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Just because you believe someone a fraud, does not necessarily invalidate everything they say. I am hopeful that our conversation will not deteriorate into namecalling as a means of discrediting someone's opinions
To dismiss a logical argument without checking the logic behind it by calling someone a fraud is indeed a logical fallacy (called argumentum ad hominen, or something like that). But it is fair to cast doubts on the persons veracity, that is whether he is truthfully presenting
facts. One should back it up, of course, but it has been amply demonstrated that Hovind is a fraud. Of course, some of the things he says may be the truth, but if you have to check each fact individually, why rely on him? Get another source.
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