Kent Hovind

You don't know what a Gish Gallop is, do you?

Dr Adequate writes:How much did they steal?Given what the Bible says about respect for civil authority, are you planning to turn them in?

frako writes:As for the creationist claims cmmon just look at why do people laugh at creationists on youtube 34 episodes of pure bullshit and explenations why it is bullshit.

jar writes:It really is simple.
Either the Government is unaware of them or they are simply so totally irrelevant and unimportant to be worth the cost of going after them.

Coyote writes:Creationism is a religious belief, not a "logical principle."Creation "science" was invented after creationism was banished by the courts. But creation "science" was itself shortly thereafter banished, as was it's stepchild, "intelligent design."All of these were disallowed because they are religion, not science.And still creationism is a religious belief in spite of these attempts to take on the trappings, and respect, relegated to science.

Coyote writes:Didn't mean to evade your points, but when you mention archaeology I tend to focus on that, as that is something I've been doing for >40 years.
And I googled Mollar, but the passage I ended up finding was somehow Ron Wyatt. The page I landed on wasn't very specific.Not really on topic anyway I guess.

Coyote writes:In terms of archaeology -- no, they were not doing science.

Coyote writes: They gathered the flimsiest of evidence and used it to make far-reaching claims. One might be allowed to do that in apologetics, but not in science.There is no real evidence to work with to determine which of the many possible interpretations might be correct. And why didn't they grab some of the "wheels" when they were there? Surely that would have helped to settle the issue.

fearandloathing writes:It just seems to me it would be fairly easy to prove or disprove his claims. Based on my limited knowledge of what happens to wood in a marine environment, it would never allow coral growth to form in the shapes he shows, wood would be the first thing to go. I am not sure how long iron would last or what evidence of it if any would be left inside the coral formations.

Taq writes:For what it is worth:quote:
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One of the individuals who I interviewed, who lost approximately 30,000 thousand dollars to Ron Wyatt, went to Israel with him, supposedly to see some of these sights and record them on film. An assignment editor of a major television station in Nasheville went with them. Not only did this individual not see any of these incredible discoveries, but his wife was told by one of Ron Wyatt's sons that the chariot wheels that Ron supposedly discovered in the Gulf of Aqaba were planted there by Ron. Mr. Wyatt gave this couple some coins which he supposedly found at the Ark of the Covenant site. Again, one of Wyatt's sons informed the wife that Wyatt bought those coins. Gentle, soft-spoken Ron verbally abused an Arab car rental agent when the agent told Mr. Wyatt that his son was to young to drive the vehicle.
This couple and the television man returned with nothing to show for the ten's of thousands of dollars he gave to Ron. Later, Ron returned and asked for $10,000 dollars more. This man told Ron he would give him the money if he agreed to take a lie detector test and sign a statement agreeing to allow this man to use the results of the test any way he wanted. Ron tried to get the money without agreeing to take the test, but when he saw that he would not get another dime without the test, he finally signed the statement and took the test. In the words of the man who put Ron Wyatt through the test, as told by the man who gave Ron Wyatt all the previous money, "He failed just about everything except his name."
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Coyote writes:1) What is the evidence that it is wood?
2) What is the evidence that it pre-dates the exodus?

fearandloathing writes:Seems you have answered yourself, thanks.