Looking into "Dr" Hovind's glassy eyes, do we think that he really believes this stuff? Does he just not know any better? Or one way or another, does he know perfectly well (or at least suspect) that what he's saying is simply not true? While only Jesus knows what's really in his heart, what does the available evidence tell us?
Hovind, like so many of them, have the same tendencies of a cult. He's smitten by his beliefs. What they are able to do (which is more than evident here on EvC) is to convince themselves and their followers that it's a good thing that most people subscribe to evolution. That, in and of itself, details how insane the world has become and how they know these are the End of Days.
The explanation for why that is is that it is playing right in to the hands of Satan. We're all just being swooned by demons. The creationists (Christians) are the hero's; the last bastion of hope in a dying world.
When they are confronted with indisputable evidence that contradicts their claims, what that really testifies to in their mind is the cunning and craftiness of Satan and his legion of demons.
There are also political overtones all throughout Hovind's seminars. He mentions "liberals," as if liberals are synonymous with evolution. I know quite a few evolutionists that politically lean more to the right. But this is his attempt to appealing to a certain base, a certain demographic to drum up support.
Hovind is simply a prototypical young-earth creationist that pushes hard his agendas and spreads his propaganda in fundamental churches. He appeals to their sensibilities by demonizing all the things they already distrust... At least, he did, until he was imprisoned for tax evasion.
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from mistaken conviction." — Blaise Pascal
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