ZDenny is good for some lulz for a while, but it soon becomes apparent that he operates in some bizarro world where everything is the opposite of reality and it all wears a bit thin pretty quickly. For instance, in ZDenny's world it is he and his fellow religious fruitloops who are the "free thinkers" who have freed themselves from the intellectual shackles of dogma and it's the scientists who are closed minded and unable to think outside of their indoctrination. Seriously, you couldn't make this shit up you know.
Recently he has tried to claim that science exists because of religion, not in spite of it. Religion has not held science back whatsoever. I suppose persecuting heretics somehow advanced science, nothing inspires someone to question the world and the accepted religious based explanations than the threat of a good disembowelling if you do!!
Science depends on high moral standards, stability and the implication of a design which can be known. If these preconditions are not met, science cannot be done successfully nor is anyone really thinking about science itself.
Erm, ohhhhhhhhhh-kay.
He goes on in the following paragraph to tie religiosity to scientific advance thus:-
It should be no surprise that the greatest nation scientifically in the world today is America. As futher support, the most religious nation on the planet earth currently also happens to be America.
Ta-Da!!! QED bitches!!
Actually, I'm surprised that such a great scientific mind as ZDenny would suggest that correlation does in fact imply causation, but he's working in a whole new framework that the secular world couldn't possibly fathom. No, that's actually true.
In the comments section someone points out that "93% of Scientists identify as Atheist, or Agnostic", but ZDenny has an answer for that:-
93% of scientist being atheist/agnostic is simply reflective of a principle called Scientific Fascism. In a country that is overwhelming Christian, the only way to exclude Christians is with fascism. I want scientists to end this fascism and open up science to everyone.
Yes, christians are being excluded by a form of fascism!! What I can't quite get my head around is how the "greatest nation scientifically" has the 'fact' that it's also "the most religious nation on the planet" to thank for it's all round awesomeness, but manages to successfully exclude the very people responsible for science from science through the mechanism of fascism. How does that work?
Quick Learner
Quick Learner
I first came across ZDenny's wonderful website back in November 2009 with a post commentating on a Wired article about a meteor crashing into the Earth about 1.85 billion years ago.
ZDenny sought to cherry pick little pieces from the article to demonstrate that "scientific evidence for a worldwide flood keeps pouring in". He neglected to mention that the article suggested that this could have happened nearly 2 billion years ago rather than about 4,000 years ago and had nothing to do with his flood myth whatsoever. I know, just a strange oversight I'm sure.
However, what really caught my eye was ZDenny's suggestion that this meteor impact could actually be responsible for separating the land masses around the world. I laughed my arse off when I read this and had to ask him if he believed that the land masses of the world sit atop the oceans like pontoons. I recommended that he do some research on plate techtonics for a start.
His response proved that he is galatically stupid and not worth entering into any kind of debate with:-
*facepalm*
I'm no scientist, but this is basic elementary level stuff and he's so far away from demonstrating any kind of understanding it would be more productive arguing with a pot plant. Honestly, I'm sure that I'm just a victim of indoctrination by the fascists, but I've had a reasonable grasp of what forms the planet beneath our feet since a fairly young age.
But wait, ZDenny's nothing if not a fast learner. In November he apparently didn't have the first clue about the physical composition of the Earth's crust, but by January 7th 2010 he was able to write an 1,100 word blog "destroying" the universally accepted concept of continental drift. In his opinion, there was no such thing as Pangea apparently and the land masses of the world are just as they've always been. Just as the magic sky man made them thank you very much.
He's now feeling entirely comfortable talking about "continental crusts" and "rift zones", but 2 months ago had the less-than-child-like understanding that lead him to believe that a meteor might have "broken up" the land masses of the Earth. Not to mention that he's changed his position from apparently accepting Pangea to now standing in opposition to just about the entire geological community.
Learning something new is fantastic. Changing one's mind is to be applauded, but this is an amazing turn around in just 2 months. I suppose this is evidence, as if it were necessary, of ZDenny's brilliant critical thinking skills. I'm in awe!! Seriously, none of us are worthy of such a genius!!
History Too
The Lousy Canuck linked to an Onion story about the ancient Sumerians being shocked and confused as they witnessed the christian god creating the universe and the planet Earth ~6,000 years ago. Obvious satire, even if you've never heard of The Onion before.
Not to ZDenny though, who commented:-
Oh dear. How's that research coming along ZDenny? How he must wish he could take that comment back!!
Lesson learned about rushing to ban this fuckwit - you may well miss out gems like this!!
Art
I probably shouldn't read ZDenny's blog, but it's like a car crash, I just can't help looking. Today I found that he published a YouTube video from a couple of years ago telling the story of some kid who can paint. Lots of kids can do that, but this one claims to paint visions given to her from god including of his son, jebus.
There's so many things that the brilliant scientific mind of ZDenny could and should question about this Glen Beck narrated video, not least the claim that the homeschooling mother was an atheist. Since that's the title of his blog, I'm guessing that he buys that 100%, no questions asked.
Probably the most obvious question would be why the young girl receives visions from god of jebus as a Caucasian in exactly the same way as da Vinci or Michelangelo depicted him and not as a jew from bronze age Palestine. In fact, the very first comment asks him:-
Excellent. This is the way to do it, keep it simple and short, he can't dodge that. ZDenny's response?
Christ on a mother fucking bike, you vacuous fucktard!!!! We know he was jewish, that's why we want to know why he doesn't look like a fucking jew in the painting if this is a vision from his dad?!? You can't be this stupid and still manage to get through a day without accidentally killing yourself, it's just not possible.
This is just scratching the ZDenny surface. I invite you check out his blog to get your lulz, but beware not to get sucked into commenting. Comments are moderated by default, so who knows whether you'll even get published, but I can guarantee any salient points you might make with be either misunderstood or completely ignored.
He obviously has a great future ahead of him in the religious community, he reminds me a young Kent Hovind. Just not as bright!!
ZDenny sought to cherry pick little pieces from the article to demonstrate that "scientific evidence for a worldwide flood keeps pouring in". He neglected to mention that the article suggested that this could have happened nearly 2 billion years ago rather than about 4,000 years ago and had nothing to do with his flood myth whatsoever. I know, just a strange oversight I'm sure.
However, what really caught my eye was ZDenny's suggestion that this meteor impact could actually be responsible for separating the land masses around the world. I laughed my arse off when I read this and had to ask him if he believed that the land masses of the world sit atop the oceans like pontoons. I recommended that he do some research on plate techtonics for a start.
His response proved that he is galatically stupid and not worth entering into any kind of debate with:-
I think the finding of water below the surface of the moon should cause you to possibly rethink your understanding of tectonics. Is it possible that the earths water use to exist under the plates? If a comet large enough broke through, it would be like popping a balloon.
*facepalm*
I'm no scientist, but this is basic elementary level stuff and he's so far away from demonstrating any kind of understanding it would be more productive arguing with a pot plant. Honestly, I'm sure that I'm just a victim of indoctrination by the fascists, but I've had a reasonable grasp of what forms the planet beneath our feet since a fairly young age.
But wait, ZDenny's nothing if not a fast learner. In November he apparently didn't have the first clue about the physical composition of the Earth's crust, but by January 7th 2010 he was able to write an 1,100 word blog "destroying" the universally accepted concept of continental drift. In his opinion, there was no such thing as Pangea apparently and the land masses of the world are just as they've always been. Just as the magic sky man made them thank you very much.
He's now feeling entirely comfortable talking about "continental crusts" and "rift zones", but 2 months ago had the less-than-child-like understanding that lead him to believe that a meteor might have "broken up" the land masses of the Earth. Not to mention that he's changed his position from apparently accepting Pangea to now standing in opposition to just about the entire geological community.
Learning something new is fantastic. Changing one's mind is to be applauded, but this is an amazing turn around in just 2 months. I suppose this is evidence, as if it were necessary, of ZDenny's brilliant critical thinking skills. I'm in awe!! Seriously, none of us are worthy of such a genius!!
History Too
The Lousy Canuck linked to an Onion story about the ancient Sumerians being shocked and confused as they witnessed the christian god creating the universe and the planet Earth ~6,000 years ago. Obvious satire, even if you've never heard of The Onion before.
Not to ZDenny though, who commented:-
I think this article demonstrates that the story of Creation goes back to the very beginning of humanity. I found it fascinating. I will have to do some more research on it.
Oh dear. How's that research coming along ZDenny? How he must wish he could take that comment back!!
Lesson learned about rushing to ban this fuckwit - you may well miss out gems like this!!
Art
I probably shouldn't read ZDenny's blog, but it's like a car crash, I just can't help looking. Today I found that he published a YouTube video from a couple of years ago telling the story of some kid who can paint. Lots of kids can do that, but this one claims to paint visions given to her from god including of his son, jebus.
There's so many things that the brilliant scientific mind of ZDenny could and should question about this Glen Beck narrated video, not least the claim that the homeschooling mother was an atheist. Since that's the title of his blog, I'm guessing that he buys that 100%, no questions asked.
Probably the most obvious question would be why the young girl receives visions from god of jebus as a Caucasian in exactly the same way as da Vinci or Michelangelo depicted him and not as a jew from bronze age Palestine. In fact, the very first comment asks him:-
Why does Jesus look like a northern or western European?
Excellent. This is the way to do it, keep it simple and short, he can't dodge that. ZDenny's response?
Actually, Jesus was Jewish; however, I found it interesting that CNN ran the story. She obviously is a prodigy.
Christ on a mother fucking bike, you vacuous fucktard!!!! We know he was jewish, that's why we want to know why he doesn't look like a fucking jew in the painting if this is a vision from his dad?!? You can't be this stupid and still manage to get through a day without accidentally killing yourself, it's just not possible.
This is just scratching the ZDenny surface. I invite you check out his blog to get your lulz, but beware not to get sucked into commenting. Comments are moderated by default, so who knows whether you'll even get published, but I can guarantee any salient points you might make with be either misunderstood or completely ignored.
He obviously has a great future ahead of him in the religious community, he reminds me a young Kent Hovind. Just not as bright!!
Thanks for the link. Boy, I don't miss him. He got his start on my blog arguing that atheists are incapable of love -- in threads about Jodi and my impending nuptials. Seriously.
The trip down memory lane is fun and all, but it only makes me glad to be free of him. He still hits my moderation wall now and then but I ignore it and all is well in my universe. Even those posts where he's genial and friendly, which otherwise would make me smile, just make me cringe so hard my face hurts for a day afterward.
no worries. i pissed myself laughing when i saw his comment. there it is for all to see, as if required, a monument to his own stupidity.
his lack of grip on reality wouldn't be anywhere near as irritating if it weren't for his patronizing style, endless repetition of easily debunked nonsense and insistence that only he and his fellow christfags could possibly understand the true nature of love. vomit inducing.
if i didn't know better i would say that he is an exceptional troll, but i'm pretty certain that he's legit.
Yeah ZD is a piece of work alright... he usually hovers around atheist blogs pinching off his turds of wisdom which is how I discovered him. D-luded.