dwise1 writes:
YECs' veneration of Hovind can be surprisingly extreme. In a Yahoo discussion group, a YEC repeated some Hovind claims so I pointed out that they were wrong and preceisely why they were wrong. In response, the YEC vehmently denounced me for having "made a vicious attack against Christianity". WTFO? This YEC had elevated Hovind to a level equal to the Christ and Christianity.
You beat me to the punch, I was going to post a similar response but yours is more eloquent.
To me, the YEC elevation of Hovind et. al. above any other scholar of religion and science, indeed often seemingly over any figure mentioned in the Bible, is a delusion as troubling as the similar elevation of Koresh, Jones, and Manson to similar status.
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