Featured Ross vs. Hovind Debate

Hugh Ross discredits himself when he says that the plain reading of the text and what people often see most (the average reader) is 6 long periods of time in Genesis one. That is just false. The average church member who does not have an emotional need to have to have some deep and buried meaning that only hyper-intellectuals can discover and everyone must come to them for understanding would never read it that way.

 

Hovind isn't qualified to be the face of creationism, anyway, and most of his science was junk. That said, it doesn't disprove creationism. It merely proves that well-intentioned but sinful men can wreck their lives and ruin their witness.

 

I did not address Hovind. He did not come into play in my post.

 

Especially when the process of naming day and night exactly matches the modern 24 hour period that Joe Avg. has seen his whole life. Light is day, dark is night, together they make up one day...too familiar.

 

That is not what was said or implied. He just simply responded to my criticism of Ross's claim about what the plain meaning of the text is.

 

Doesn't Dr ross have bulit into coming to the text in gensis a belief that there are billions of yeras in creation, and that one must read the bible NOT as literal/plain menaing, but some type of 'scientific" way?

 

Yes except he believes he is reading it literally.

 

I don't know what you mean about "junk" science. Hovind tended to speak to young people in most of his seminars, so his lectures and debates were purposely very simple, designed so most anyone could understand.

But his points were good and valid as this college professor from Arkansas admitted;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt5dFyIvy8#t=138

As far as Hovind and his tax troubles, I don't know much, but I am sure it was related to his ministry. He did preach the gospel in addition to his seminars on evolution.

I sincerely believe Hovind was persecuted because he went to universities all over and refuted evolution. He made lot of enemies in high places.

 

And yet, in the video which I provided a link for, a college professor who teaches evolution at the University of Central Arkansas said he could not refute Hovind's arguments.

Hovind did teach High School science for 15 years I believe, he is from a family of teachers. He is no dummy.

 

The video I provided a link for shows Hovind debating Dr. Ben Waggoner who teaches evolution at the University of Central Arkansas. Watch just the first few minutes and Dr. Waggoner admits he could not refute Ken Hovind's arguments in an earlier debate they held.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtt5dFyIvy8#t=138