Creationism lecture at University of Florida by a Dr. Kent Hovind

[madfloridian]

Run time: 09:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjv-EDxgP-c   Posted on YouTube: February 21, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 24, 2008 By DU Member: madfloridian Views on DU: 2029

 
It is so weird to watch this and realize it is being taught to our UF students.

It concerned me so I looked him up to see why he was so qualified to conduct a lecture at the U of F.

http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2004/08/kent-hovind-and.html

Kent Hovind, the creationist and tax resister, has made only a few cameo appearances on PT, but he was recently the subject of an article in Intelligence Report (Camille Jackson, “When Giants Roamed: A Florida Theme Park Sells Creationism - with an Antigovernment Twist,” Summer, 2004, p. 49), a publication of the Southern Poverty Leadership Center. The New York Times describes Hovind as the operator of a creationist theme park but, unfortunately, in a fairly credulous article, glosses over some of Mr. Hovind’s other activities (Abby Goodnough, “Darwin-Free Fun for Creationists,” May 1, 2004).

Mr. Hovind, also known as Dr. Dino, is a young-earth creationist and runs Creation Science Evangelism, in Pensacola, Florida. He claims to have a doctoral degree from Patriot University in Colorado. If PU is accredited, they hide the fact very well; their “Frequently Asked Questions about ACCREDITATION! ” states in many ways and with many exclamation points why accreditation is not required (http://www.patriotuniversity.com/accreditation.asp…. Brett Vickers, writing for Talk Origins, notes that PU is accredited by an association of theological institutions, which charges $100 for accreditation (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/credentials.html), but that supposed accreditation is not mentioned on PU’s FAQ page.

More about Hovind here.

http://www.kent-hovind.com/doctor/index.htm