Challenge from Kent Hovid
Posted on: March 5, 2007 - 1:12am
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Challenge from Kent Hovid
I recieved this "Challenge" for the Rational Response Squad to Debate Kent Hovind about Creationism. They don't think you will actually call or debate them but here is the information they sent. What do you all think? Is this possible and what do you all know or think about this guy?
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Creation Science Evangelism 29 Cummings Road Pensacola, Florida USA [32503] Telephone: 850-479-3466 (8-5 Mon-Fri CST)
Toll-free (USA): 877-479-3466 Facsimile: 850-479-8562 http://drdino.com/contact.php
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Didn't he just get sentenced to prison? Why would the RRS want to waste time on the likes of him?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Hovind#Legal_problems
Even without the recent legal problems, Hovind isn't a good candidate because he was always extremely dishonest when it came to creationism vs. evolution.
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yep yep.
Kent Hovind = scam artist. I'm not even sure he believes all the theist bullshit. I think he's just been profiting off of it for years.
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Do you know if he wants us to debate him from inside the walls of his jail or should we wait 10 years until he gets out? Maybe the easiest way is for him to call it in which we will gladly allow. Do you know if he's only allowed to talk for a certain amount of time?
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I doubt the message is real.
Hovind is locked up and they won't let him out!
But even if the message is real and Hovind debates the RRS, the show will be reminiscent of the time they debunked fishdontwalk.com
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I really didn't know much about him until after I got the "Challenge" Apparently it was from one of his "followers" who claims that the IRS set him up because of the fact that they agree with evolution and they wanted to silence him. I think its all pretty crazy if you ask me.
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That's pretty funny. If he's that whacko he belongs in the looney bin.
Rational Response Squad vs Kent Hovind= Mismatch.
Kind of like a boxing match between Lennox Lewis and PeeWee Herman!
Aw heck. You don't want to debate him anyway. He'd have to call you and they can only make collect calls from prison. Just think of the phone bill (and I doubt if he has Skype).
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He's probably too busy being someone's girlfriend in prison to take a call anyway.
Liars. There's one reason he's in prison. You don't fuck with the IRS!
Hehehe... And Ted Haggart's thinking, "What a lucky bastard. I had to go to this 'How to Love Pussy Camp' and he gets to be in there with all those strong sweaty men..."
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I think prisons also track phone numbers. I dont think you want him having your personal info. Maybe if you had an 800 number, but you dont do live shows so there wouldnt be a point.
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Rofl. Like the IRS gives a rats ass about science OR religion, except in regards to how much money they can take from either.
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As the local IRS goon, I can tell you that we do care about religion - a lot. Hell, we're the ones trying to get Congress to start taxing churches, so we can reduce the burden on normal people.
Just think how much less atheists would have to pay in if we got 30% of what went into the collection plate......mmmm.......*drooling*
So, yeah. Call your local Congressman and start getting these religious bigots taxed, and we'll have many more Kent Hovinds who try to hide their funds. Jim Bakker, anyone?
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It'll be a beautiful day when the books of churches are taxed like everything else. The only thing that should be tax exempt is a charity. And then it should be completely transparent.
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Yeah, I met him several times and went to school with his children. Kent Hovind is a raconteur, a snake oil medicine man, a thief, a liar, a fake, a charlatan, and a conspiracy theorist. He's very intelligent and a highly effective communicator though, and sometimes that's all it takes, especially with christians.
Kent Hovind has about a half-dozen one-liners he uses in the course of a "debate" - they're all red herrings and most people here who are familiar with him are bored by the same fallacies he throws about. My favorite is, "Time is your god" - that cracks me up.
Kent Hovind is an idiot. Firstly:
He has no higher education in any science
He has no degree from an accredited institution (Patriot Bible Universty is not considered an accredited institution for obvious reasons)
He does not have any qualification an academic would recognize
He frequently makes fun of evolution for saying that "we came from rocks" not realizing that a) it says nothing of the sort and b) it is the Bible which says that God made man "out of dust", which is, in fact, rock powder.
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I disagree. I think he's smart enough to know he bullshitting. He's also smart enough to know that enough people will buy his bullshit, and will give him money for providing said bullshit.