Has anybody watched the Evolution vs. Creation seminar by Ken Hoven?

Question

If you are an athiest or christian I would highly recommend watching his seminar if you can find someone who has it to borrow it from. It is VERY expensive to buy, so I borrowed it. It has almost any answer you could think of regaurding scientific theories and Christianity and also includes Fact and Evolutionary theories, (there is none) sorry evolutionists. It is so informative, it's incredible! You could answer almost any dispute by watching it. Ken Hoven was a science teacher for I think 20 years or so, and is a Christian and has dicovery theme park called Dinosaur world. You can find more info at www.drdino.com. If you've watched it: What did you think? Where you as amazed as I was at the information and power of his teachings? Everything made perfect sense and is referenced from many different sources.

I know the whole controversy about him being sent to prison but he didn't lie about the taxes: he said he was paying them as missionaries, and missionaries are exempt from taxes. Obviously the government disagreed. He's paying for it. Does that make his seminar any less truthful? NO! It all lines up with the word of God, and that is how you know the truth. Anyone who has tried to disprove the Bible has done quite the opposite. I still believe it is truth simply on the factual data. I asked if you've seen the evolution vs. creation seminar, that was it. Not do you like him, how many shows have you seen, etc. You guys need to stick with the question or don't answer it. Anyone who says he's a liar, prove it with fact, not opinion or theory. Solid fact! I have not seen that thus far.

Answer 1

You can watch quite a bit of it on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIeLRD1L9yY&mode=related&search=

I'll just leave out what I think of this person.

Answer 2

The fellow's name is Kent Hovind (I know final dentals are hard to hear in some dialects) and he's a charlatan of the first order.

His 'doctorate' is unavailable to the public. That alone should tell you all you need to know about the man. Neither he nor the diploma mill he got it from will release it. And it's officially in 'Christian Education', although he leaves off the 'Christian' part when it suits him, which seems to be most of the time. He's no science teacher. He's not much of any sort of teacher; he's more of a glorified carnival barker, selling peeks at bearded ladies and straw men to a gullible public all too willing to believe.

It gets better. Pensacola Christian College distanced themselves from him. Pensa-sodding-fascist-cola Christian said he was a little too nutty for their peanut butter.

It gets better still. He's in prison. He and his wife got caught not paying taxes on large portions of their enormous income derived from fleecing the faithful. And somehow his website fails to mention this.

He's a con artist who got caught. He's no more a Christian than I am a honey-baked ham. Jesus' message was free. Hovind's costs an arm and a leg; he's preaching to the choir and charging them for it.

Perhaps this is all ad hominem; I'm sure that's the first thing he would respond with. But this is R&S; if you want a good analysis of his claims, cross-post in Biology and see what happens when poor logic and faulty facts get served up in there.

Answer 3

I don't think Ill bother - it sounds like it is totally bias because any one who says there is no evidence or facts supporting and proving evolution must be biased or blinded by their nonsense.

And yes - I can give a perfectly sound seminar to prove that Harry Potter really does exist and make it convincing too. There have been many pseudo-science examples of this. Astrology, Von Danican, the Lochness monster, many of the UFO sightings etc, etc, etc.... However, it it is not supported by REAL evidence then it ant worth a light.

Answer 4

to answer your question(s), no i'm no longer familar with Ken Ham and his ministry. thank you for sharing, i'm going to bypass to the positioning with an open ideas, yet I possibly only isn't swayed. With our modern technologies, that's impossible to coach the two evolution or creation to be marvelous. that's all bench talk or now. The "I project you to examine it out thoroughly & brazenly, until you would be too scared?" remark wasn't mandatory, that's insulting and demeaning to evolutionists, they do no longer could be talked to love little ones. Hail devil.

Answer 5

You're on the wrong side, hon. The good guys - truth, honesty, the facts etc. - are all on the side of evolution. Kent Hovind is a professional liar (and a convicted criminal) and you're helping him.

Think twice before doing this again.

Answer 6

Hovind is a convicted criminal serving ten years in jail- why is it that he lies about his tax returns but apparently is completely honest about his lectures on evolution. The man is in jail because he is a thieving, lying, scheming rat of a human being. That's who creationists want to represent their cause?

Answer 7

Yes. I have watched many of Kent Hovind's videos and they are filled with lies. He constantly quote-mines, distorts and twists facts. He even just makes things up. Let's not get into his straw man arguments. I refer you to my sources for more information. And please feel free to contact me about Mr. Hovind. I'll be more than glad to expose his lies for you. Oh, and don't worry, both of the podcast links I put here are free. If you can't reach them, again, contact me and I will send them to you.

Seriously, if you must disagree with evolution, at least don't use this guy's arguments. They've all been thrown out at least 40 years ago.

Answer 8

* sigh * ... Sad, really, sad. ... Darwin, et al knew it in the mid-1800s, many more knew it by 1860, Woody knew it by 1922...

“May it not suffice for me to say ... that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.” -- Woodrow Wilson, 1922

... But Still It Goes On (...like the Church and Geocentricism.)

Answer 9

if this so-called "debate" claims there is no fact for the theory of evolution, it's a load of crap and i'm not going to waste my time.

Answer 10

I'm sorry, but Kent Hovind is an idiot.