Kent hovind how old is the earth

The burden of proof is on the evolutionists if they expect all taxpayers to fund the teaching of their religion in the school system. Many who believe in evolution are great at '"straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel. Meyer's Reply: I have not found one credible evidence for a young earth or universe, but many evidences for an old universe.

Hovind States: "Evolutionists love to assume uniformitarian processes. Many of the preceding evidences follow the same logic evolutionists use all the time in dealing with carbon dating, strata formation, genetic drift, etc. Meyer's Reply: Geologists recognize many catastrophes during earth's history. Updated: Webmaster: info bibleandscience. Evidence from Space The Shrinking Sun Hovind States: "The shrinking sun limits the earth-sun relationship to less than "billions of years. Moon Dust Hovind States: "The 0.

Evidence from Biology Hovind States: "The current population of earth 5. Evidence from History Hovind States: "The oldest known historical records are less than years old. Hovind States: "Biblical dates add up to about years.

Hovind Sources Morris, Henry M. Scientific Creationism. El Cajon, Calif. McLean, G. Oklahoma City, Okla. Huse, Scott M. The Collapse of Evolution. Grand Rapids, Mich. Ackerman, Paul D. Blick, Edward F. A Scientific Analysis of Genesis. Petersen, Dennis R. Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation. South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Hovind, Kent E. Wysong, R. The Creation-Evolution Controversy. Midland, Mich. Baker, Sylvia. Bone of Contention. Creation Science Foundation Ltd. Moore, John N.

Questions and Answers on Creation-Evolution. Brown, Walt. Site Map Contacts Links Newsletter. Hovind argues that since the oldest tree is no more than a few thousand years old, how could the earth be any older?

Briefly, here are the major points covered by Hovind in his May 7—8, presentation at Calvary Chapel. Unfortunately for Hovind, this site was an April Fool's joke, which would have been obvious to anyone who was scientifically literate.

Dinosaurs are alive and well on planet earth! Someone saw a yellow dinosaur with a beard. There are many reports of Pterodactyls flying around Papua, New Guinea this information came from Carl Baugh who has been there! ICA stones from Peru show clear drawings of dinosaurs indicating that man and dinosaurs live together. Leviathan mentioned in the Bible is a fire breathing dragon In ancient literature what were called "dragons" where actually dinosaurs.

The way the ancients killed these dragons for example, Tyrannosaurus rex was to pull off their small forearms and let them bleed to death. We don't see sea monsters dinosaurs now, in contrast to many such tales from early sea-farers, because modern ships engines make too much noise and scare them off. NOVA filmed a creationist named Baugh and an unnamed evolutionist during this dig, but would not document the findings.

The evolutionist refused to examine the evidence. A clay doll was found in rocks dated at 12 million years old in Nampa ID. Fossilized insects and animals were of enormous size before the flood; reptiles never stopped growing. How did Noah get all those animals on the ark? He took 2 of each kind , not necessarily 2 of each species. He also took baby animals because they 1 were smaller, 2 ate less, and 3 had a longer life span to reproduce All species were vegetarians before the flood, so animals had no fear of humans On Geology and Earth Science There was no continental drift.

No Pangaea! Carbon 14 dating is inaccurate because two bones from the same Mammoth date 22 and 40 years old. On Health Hovind has discovered a cure for cancer. A vitamin B17 deficiency causes cancer just like vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy. Taking B17 plus C will cure your cancer. Cancer incidence increased when vitamin E and lecithin were removed from breads to make white bread. One reason Adam and Eve lived so long more than years is because they were vegetarians. The average life span of humans before the flood was years.

Noah was years old when he built the ark. A hyperbaric chamber can heal you and grow giants like before Noah's flood where there was twice the current levels of oxygen and atmospheric pressure. This is confirmed by scientists who studied the air bubbles in amber see Time Nov 9;p Under these conditions, Dr Mori in Japan grew a tomato plant 40 feet high yielding 15 tomatoes. On Society and Government We should not have any public schools.

According to the 10th amendment to the US constitution, the federal government should get out of education. Democracy, which always leads to a dictatorship, is an illegitimate form of government in that rights are conferred by man.

In a constitutional republic like the US, rights are conferred by the creator. Oral Tradition Following the presentation, one of us SM managed to contact Hovind and ask some specific questions about the sources of his claims.

For many of them he seemed to accept at face value the claims of anyone who a was a Christian of the same stripe as he, and b who seemed to Hovind like a reliable source. Jesus said the universe is young. The Bible explains dinosaurs "behemoth"; "leviathan". The theory of evolution is a religion that leads to communism, abortion, and atheism. Evolutionists are liars.

Scientists are arrogant. Creationists are not allowed to publish in scientific journals. Creationism is censored from public schools. Microevolution may be true, but macroevolution, organic evolution, stellar evolution, chemical evolution, and cosmic evolution are all lies perpetrated by the lying liars who worship at the faux religion of evolution.

And, just in case there was anyone present who had not heard, Hovind concluded: "Jesus died for our sins. Build a miniature Grand Canyon out of sand to see how quickly it can be done. Participate in Jumpasaurus, a trampoline game where the players toss a ball through a hoop and learn how they can do two things at once for Jesus. And thrill with the Nerve-Wracking Ball, where a bowling ball hangs from a tree limb and the children release it to swing out and back just short of hitting them — they win the game if they don't flinch, thereby demonstrating their faith in God's laws.

I began my ten-minute rebuttal by noting that Hovind is the only guy I know who can deliver a two-hour lecture in 25 minutes he is the fastest talker I have ever met, with a voice like Ross Perot and a finish to each sentence that seems to say "so there! I again emphasized that Hovind had said nothing in support of the creationist position, that he only attacked the theory of evolution in hopes that the audience would then accept creationism by default, and with regard to his divine explanations for the origin of species, I reiterated, "I think you need to be more explicit here in step two.

Because Hovind had said he was pro-science, I emphasized that if young-earth creationists like him are right, then all of science goes out the window, not just evolutionary biology. If the earth is only years old, then most of cosmology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, geology, paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and so on are wrong.

I noted that the "fakes and mistakes" of science, trotted out by Hovind and other creationists, were all discovered, publicly revealed, and corrected by scientists , not creationists, and that the self-correcting machinery of science is what makes it so successful.

I punctuated this point by noting the parallels between evolution deniers and Holocaust deniers, the latter of whom accuse Holocaust historians and survivors of lies and deceit in the same manner as the creationists accuse scientists, and that the strategy is no more effective and no less malevolent when employed by creationists. Finally, I suggested a number of tests of evolutionary theory: if Hovind could produce just one example of a trilobite embedded in a fossil bed containing hominids, I would concede that the theory of evolution is in trouble.

No such disconfirmatory evidence exists, and creationists know it, which is why they always dodge this challenge. The Immediate Aftermath After the debate I was surrounded by a mob of Bible-toting students, most of whom were exceptionally polite, friendly, and desirous to know "Why did you give up your faith? But tell that to my annoyed siblings and non-Christian friends, who tolerated my nonstop evangelizing for seven years. The sentiments were quite real. Who won the debate?

Intellectually, I did, with Hovind once again conceding defeat on the last question of the evening: "What is the best evidence for the creation? In that simple statement, Hovind confessed the scientific "sin" of all creationists: Disproving evolution does not prove creationism. To Hovind and all creationists I say: I think you need to be more explicit here in step two.

Anyone who was there and assessed the outcome from audience enthusiasm for either Hovind or me, however, would have perceived a different result: one that was, on one level, foreordained. The home-court advantage is a potent force in intellectual venues no less than in athletic ones. The problem is that this is not an intellectual exercise, it is an emotional drama.

For scientists, the dramatis personae are evolutionists vs creationists, the former of whom have an impregnable fortress of evidence that converges on an unmistakable conclusion; for creationists, however, the evidence is irrelevant. This is a spiritual war, whose combatants are theists vs atheists, spiritualists vs secularists, Christians vs Satanists, godfearing capitalists vs godless communists, good vs evil.

With stakes this high, and an audience so stacked, what chance does any scientist have in such a venue? Thus, I now believe it is a mistake for scientists to participate in such debates and I will not do another.

Unless there is a subject that is truly debatable evolution vs creation is not , with a format that is fair, in a forum that is balanced, it only serves to belittle both the magisterium of science and the magisterium of religion. This version might differ slightly from the print publication. All From This Issue. Confronting Creationism.

Winning the Creation Debate. Then A Miracle Occurs Challenging Creationist Debaters. Grantsburg Activists Budge School Board. You cannot prove that God did not act in this capricious and arbitrary way about six thousand years ago. Of course, why God would do this, and camouflage everything in the robes of great antiquity and evolutionary descent is anybody's guess.

Perhaps it was all done to test our faith in the literal word of the Bible! Evolution could be made false, as could any scientific proposal, if facts came forward to profoundly conflict with its tenets. For example, if the fossil of a major body plan were found in rocks far older than the evolutionary scheme says such body plans existed, evolution would fall.

No such fossils have ever been found. Creationism rests on faith and its adherents are immune to the persuasive effects of contrary natural evidence.

Creationist science puts forward very little scientific evidence in favour of special creation. It adopts a wholly negative stance. It spends most of its time scanning the scientific case for evolution and harping at perceived weaknesses in this position. Many people have the impression that religion, as such, is opposed to evolution. This is not the case. The mainline Christian churches accept the broad general thrust of evolution. Creationism is adhered to mainly by fundamentalist religious groups.

The movement is particularly strong in the US.