A lot of other people have defrauded the US government with "deep conviction" too. So it's entirely fair for everyone else to pay taxes except him?
You will notice I haven't "bashed" the character of any other creationist leaders on here, though I might have said after pointing out their scientific errors that they don't know what they're talking about in that respect. Bex mentioned Hovind and his doctorate and I posted the information I have about that.
It's got nothing to do with where a university sits in the educational hierarchy. The fact of the matter is that if you get a PhD, people expect it to meet certain minimum requirements. As I said previously, Patriot University is accredited only by the American Accrediting Association of Theological Institutions, which Steve Levicoff in Name It and Frame It classifies as an "accrediting mill" (Levicoff, Chapter 12). The US Dept of Education does not recognize AAATI as an accrediting agency (US Dept of Education, September 1998, p 28).
Hovind's PhD in education is not recognised by the US Department of Education.
Definitions of fake on the Web:
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
forge: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
imposter: a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fudge: fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
bogus: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
juke: (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
bullsh*t: talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
By my reckoning, in claiming that he was a high school physics teacher and calling himself a doctor, there aren't many definitions of "fake" that Hovind misses.
I have no need at all to assassinate his character though, because most of his claims reflect his lack of scientific knowledge. I've said several times to pick one to present for discussion and I'll ask you to do it again. Or we could talk about his belief that the sun burns by combustion. Is that what creation science teaches, or not?
