Is Dr. Dino (Kent Hovind) a total joke?

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Tintin

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Tintin, that book you recommended from Dr. Jonathan Sarfati can be had on Amazon for $0.01 plus shipping. I just ordered it given the exceptionally high reviews YEC advocates are assigning to it (not to mention the wonderful price).

Whether or not Dr. Sarfati's arguments qualify as valid or faulty (in my view), I know I'll become more proficient in the YEC viewpoint from reading that particular book.
Good stuff, brother! That's a heck of a lot cheaper than what I paid. Dr. Sarfati is quite the powerhouse scientist and theologian in biblical creation circles.
 
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a perfect example of this is the 'day age interpretation'.
How would God Himself interpret 'day age'?, how long is one of God's days?, how would anyone know?, also, God has no limitations no boundaries and can command full control of all natural laws. In some places on planet earth natural laws can change patterns.



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so regarding this assertion that young earth creationism and flood geology virtually originated in seventh day adventist circles...this is patently false...

although morris was influenced by price...young earth creationism and flood geology actually predated price by a wide margin...
In his book History of Modern Creationism, Henry Morris stated about George McCready Price:

"I encountered his name in one of Harry Rimmer's books . . . and thereupon looked up his book The New Geology in the library at Rice University, where I was teaching at the time. This was in early 1943 an it was a life-changing experience."

Oh, a "life-changing experience" Morris said.

And Henry Morris went on to write his own book on flood geology and founded Institute for Creation Research.

Henry Morris is the person most responsible for making YEC the pseudoscientific cult that it is today. And who does Henry Morris credit for the "life-changing experience" that motivated him? Oh, a Seventh-Day Adventist, George McCready Price. And where did George McCready Price get much of his science? Ellen G. White perhaps?
 
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In his book History of Modern Creationism, Henry Morris stated about George McCready Price:

"I encountered his name in one of Harry Rimmer's books . . . and thereupon looked up his book The New Geology in the library at Rice University, where I was teaching at the time. This was in early 1943 an it was a life-changing experience."

Oh, a "life-changing experience" Morris said.

And Henry Morris went on to write his own book on flood geology and founded Institute for Creation Research.

Henry Morris is the person most responsible for making YEC the pseudoscientific cult that it is today. And who does Henry Morris credit for the "life-changing experience" that motivated him? Oh, a Seventh-Day Adventist, George McCready Price. And where did George McCready Price get much of his science? Ellen G. White perhaps?
Here is the link you failed to give;
Henry Morris' Deception

Now,if any of the other ignorant yec's besides myself wonder how your ignorance originated,you can read this nutty slander and deception and become as smart as Jack.
 
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under the "credentials from Jack's institutions matter most" theory,a buffoon that somehow gets them,is infallable intellectually,and has the authority to cancel real truth with the production of his documents.

wonder what communist country this originates from?
 
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Here is the link you failed to give;
Henry Morris' Deception

Now,if any of the other ignorant yec's besides myself wonder how your ignorance originated,you can read this nutty slander and deception and become as smart as Jack.
What is it, specifically, you disagree with at your link there?
 
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well first of all...i said old earth creationists -usually- invent new creation mythologies...i didn't say 'always'...so any of the people you listed -might- not have fallen into the intellectual indignities that old earth creationism commonly requires...

with that said...your exercise in 'name dropping' is a fallacy in itself...either an appeal to authority or an appeal to numbers or an appeal to pity depending on what you were trying to prove...which isn't entirely clear... to see why this is a fallacy...i could just as easily make an equally long list of eminent christian authorities who believed that the sun revolved around the earth... if an idea is invalid it doesn't matter -who- believes it...and simply stating that someone holds to an invalid idea is -not- impugning their character...

moving on to your other contentions...it is true that old earth creationism has a long history...it especially experienced a surge in popularity during the enlightenment... however in the case of old earth creationism this long history only serves to make its notions generally quite dated...as the years have gone by old earth creationism has become a more and more untenable approach to both science and scripture...

a perfect example of this is the 'day age interpretation'...at one time the sparseness of geological data did make it possible for a scientifically informed christian to claim that all that was necessary to accommodate genesis 1 to the prevailing geological opinions on the age of the earth was to 'stretch out' the chronology... this was the approach taken for example by jamieson and faussett and brown in their bible commentary...which -at that time- was a well reasoned and plausible model...

of course the geological and paleontological discoveries of the intervening years have effectively demolished the plausibility of this day age interpretation...because it has become clear that genesis 1 and the geologic record do not present the same -sequence- of events...so it is not sufficient just to stretch out the days of genesis 1 into long ages...

this is not an isolated case...it is the story of old earth creationist models in general...since most old earth creationist models attach themselves in varying degrees and with near dogmatic insistence to whatever the prevailing secular origins models may be on an -as is- basis...they suffer greatly when new facts produce a change in those prevailing secular views...

nor is this a thing of the past...as recently as the last decade hugh ross of reasons to believe hitched his creation model to a certain viewpoint on the humanness of neanderthals...which he viewed as soulless animals possessing only humanoid form and abilities... unfortunately for ross his ideas about neanderthals have been refuted in leaps and bounds by new data...it is now known that neanderthals possessed the 'symbolic capability' that ross denied them...and ross and his cohorts appear to be some of the few 'scientists' left who deny that neanderthals interbred with modern type humans...even the young earth creationists have accepted that new discovery with eagerness because it was a testable prediction of -their- creation model...but ross' model simply cannot accommodate this new data because he has tied the theological aspect of his model to a prior state of a shifting field of science...

anyway to move on to your one other contention...old earth creationists certainly -have- invented new mythologies that contradict both the scripture and the secular science they are supposed to reconcile... a perfect example is the 'gap theory'...which claims that there was a time gap between genesis 1:1 and genesis 1:2 in which a 'pre adamic world' ruled by lucifer existed and then 'became' formless and desolate when satan fell... of course it is a major stretch to obtain this from scripture and it requires a great deal of dubious exegesis of passages from which 'gap' interpretations do not readily follow...so it is absolutely fair to call this a 'new mythology'... similarly no current scientific view of the earth includes anything like the -100% extinction event- that is required by the gap theory...so it is absolutely fair to argue that this new mythology also contradicts the very science it was supposed to reconcile with scripture...

a more nuanced instance of old earth creationism as 'new mythology' is found in some models of progressive creationism... for example at some point in hugh ross' slick presentation of his progressive creation model you might simply step back and ask yourself...'is any of this actually derived from scripture?'...and the answer will be an obvious 'no!'... no credible hermeneutic could derive from genesis 1 anything like ross' scenario of continual extinctions of species and then new divine creations of similar but slightly more -ahem- 'evolved' species to replace them...right up to ross' already discredited neanderthal 'pre humans' who were supposedly replaced with modern humans made in the image of God...the text simply doesn't even -hint- at -any- of that... and so it quickly becomes clear that ross' model is -not- a real attempt at exegeting the genesis 1 text...but actually an attempt at 'exegesis' of the geologic record in his '67th book of the bible' in order to create a kind of 'God of the artificial gaps' scenario that is basically the orthodox evolutionist sequence only without the evolution...

finally as ross' model is essentially just an imitation of the orthodox evolutionist sequence that merely replaces evolutionary speciation with divine creation...it is not really an especially testable model...at least not in the sense that any test could conceivably distinguish it from the evolutionary model...
You obfuscate and bluster without addressing the facts.

1. What is your scientific evidence that the earth is around 6,000 years old?

2. What is your scientific evidence that dinosaurs coexisted with humans?

3. What is your scientific evidence that there was a global flood 4,000 to 5,000 years ago?

Please refer to evidence that is published in reputable peer-reviewed scientific journals and the like.
 
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Good stuff, brother! That's a heck of a lot cheaper than what I paid. Dr. Sarfati is quite the powerhouse scientist and theologian in biblical creation circles.
Somehow you forgot to mention the downside on Dr. Sarfati. Like this from the article on him at RationalWiki:

Sarfati's debating technique is infamous for a "take no prisoners" approach that is so offensive, it regularly brings the reproach of other, more irenically-minded Christians. A Christian review of Sarfati's Refuting Evolution[SUP][5][/SUP] says Sarfati is "blinded by his own ideology and has probably never honestly and open-mindedly faced the main issue about which he writes", noting that Sarfati attacks Old-earth creationist Hugh Ross as a false teacher in need of Biblical rebuke. This is typical. Sarfati frequently retreats to "X calls himself a Christian, but..." succumbing to the classic "No True Scotsman" logical fallacy. Sarfati repeatedly and clearly implies non-Young Earth Creationists are barely saved, and are otherwise misguided, apostate, ineffective or tools of Satan for failing to take a literalist, presuppositionalist approach to scripture. This approach is typical of the more histrionic Creationist organisations, but Sarfati is its exemplar: Giving lip service to the idea that other Christians can sincerely disagree about doctrine without heresy, but taking the gloves off in personal argument, conducting desperate ad hominem rejoinders, and casting aspersion on any adversary's salvation or motivations.

 

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Somehow you forgot to mention the downside on Dr. Sarfati. Like this from the article on him at RationalWiki:

Sarfati's debating technique is infamous for a "take no prisoners" approach that is so offensive, it regularly brings the reproach of other, more irenically-minded Christians.
Actually, this is true. I remember about ten years ago, the AiG website would publish "hate mail" with his response that was usually just as venomous. Very intelligent man, but a bit abrasive last I read of him. I believe he even got banned from a theology site, long time ago. A site mind you, that allows nastiness far worse than what is tolerated here - yet THEY banned him, ultimately.
 

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I believe he even got banned from a theology site, long time ago. A site mind you, that allows nastiness far worse than what is tolerated here - yet THEY banned him, ultimately.
Here is the source:

Talk:Jonathan Sarfati/dispute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My mistake... I just remember reading that quite a while ago, though I didn't look deeply into it. Seems there is debate about this, and that the members of the site didn't consider him trollish (maybe he wasn't banned?) The quotes you have from Theology Web are unaccessible via direct link because after reading a bit, it appears their entire site crashed and they lost everything in 2013.
 
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I don't know what people's personalities have to do with which creation or naturalistic worldview is most correct but I do know that if they free Kent Hovind, I can begin seeing pictures like this one produced again:

 

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I don't know what people's personalities have to do with which creation or naturalistic worldview is most correct but I do know that if they free Kent Hovind, I can begin seeing pictures like this one produced again:


Personality has nothing to do with it, really. But, if you claim to believe it because you are a moral being believing a good God, and yet you don't reflect a neutral or friendly demeanor, that in and of itself can raise suspicion in regards to motives. iow, it doesn't look good, regardless of what creation model you adhere to. Esp when a common YEC argument (albeit a poor one) is how evolutionary teaching has lead to moral decay... and then to exhibit amoral behavior in stating such? Hypocrisy doesn't invalidate a claim, but it doesn't do much to advance it.
 
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Oh, I agree with you but you didn't comment on that picture though ;).


Personality has nothing to do with it, really. But, if you claim to believe it because you are a moral being believing a good God, and yet you don't reflect a neutral or friendly demeanor, that in and of itself can raise suspicion in regards to motives. iow, it doesn't look good, regardless of what creation model you adhere to. Esp when a common YEC argument (albeit a poor one) is how evolutionary teaching has lead to moral decay... and then to exhibit amoral behavior in stating such? Hypocrisy doesn't invalidate a claim, but it doesn't do much to advance it.
 
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Here is the link you failed to give;
Henry Morris' Deception

Now,if any of the other ignorant yec's besides myself wonder how your ignorance originated,you can read this nutty slander and deception and become as smart as Jack.
The article you cited appears to be credible to me, particularly statements like:

One particular early twentieth century creationist, George McCready Price (1870-1963), was the key anti-evolution creationist most influential to today’s young earth anti-evolution creationist movement even though his beliefs were considered on the fringe by fundamentalists at the time. Price promoted what he called Flood Geology.

George McCready Price had no choice but to believe in a restrictive literal interpretation where God created the universe in 4004 BC. The founder of Seventh-day Adventism, Ellen White, claimed to have received a vision from God, showing her the creation of the universe, which “was just like any other week.” Accepting anything other than a young earth would be to deny Ellen White as a true prophet. and developed young earth flood geology creationism around it.

Morris and Whitcomb repackaged Prices’ discarded flood geology creationism into something that the fundamentalist and evangelical community finally embraced. The Genesis Flood was an instant success with 29 reprints and sales in excess of 200,000 by the 1980’s. It became the scientific support and justification for the belief in young earth creationism, especially since this movement was named creation science.
 
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under the "credentials from Jack's institutions matter most" theory,a buffoon that somehow gets them,is infallable intellectually,and has the authority to cancel real truth with the production of his documents.

wonder what communist country this originates from?
The author of the "Henry Morris' Deception" article you cited is from Buffalo.

Buffalo is not a communist country.

If you say he or what he says is not credible, make your case.

Without going off on another of your incoherent rants would be good.
 
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I don't know what people's personalities have to do with which creation or naturalistic worldview is most correct but I do know that if they free Kent Hovind, I can begin seeing pictures like this one produced again:

Dr. Dino (Kent Hovind) maintains that not only did Jesus interact with dinosaurs, but dinosaurs exist today. The Loch Ness monster is his favorite example.

When Dr. Dino is out of the slammer and Ken Ham finishes building that $73 million life-sized Noah's Ark, they should take the ark for a sail in lake Loch Ness and not return until they capture Nessie.

Here is an interesting article on Ham's Ark:

5 Things Kentucky Could Spend $73 Million On Instead Of A Fake Noah's Ark
 

Jimbone

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Dr. Dino (Kent Hovind) maintains that not only did Jesus interact with dinosaurs, but dinosaurs exist today. The Loch Ness monster is his favorite example.

When Dr. Dino is out of the slammer and Ken Ham finishes building that $73 million life-sized Noah's Ark, they should take the ark for a sail in lake Loch Ness and not return until they capture Nessie.

Here is an interesting article on Ham's Ark:

5 Things Kentucky Could Spend $73 Million On Instead Of A Fake Noah's Ark
Do comments like this really make you feel good about yourself? To be honest brother this is getting sad. Is this your hobby or something? It's almost embarrassing man, at least try to stop because I would rather have what Dr. Dino has then whatever it is that makes you obsess about him. At least he's his own man and has tons of people talking about him. What have you ever done but insult?
 
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AgeofKnowledge

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Jesus loves the little dinosaurs, all the little dinosaurs of the world... but do you really think that Kent truly believes Jesus held little dinosaur hatchlings and cradled them for naps?



LOL Well hey, we can't leave Philosoraptor behind! The wisest animal to ever live! ;)