Meet Dr. Dino
World O'Crap can only write about
these things
from a distance, but I have moved down into the valley where the new dark
ages have taken root, and their prophets are taken with the utmost
seriousness. The Falwell camp is located an hour way, James Dobson is a
familiar and welcome face on the local TV channels, and up the street - I'm
talking eight blocks, Dr. Dino is giving his seminar on
Young Earth Creationism. Here
in the Roanoke Valley, he is not considered a nut.
Cody Lowe does a
nice job of covering the local angle. I particularly like this bit:
He urged the children in
attendance to challenge their teachers when they say that something
happened millions of years ago. "Kids, ask your teacher, 'Were you
there?'"
That's right, it's a good thing for kids to
be little smart-asses in school if they're doing so in the name of The
Truth. Besides, Dr. Dino thinks that you should be home schooling your kids
anyway, since the core curriculum in public schools is broken beyond easy
repair.
Young Earth Creationism is an 'Everything You
Know is Wrong" set of beliefs, which takes the Biblical book of Genesis and
fits the world into it's pages. This process is set into a scientific
framework which proves that man and dinosaur co-existed, the Grand Canyon
was created by runoff from the Great Flood, and of the most paramount
importance, Evolution is not just a lie, but a damned lie, the very
foundation of
Communism and Nazism. Sigh...
Dr. Dino is also known as Kent Hovind, the head of the
Creation Science Evangelism Ministry, and a man with a mission. As
Don Quixote would remind us, a mission doesn't
need to make a damn bit of sense as long as it is heartfelt, and Hovind is
nothing if not sincere. So sincere that he is offering a cash prize of a
quarter million dollars to anyone that can offer
empirical evidence that
evolution is anything beyond a dangerously misguided religious belief. (No,
I did not jumble that line.)
Be forewarned that
collecting that prize money is not going to be a piece of cake, for as the
good doctor points out, "No animal has ever been observed changing into any
fundamentally different kind of animal." Still he promises to be fair, and
your 'proof' will be judged by a highly educated panel of Scientists, all of
whom are affiliated with the prestigious Creation Science Evangelism
Ministry, and whose names he will not reveal. Oh, I see that skeptical look
on your face. Listen here, buster
They
are busy people and do not wish to waste time on foolish responses. Nor do
they wish to waste time arguing with skeptics and scoffers who seem to
have nothing else to do than ask silly questions when they really don’t
want answers.
Jeez, I'm reading
this, and Dr. Dino seems to be getting really cranky, adding more and more
rules ("Even a new “species” is not proof for evolution as the offer calls
for"), and, I don't know, it almost sounds as if he's discouraging entries.
Rather than simply sending in scientific evidence for evolution, some have
wasted lots of their time and mine sending letters demanding to know who
is on the committee, what bank account the money is in, asking Bill
Clinton type questions about the definition of words like “is”, etc.
Yeah, don't you hate
it when people start asking Bill Clinton type questions? Dino Man sure does.
He knows when you're trying to scam him, and he doesn't have a whole lot of
patience with your tactics.
When
I do not respond the way they want me to they post notices on their web
sites claiming that I owe them the money or that the offer is a sham! It
is obvious they are using the Red Herring tactic to draw attention away
from the fact that they have no evidence to support the religion of
evolution. I tell everyone who inquires, if you have some evidence, send
it in, don’t beat around the bush.
Any more questions? I
thought not. And me? I'll be setting up
the 'Move Mark Back to
the City Fund' soon. All contributions are appreciated. |
