Kent Hovind

Michael Zanussi michael@lobo.net
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 00:30:24 -0600 (00907241424, 000701bded04$f9339000$02dedede@troldhaugen) 


>>>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.

>>>

>>

>>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].

>>

>

> 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


MICHAEL
We shouldn't forget Pastor Jones, either: http://www.lvbc.org/. Seems what
they believe is currently under construction...