Kent Hovind

Jason Filley jfilley@primary.net
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 00:42:19 -0500 (00907238539, 000801bdecfe$45954260$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].

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[Last update: June 24, 1998]

Regards,
Jason