"Dr"
Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American
Christian fundamentalist evangelist and
tax protester. He is a controversial figure in the
Young Earth creationist movement and his ministry focuses on attempting to convince listeners to
deny scientific theories including
evolution,
geophysics, and
cosmology in favor of a
literalist interpretation of the
Genesis creation narrative found in the
Bible. Hovind's views, which combine elements of
creation science and
conspiracy theory, are dismissed by the scientific community as
fringe theory and
pseudo-scholarship
Though he styles himself "Dr. Kent Hovind" or "Dr. Dino", Hovind's known degrees are all from
unaccredited institutions.
In 1971, he graduated from
East Peoria Community High School in
East Peoria, Illinois. He entered the accredited
Illinois Central College, then transferred to the unaccredited
Midwestern Baptist College in 1972, attaining a
Bachelor of Religious Education in 1974.
[1] In 1988 and 1991 respectively, Hovind received a master's degree and doctorate in Christian Education through
correspondence from (also unaccredited)
Patriot University in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
the unaccredited mail order christian "Kollege" where the huckster hovid bought his doctorate
Chick tracts
The most widely distributed antievolution work,
Big Daddy?,
[85] was first published in 1972 and revised several times; it is one of the controversial
Chick tracts, comic strips intended to convert people to
fundamentalist Christianity.Material from Hovind was incorporated into the 2000 revision
Sentencing, appeals, and imprisonment (2007–present)
After the convictions, Hovind was incarcerated in the Escambia County Jail as a "
danger to the community" and a flight risk. His wife would remain free until after the appeal.
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On January 19, 2007, Hovind was sentenced to ten years in prison with three years probation and ordered to pay the federal government restitution of over $600,000
Side note the christian pedophiles the Duggars are also friend with this con man