Freshwater Redux

Quite a while back I posted some stuff about an Ohio "science" teacher who was teaching creationism and allegedly abusing students with a Tesla coil. In my original post I said he is worse than the most diehard Slayer fan. They just mutilate themselves (pictures at right). This guy thinks it's a holy duty to brand students with crosses. As someone with tattoos and has had multiple piercings, I am not opposed to marking myself. But it's me. Don't scar others. Didn't you hear that bit about doing unto others in your Bible? Oh yeah. God's bidding and all that.

Before anyone gets on me about using Freshwater as an "example" let me say something. I think he has other issues at play here. Maybe even pathologies. I can't way what they are because I don't know him and haven't looked at a professional psychological evaluation. However, he was pretty functional - pathologies or no - and he made bad choices. Really bad choices. Let's just face that the motivator here was his religion. It is pretty clear that the viral nature of his religion mandated that he spread it and that he took that to heart.

There is way too much to go into at this point. But I invite you all to read about the extraordinary and embarrassing lengths John Freshwater has gone to in order to defend himself. The Panda's Thumb has an incredible group of posts available HERE. Suffice it to say, he is losing ground and credibility.