at  05:33 PM
There really are people that stupid around?

I hear it was all a misunderstanding. Guy who started it heard someone asking 'How stupid can people be?'... Failing to grasp it was a rhetorical question, he set out to provide an answer.

#40210: Phila — 09/15  at  11:25 AM
It's interesting that according to Powerline, you're ignorant about <i>your own values.</a> I guess we can add ESP to their already remarkable list of achievements.

#40213: Bob Davis — 09/15  at  11:50 AM
Ahh, to be ignorant about ones own values. But it seems this is a common problem in this country. So it is better to be without values. Therefore nihilism is the order of the day.