Kent Hovind

Jason Filley jfilley@primary.net
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 01:04:46 -0500 (00907239886, 001701bded01$673dde60$be5df2cd@default) 


>>TILL

>>I have been asked to debate the "creation scientist" Kent Hovind via

>>telephone hook-up over station WJBC-AM in Bloomington, Illinois, on

October

>>2nd at 10:00 A.M.  This station is located at 1230 on the A. M. dial.  I

>>have been looking for a posting I saved of a web site that exposes the

>phony

>>degrees of some creation "scientists," but I can't locate it.  I recall

>>finding Kent Hovind on this list when I went through it a few weeks ago.

>>Does anyone know what this site is?  I'd like to review it before the

radio

>>program Friday.

>>

>>Farrell Till

>>Skepticism, Inc.

>>jftill@midwest.net

>>

>

>JASON

>Go to http://www.altavista.digital.com and query on the following line:

>+"Kent Hovind" +degree +creation

>

>The fifth link returned is http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/credentials.html

>

>Hovind's section reads:

>

>Kent Hovind is a young-earth creationist who gives frequent public lectures

>on evolution and creationism. He is well-known for repeating the claim that

>the remains of a basking shark found by Japanese fishermen off the coast of

>New Zealand were actually those of a recently deceased plesiosaur.

>Hovind claims to possess a masters degree and a doctorate in education from

>Patriot University in Colorado. According to Hovind, his 250-page

>dissertation was on the topic of the dangers of teaching evolution in the

>public schools. Formerly affiliated with Hilltop Baptist Church in Colorado

>Springs, Colorado, Patriot University is accredited only by the American

>Accrediting Association of Theological Institutions, an accreditation mill

>that provides accreditation for a $100 charge. Patriot University has moved

>to Alamosa, Colorado and continues to offer correspondence courses for $15

>to $32 per credit. The school's catalog contains course descriptions but no

>listing of the school's faculty or their credentials. Name It and Frame It

>lists Patriot University as a degree mill [3].

>

>Copyright © 1998 by Brett Vickers

>[Last update: June 24, 1998]

>

>Regards,

>Jason


JASON
Just for grins I ran a query on "Patriot University" and only found mention
of TWO other graduates:

http://www.pillsbury.edu/direct/dir_s_u.htm

http://www.teshuvah.com/yati/meet_the_rabbi.htm

For what it's worth.....

Regards,
Jason