Kent Hovind

Farrell Till jftill@midwest.net
Thu, 01 Oct 1998 10:01:51 -0700 (00907279311, 2.2.32.19981001170151.0088e6f0@midwest.net) 

At 08:01 AM 10/1/98 -0400, Achilles Sophia wrote:

>>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.

>>



>>

>ACHILLES

>Looks like the info you requested has already been posted. Allow me to point

>you also to http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/dave_matson/young-earth/

>you probably already familiar with it but just in case, matson has put up a

>very thourough refutation for a huge number of arguments Hovind uses. 

>


TILL
Yes, I'm familiar with Dave Matson's book.   I probably saw it before others
did, because Matson sent me a copy before it was actually advertised for
distribution.  Those who subscribe to *The Skeptical Review* will recognize
Matson as a frequent contributor to TSR.  Anyway, I want to thank all of
those who responded to my request for the name of the web site that
published Hovind's educational background.  I must have received 20 replies,
so I got not only the name of the web page I was looking for but other
information too.

I debated Hovind a few years ago at a Baptist church in Pekin, Illinois, and
so I am familiar with his arguments.  I wanted the information about his
educational background, because he presents himself as "Dr. Hovind" and
claims to have a background in science.  By the way, for those in Central
Illinois who may be interested, Dr. Karen Bartelt will debate Hovind at 2:30
P. M. on October 11th at the Unitarian Church in Peoria.  Dr. Bartelt is a
professor of chemistry at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois.  This is
Ronald Reagan's alma mater.  Although it is a college operated by the
Disciples of Christ (Christian Church), Dr. Bartelt is an evolutionist.

Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net