Richard Schiller

aka "Eliyehowah"

elijah@wi.net

Awards

Kook of the Month, November 1996
Considered by many to be the Archimedes Plutonium of sci.archaeology, when Richard Schiller was nominated for the November KotM award he was immediately subjected to a flurry of approval. Schiller, or "Eliyehowah" as he calls himself (Elijah for short), is part of a long line of Usenet Religious Scientists, intent upon proving that their Pet Theories relating their scientific field and God are perfectly accurate, evidence be damned - or, better yet, modified. Elijah's Pet Theory is that the world followed the Biblical Creation model and is thus only a few thousand years old - as evidenced by the fact that carbon dating doesn't agree with his theory.
Now, this on its own would not qualify one as a Kook - maybe the Weird Science Award, but the KotM requires more. However, it is also common among Usenet Religious Scientists for them to have... shall we say 'interesting'?... tactics in defending their views - and Elijah is no exception. Following in the fine Kook tradition, Elijah attempts to close down the accounts of those that disagree with him. When cornered, he begins to call his opponents 'lesbians' (male or female) - and launches into a long tirade against homosexuality. Most interestingly, once, when questioned by one Garrison Netzel about whether he *really* wanted to destroy Chrysler (which had fired him for trying to preach to his co- workers while on the job), Elijah replied with a list of all the Netzel's in the USA - with addresses and phone numbers. And, as with most Usenet Religious Scientists, Elijah believes that there is a coming Armageddon that will destroy us all - and that he is the prophet to warn us all.

Elijah won the award by a comfortable margin.

Daemons' Notes

*Can you say 'Eliyehowah' five times fast?*
/Eliyehowah Eliyehowah Eliyehowah Eliye...daah!  Eliyehowah Eliyehowah
Ely...this sucks!  Eliyehowah Eliyehowah Eliyehowah Elieye...DAAH!
ELiyehowah Eliyehowah Eliyehowah Eliyehowah Eliyehowah!  I got it!
Whoo-hoo!/
*10 times?*
/ *glare*  I'd rather listen to Grubor rant for five hours straight/

Evidence

Richard Schiller's Nomination for KotM
Second to Schiller's KotM Nomination

Evidence for Schiller's KotM award, Part I
Evidence for Schiller's KotM award, Part II
Evidence for Schiller's KotM award, Part III
Evidence for Schiller's KotM award, Part IV
Evidence for Schiller's KotM award, Part V
Evidence for Schiller's KotM award, Part VI

Elijah's Altar upon Mount Carmel

sci.archaeology

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