Kent Hovind, although many of you may not know him, is the most famous creationist scientist in the world. He was the man who created the Dinosaur Adventure Land which shows that humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth together. He recently got arrested for tax fraud. He failed to report the millions of dollars he was making with his Dinosaur Adventure Land. The creationist movement is almost solely headed by the evangelicals. I have never heard of an atheist who supports the creationist theory. Personally, I think people like Kent Hovind exploit the stupidy of the people in the church to get their money.
2007-05-24 07:21:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hovind is a pompous, self-important hack who wouldn't know good science if it knocked him over the head. I've listened to recordings of some of his lectures, but had to stop for the sake of my blood pressure. I am not at all surprised that snake-oil salesman got carted off to jail.
Creationism, I think, isn't so much a scam as it is a defense mechanism. There are some people who are so insecure in their faith that they cannot cope with even the possiblity of a disconnect between their beliefs and reality. If they claim that reality has got it wrong and science is the instrument of the devil, they can go back to their nice safe world of biblical literalism. If they'd just stop and *think* for a minute, though, they would realize that reality is not in conflict with their faith; they just need to read Genesis as the metaphor it clearly is.
2007-05-24 07:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by nardhelain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to look at reality and truth first. I believe that Hovind made a mistake but does that necessarily make everything he believed wrong? There are many "atheistic thinkers" I know that do not believe it is entirely ridiculous that there was a creator. I know at my public school they are removing all the books on evolution and teaching nothing because the theory has just been proven wrong repeatedly. Mostly everyone in the science community knows their are missing holes, but the whole point is that with in the next 15 years, the education system is rapidly changing. Perhaps some evangelicals try to get money. Who knows! Either way I don't believe it is a scam because it is not the mistakes of the individuals that matters, it is the whole picture.
2007-05-24 14:44:54 · answer #2 · answered by rachel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's time to play... "How many logical fallacies are in this question?"
"He recently got arrested for tax fraud."
Poisoning the well (Whether he was arrested for tax fraud has nothing to do with whether creationism as a whole is a scam. If that were the case, then "Piltdown man" debunks the Theory of Evolution).
Ambiguous term (fraud. tax fraud â scientific fraud)
"The creationist movement is almost solely headed by the evangelicals."
Genetic fallacy
"I have never heard of an atheist who supports the creationist theory."
Appeal to belief
"stupidy"
No logical fallacy here. I just found it funny that someone railing against stupidity has trouble spelling the word.
2007-05-24 15:22:31 · answer #3 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, only Dinosaur Adventure Land was a scam. Creationism is not but a simple theory.
2007-05-24 14:26:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kent Hovind is yet another bad example of a christian. Look up ken miller. Creation evolutionist. Then think twice.
2007-05-27 02:38:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it, and religion in general, is a scam propagated to take money and power from the weak minded masses. I can make anyone "feel the spirit" and "speak in tongues" if they believe in me sufficiently. The sheep common among the evangelical flock are easy pickings for the jackals at the top.
2007-05-24 14:29:01 · answer #6 · answered by deusexmichael 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even the Pope and Catholic Church must APPLY in advance for TAX EXEMPT status in EACH NEW COMMUNITY.
Are you aware that Atheist Richard Dawkins is attempting to get a 501(c) tax exempt status for a foundation. Does that RILE you a little.
You have to follow the laws of man, EVEN Jesus said so.
2007-05-24 14:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Listen to his debate wih Massimo Pigliucci on sermonaudio.com. (It's a two-parter.) You feel pity for the guy after he's been torn to shreds by a real scientist. Worth every second.
2007-05-24 14:28:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He sounds just like Al Gore and the Inconvenient Truth scam.
2007-05-24 14:27:02 · answer #9 · answered by Who's got my back? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that it is a flawed belief that doesn't meet meet the standards for a scientific hypothesis.
2007-05-24 14:25:24 · answer #10 · answered by Big Super 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋