Creationist who threatened biologists threatened others at university
{{Date|July 14, 2007}}
{{United States infobox}}The [[w:Young Earth Creationism|Young Earth Creationist]] who sent threatening emails and letters to
biologists at the [[w:University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado at Boulder]] also sent threatening letters to the University chancellor G.P.
Peterson as well as the vice-chancellor of undergraduate education and others.

The man who had sent the threats has been identified as Menachem "Michael" Korn, a former [[w:Orthodox Jew|Orthodox Jew]] who converted to [[w:Messianic Judaism|Messianic Judaism]] (no longer affiliated with either) and who now self-identifies as
"Christian". <!-- Seems better to use Wikipedia article, as the controversy over Messianic Judaism is a lengthy one.  A single sentence doesn't do the subject justice and it only comes off as biased. --> Claimed excerpts of the threats were posted on [[w:The Panda's Thumb (blog)|The Panda's Thumb]], a biology blog that focuses on "the claims of the anti-evolution movement." 

Among other statements, Korn compared evolutionary biologists to child molesters and discussed killing the "enemies of Christian society" who are "terrorists against America". A spokesperson for Colorado University said that the excerpts were "consistent" with the threats but refused to confirm if they were actual excerpts. Korn had apparently distributed fliers on campus before and harassed professors but over the last few days the threats had become more extreme. 

==Related news==
*{{wikinews|title=Evolutionary biology labs at University of Colorado threatened|date=July 11, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://origin.denverpost.com/news/ci_6362396
|title=E-mail threats cast "wide net" at CU-Boulder
|author=John Ingold
|pub=The Denver Post
|date=July 13, 2007}}
*{{blogsource|url=http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/07/creatoterrorism_1.html
|title=Creato-Terrorism Update|author=Steve Reuland |name=The Panda's Thumb|date=July 13, 2007}}
*{{blogsource|url=http://www.jesusoverisrael.blogspot.com/
|title= JesusOverIsrael|author=Menachem "Michael" Korn|name=JesusOverIsrael|date=July 13, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2007/07/12/news/c_u_and_boulder/news1.txt|title=CU biologists get death threats|author=Paula Pant|pub=Colorado Daily|date=July 12, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://origin.denverpost.com/news/ci_6362396|title=E-mail threats cast "wide net" at CU-Boulder|author=John Ingold|pub=The Denver Post|date=July 10, 2007}}
*{{blogsource|url=http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/07/creatoterrorism.html
|title=Creato-Terrorism|author=Steve Reuland |name=The Panda's Thumb|date=July 10, 2007}}

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The Young Earth Creationist who sent threatening emails and letters to
biologists at the University of Colorado at Boulder also sent threatening letters to the University chancellor G.P.
Peterson as well as the vice-chancellor of undergraduate education and others.

The man who had sent the threats has been identified as Menachem "Michael" Korn, a former Orthodox Jew who converted to Messianic Judaism (no longer affiliated with either) and who now self-identifies as
"Christian".  Claimed excerpts of the threats were posted on The Panda's Thumb, a biology blog that focuses on "the claims of the anti-evolution movement." 

Among other statements, Korn compared evolutionary biologists to child molesters and discussed killing the "enemies of Christian society" who are "terrorists against America". A spokesperson for Colorado University said that the excerpts were "consistent" with the threats but refused to confirm if they were actual excerpts. Korn had apparently distributed fliers on campus before and harassed professors but over the last few days the threats had become more extreme.
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