Kent Hovind | The controversial "Dr.Dino" of Creationism

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[@FundieFridays]

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[@indigo22284]

Lol i love you guys but “the military” what does that even really mean??

[@VanillaCupcakes13]

Just to let you know, adult daycares are a real thing and they are generally attended by people with alzheimers or disabilities that require constant care. I'm assuming you wouldn't have used it as an insult if you were aware, so I wanted to let you know! 😊

[@laurarhodes4150]

Please do a video/videos on Moral Oral!!! And you can't forget the extra episode 'Before Oral". It is perfect for your channel. I can send you links for all the episodes!

[@maureenj.odonnell4438]

Jen, your face is gorgeous! Such beautiful skin!

[@anyone9689]

I would like to submit the name "dinosaur slave land" for Kent's compound as his self enslaved volunteers get no pay , no benefits , no protections like workman's comp, and no security

[@morbidmusing]

The opening of Kent’s dissertation being, “Hello, my name is Kent Hovind” will never stop being hilarious to me

[@emilybarclay8831]

“My name is Kent Godliness Hallelujah Evasion Way, and I have a receding hairline that I hide under a cheap toupee (thank the lord) and the tired blue eyes of someone who didnt have fun in prison. A lot of atheists point out I don’t know what I’m talking about. I put my finger up at them”

[@thesentienttoadstool9369]

@@emilybarclay8831 I’m about to send you to jail

[@emilybarclay8831]

@@thesentienttoadstool9369 gonna write a graphic my immortal parody where Kent is Ebony and Stephen Anderson is Draco

[@thesentienttoadstool9369]

@@emilybarclay8831 ☹️

[@sydneydietrich]

@@emilybarclay8831 ur my hero

[@onlyinsomniac]

Calling Dinosaur Adventureland a "Theme Park" is on par with my dad calling the hole he dug out back and filled with water an "in-ground swimming pool"

[@elizabethj4450]

Kody Brown has a lovely pond he'd like to show you

[@profesauhimme3007]

Dinopedo Assventure Ladland

[@auggiet8380]

@@profesauhimme3007 that’s rough buddy. 😂 But yeah, you’re right.

[@profesauhimme3007]

@@auggiet8380 yes I named it that after hearing Kent Hovind insist on welcoming a convicted p3dophile friend of his to DAL despite pleas from his volunteers. The p3dophile ended up in the bed of a boy and Kent still defended him. Kent is a disgrace.

[@auggiet8380]

@@profesauhimme3007 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Edit: clapping for the commentary and info, to be clear. I appreciate you calling this out.

[@oof9300]

"Japan and Germany got together and we had an awful time in World War II." Is equivalent to when I was in 3rd grade and didn't finish the book on Vicksburg I had to write a report on and I finished the paper with "And somehow, the Union Won."

[@juno3281]

i’m japanese/german… i feel like i have to repent just for that lmao

[@annikkirahko6714]

Well if Germany is the fatherland and Russia is the motherland then I guess WWII was just a messy divorce when you boil it down🤷‍♀️

[@timeghost5000]

and by Gd, somehow, the Union won 😂😂

[@radschele1815]

​@@juno3281no hate on you personally, but the Japanese side could repent a bit more instead of worshiping their """heroes""", though

[@titanomachy2217]

Pretty sure it was them that had a bad time in WWII, not the country that was propelled to the status of the premier world power and the most prosperous economy of all time by their victory.

[@chrisirae]

This video triggered a long-forgotten memory I have of eating dinner at an El Torito in the late '90s with my dad (a fundie preacher). He solemnly warned me to never, under any circumstances, allow the US government to tattoo a barcode to my hand or wrist. ESPECIALLY not to any part of my face, because then there was no possibility of repenting and last minute making it into heaven. I was like 11. My dad isn't super proud of my life choices. And yeah, I might have pierced my nipples and had an abortion, but I have never one time let the government tattoo me with barcodes. And I never will. And I think you can at least be proud of me for that, DAD.

[@jay_thestorygirl]

😂😂

[@brigade7678]

beautiful touching story 😂

[@absinthemindedJ]

You're a good daughter ❤️

[@bluecola9673]

Haaaa 🖤🖤🖤

[@hanwirtz4305]

🤣

[@axemurderer32]

"then when he's in jail, Kent sends 13 DinosaurLand volunteers to his house to clean out all the evidence before the police get there" is one of the wildest sentences I've ever heard

[@pickledragonrebel]

😆

[@chloedebra4130]

His “dissertation” was literally just his shower thoughts in essay form 😭

[@tomcooper-hayes6579]

So rather than “stream of consciousness”, a dribble of unconsciousness perhaps.

[@pinkandjewels]

His poem is like a Dr Seuss book lol

[@cherylmcelveen2817]

Aren't they all?

[@robsquared2]

Hello I am a scientist

[@devoutmisanthrope5687]

The way he talked about the little boy drowning was chilling. Absolutely 0 empathy or responsibility.

[@heidistabbert3062]

I would have been breaking down if it had just happened. I'm speechless over this part.

[@profesauhimme3007]

He was more focussed on saying but the other kids had a blast.

[@Tina06019]

@@profesauhimme3007 That was the thing that threw me.

[@ismallazeeme7789]

Witnesses state that he was handing out DAL pamphlets at the hospital after the kid was brought in. He's completely mental.

[@profesauhimme3007]

@@ismallazeeme7789 yes, he handed out promotional material for DAL whist at the hospital. He’s a complete Kent

[@tmd_95]

That poem has answered a question I've wondered all my life: What if there was another Dr. Seuss, but evil?

[@elisa-beary]

ALL I could think of was Dr. Seuss. A doctor nonetheless I suppose but yes. Evil twin status!

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

So, the _actual_ Dr. Seuss?

[@katemartin113]

@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427dr seuss’ MORE evil twin

[@jessicawhalen9859]

I was homeschooled 1-12th grade and watched his seminars for “science” every day from age 9-18. I even maintained a correspondence with him while he was in prison. My dad even bought his Bible timeline placemats for the dinner table. Pretty sure my parents still watch his KZbin channel…watching this was both triggering and so incredibly affirming at the same time. As a former fundie kid with c-ptsd, I can’t thank you enough for making this content❤

[@brigade7678]

so glad you made it out

[@hobocode]

c-ptsd here too

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

@@hobocode Me too and my heart goes out to anyone with the same

[@sweetpotatofries99]

Wow, our experiences sound very similar. A lot of the time, his bullshit was the most interesting thing to watch.

[@jessicawhalen9859]

@@sweetpotatofries99 I’m sorry you relate lol but I assume you got out of it too so congrats and I’m proud of you🖤

[@kayvicchen]

I have a weird Kent Hovind story. My friend's dad was/is really into Kent Hovind and his message. I was like surrogate daughter to this family and so 15 years ago, my friend's dad dragged his wife, three kids, and me to see Hovind in a city about an hour away. Kent Hovind started with a prayer for "those kids that got killed today." The event he was referring to was the Virginia Tech Massacre, which had happened that very same day, about 8 hours earlier. Thus began the longest three hour lecture in my life. Hovind has this talking point where he says that teaching evolution leads kids to believe they are animals and that makes them sin and kill each. He said something to the effect of "We saw that happen today!" So he literally that the Virginia Tech shooting would not have happened if the perpetrator had been taught creationism in school said less than 12 hours after the tragedy had occurred . Then he proceeded to show images from the Columbine to prove that point. It's been over 15 years since that night, I was and still am horrified about he literally exploited the victims hours after their death to prove his message was right.

[@proctorsledge]

why did i go $50k+ into debt, watch my mental health decline due to stress, and am currently working my ass off on a literature review for my degree when i could’ve gotten it from a shack in colorado? why didn’t i think of that

[@sisuguillam5109]

Good luck with your degree!

[@starzzzy22]

As someone writing a dissertation currently, all I could think was “Welp, no matter what I write, it will never be as bad as Kent’s” -best of luck with your lit. review!

[@VictorianMaid99]

Dr. Kent was smarter then all of us. I thought he actually went to college

[@CaptainPeregrin]

I wrote better essays in HIGH SCHOOL than his "dissertation". I don't even believe a single person read over that before it was rubber-stamped.

[@profesauhimme3007]

He purchased his rubbish degrees on a buy three get one free deal

[@2degucitas]

@@FionavanDahl You have more patience than I do, I fast forwarded the whole thing. I suffered from hearing too much purple prose from my family in my childhood. My HELL, NOPE! abilities are well honed.

[@profesauhimme3007]

@@FionavanDahl it was a banal mediocre string of words, at best.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Apologeticans don't care about talent or quality when they're trying to beat up on atheism and agnosticism.

[@meghannicole1474]

Jen: "You will never guess who picked him up from jail." Me, honestly joking: "Jim Bob, lol." Jen: "It was Jim Bob Duggar!" Me: "Mc'cuse me? What?!" 🤣😅

[@mjcrom]

SAME! I nearly spit out my drink.

[@meganl9573]

no bc i fully tried to guess the most ridiculous and funny answer and got it right like????

[@taxusbaccata1154]

Laetrile? Vitamin B17 is another name for it. This stuff was dismissed decades ago as a cancer cure. It might be cyanide because it is derived from apricot pits and I know that it is contained there.

[@tmd_95]

DUDE SAME! I started off with Ken Ham and then was like nah haha that's not dumb enough, let's say the Duggars 😂

[@VictorianMaid99]

The Duggers and Kent: perfect fit.

[@alexjones8007]

I unfortunately got to go to Dinosaur Adventure Land over this summer because my mom and her husband are FUCKING INSANE... anyway Kent and the whole place was actually terrifying, and I did not sleep for the two days we were there. I found it to be very sketchy and weird. When we arrived, it was 9-10pm and the entire place was a mile into the woods along a dirt road. Kent was immediately creepy toward my sister and me. He drew smiley faces on our fingers (she is 14 and I am 18) and said he was 'the boogie man'. The guests stayed in these cabins that were barely functional and we shared a 'communal' bathroom with strangers... The food was also gross. There is also an insane number of animals there. There was a poor macaw named Montie who was pacing and screaming the entire time. There was also a gross amount of stray sickly dogs wandering around. I was also KICKED by a donkey. Without a doubt, there is definitely illegal and abusive stuff going on down there.

[@martinharris3539]

Did you take any pictures too? You should contact atheist jr. It would be interesting to get a recent visitors account on KZbin.

[@alexjones8007]

@@martinharris3539 I did get a couple pictures!

[@EmiSuess]

you could call animal control? might be a good gateway for them to see what's going on in general down there

[@arcadiaberger9204]

@@EmiSuess Excellent idea. Public scrutiny of this operation seems like a very good idea.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

It's among the worst places ever passed off as a theme park in recent world history. In this dystopia with a multi-tiered justice system, only tensions between Hovind and concerned parents boiling over can bring any consequences upon him.

[@tredorre6590]

About the two blind men poem: if you saw two blind men who did not believe sight was real, there's a BUNCH of things you could do to prove it to them. You could tell them to choose between a plethora of multicolored identically shaped, sized and textured balls, shuffle them behind their back and then guess which ball was originally in which hand. You could ask them to put up a random number of fingers to your face and guess the correct number without touching them. You could feed them sour patch kids and guess in advance the flavor they're going to taste. Empirical evidence that sight is, in fact, real. Such simple empirical evidence simply can't be brought up for the existence of God, because the existence of God is not an empirical problem, but a philosophical one. In the end, no one can prove or disprove the existence of God, unlike sight. This is such a dumb metaphor...

[@ronaldreaganhater69]

Also they might have a point if there was only ONE religion. There's a fuck ton of them. It's not someone going up to someone and saying "grass is green" It's a bunch of people all saying grass is different colors and you go to hell if you can't pick the right one somehow. Might as well just not give a fuck about colors at that point

[@magzdilluh]

the fact that he so casually jokes about killing all his kids is... fucking creepy

[@headlessspaceman5681]

I think we should consider that he's not just an asshole, he's not just a Christian fundamentalist, he is actually insane. The way that Charlie Manson was able to blend right in with the hippies and the Beach Boys and Neil Young... Hovind and other totally insane people claim to be Christians and christians are all, Oh alright then, if you say so. One of us! One of us!

[@wondrousinquiry]

it's just so clear he resents them and thinks it's funny, something "all parents do/feel"

[@heidistabbert3062]

And casually describes a child drowning on his property. I'm speechless after watching that part. I wouldn't be able to talk about it without breaking down if it had just happened.

[@Hollylivengood]

Yes. He thought that was something everyone could relate to. Like, his statement was creepy, and then you realize he's so creepy he thinks it's normal...

[@pinkysaurusrawr]

read your comment right before i heard him say the quote and uhhhh wow. I feel like he actually did think about killing his own kids and wasn’t just joking about it. Emma Thorne has done some great videos on him and there’s something especially distressing about how non-threatening he tries to make himself seem vs. how he seems when you start to look closer

[@Val_Far]

I've never seen dinosaurs made uncool in my life, but here we are.

[@katerrinah5442]

Yuh I love dinosaurs and have dinosaur clothes and he makes me want to never talk about dinosaurs ever again 😬

[@edvh88]

@@katerrinah5442 when he started to list all the dinosaur items he had to show his street cred, it made me so nauseous. He should keep dinosaurs’ names out of his mouth!!

[@lagoodable]

🔥

[@JovanDacic]

For all his materialistic doodads, he sure doesn't seem to know any dinosaur facts or even names. I bet his favorite dinosaur is Brontosaurus, Triceratops, or Stegosaurus, since those are about the only ones named in kids' books (remember, the Rex in T. rex means "king" and there's only One King✝️)

[@rebeccamoore530]

I lost it when Jim Bob picked him up from jail. You always provide comic relief at the best times!

[@someonerandom256]

I guessed correctly and I bet I was far from the only one🤣

[@Giaphaige]

@@someonerandom256 he was my first guess too, it always comes back to the Duggars lol

[@lovesplus3879]

When I tell you I screamed, this family be everywhere

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Is Jim Bob's only purpose in life to enable fundamentalists to evade criminal punishments?

[@termythewormy]

For anyone legitimately wondering, The Shack is about a man questioning his faith after his young daughter is kidnapped and murdered by a pedophile while on family vacation. God is portrayed as a black woman for most of the book (and film) because the main character's father was abusive and God felt he wouldn't want a father figure to help him through his grief (as I recall, in the movie at least, the only time God is portrayed as a man is when they collect MC's daughter and bury her, because "this is the time you need a father" or whatever). It's one of my mom's fav books (she's nondenom) so I'm very familiar with it. Just wanted to add in that context to really drive home how typical of a Christian novel this is. It isn't special, the only new thing it adds is that God is genderless and can change the way they are perceived to best suit the person they are trying to reach.

[@morbidmusing]

That’s a beautiful choice on the authors’ part to have God choose to appear to MC as a woman. As a plot device alone it’s a very powerful choice, but it also portrays a God that’s intriguing to secular readers like myself

[@QuantumBoogaloo]

@@morbidmusing I didn’t read the book, but I did like the movie. There was actually a lot of characterization given to all three members of the trinity. For example Jesus was just kind of a normal dude (I think it said something about like “since he’s fully human and fully god, he has a much better understanding of people and is much more approachable”). It was pretty good iirc, especially for a Christian movie (I’m Christian, I’ve seen a lot of them, and there are maybe 5 that I’d say are good). Been a while since I’ve seen it though.

[@ellicia_elliott]

This was my dad's favorite book. He read it after his mom passed away. When he passed away suddenly, I read the book and the movie came out soon after. It is a beautiful story and brought a lot of comfort.

[@alim.9801]

I remember my grandma reading that book a few years ago. She's Catholic not fundie but I think she said she enjoyed it Actually for someone that used to be a nun, she's pretty progressive and accepting (she has her moments tho, she's still trying to convince me and my mom to go back to church lol 😂)

[@VictorianMaid99]

I think God is genderless but I cannot say that at church

[@mmmirele]

Hey, Jen, Kent really did have a theme park in his Pensacola backyard. He'd bought several houses in the neighborhood & had DAL in the collective backyard. He fought with either the city or the county on whether he needed building permits, finally settling and paying a fine. DAL (and Creation Science Ministries) closed down after Kent was convicted of tax evasion and structuring in 2006 because the property was forfeited to the federal government to pay the fine he was assessed for structuring. While Kent was in federal prison, he pestered his son Eric to buy back those properties as they one by one came up for federal auction. When Kent got out, he just expected Eric to give everything back, but Eric didn't. Kent also expected Jo to just start sleeping with him like nothing was wrong after prison, and she was all NOPE. He ended up leaving Pensacola and going to Repton, AL and setting up the new DAL because his family had grown spines and told him they weren't going to do his bidding. The gates shown in the video were originally in Pensacola and then trucked out to Repton. That's just a tiny bit of the soap opera / legal nutcase that is Kent Hovind's life.

[@michaelamerson8837]

I was about to say. I went there as a kid. It was definitely in Pensacola 😖

[@himwhoisnottobenamed5427]

@@michaelamerson8837 You poor child.

[@michaelamerson8837]

@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 I didnt know about it when I was a child and I was very Christian back then. So not so much poor. We're in the bible belt that scratches the surface.

[@sithisthedreadlord1211]

Thank you for adding so much more flavor to all of this 😂

[@babyvia6712]

Hey, Jen! I have a bit of a feeling that the “Beep! Turn around and sit down!” commands are attention-keepers. When the kids that are listening hear the “Beep!” They follow the instructions. The ones that aren’t listening, maybe dozing off and zoning out, snap back into attention, and they listen a bit better to hear the next “Beep!” Making kids do a physical action to keep their attention on you, AND express energy when they’re getting antsy, seems to work better (at least for me) on keeping their attention. Sometimes, they also think it’s fun and that makes them want to keep doing it, which makes them pay attention. That’s just my theory, though.

[@herbwitch5681]

Yeah, I was going to say it was a good educational tool for kids that age. My daughter responded best to a learning environment that involved a bit of physical activity, too. It’s sad that he’s using it in such a brain-washy environment

[@maryn7097]

Plus it’s a method to call out and shame the kids who aren’t paying attention

[@theredvelvetwitch]

Yeah my gf grew up im one of those private baptist schools and they use the beep game to keep kids engaged 🤷🏼

[@Annie_Annie__]

I didn’t finish my teaching or early childhood development degree, so take what I say with a grain of salt: but I feel like Kent (or whoever taught him this technique) kinda missed the point. When I had a job where I would design and teach lesson plans for extracurricular classes for homeschooled kids, I incorporated this technique by incorporating silly songs that required hand motions or standing, turning around, etc. But the song reviewed what we’d just learned. I taught a language and one of the things I did was teach animals and we’d pretend to be that animal. Or when learning foods, we’d pretend to eat that food. It got the kids moving so I wasn’t just standing in front of a bunch of 6-year-olds lecturing at them, but it also reinforced what they learned. The “Beep! Stand up! Turn around! Sit-down!” has nothing to do with what Kent is trying to teach. So the competitive kids will just listen for the “Beep!” and tune out everything else, and the kids that are likely to doze a bit will just tune it _all_ out and wait until the kids around them hop to their feet. I know I would have probably done the latter (I didn’t like science topics as a kid). And maybe it’s just my ADHD, but does anyone else have trouble remembering what he said _before_ the “Beep!” ? Especially when he interrupts himself with it? Headache inducing.

[@TheWobblyQueen]

🙂 Beep

[@Lisabug2659]

Wait! What? Did he say he has a BLOND dinosaur but that’s ok….you just have to talk to her SLOWER?

[@annabeinglazy5580]

When even dinosaur puppets cant escape the 90s (or whatever that decade was) sexist "Humor".... The best Part is that He evidently expected the kids to get it

[@dominicfucinari1942]

@@annabeinglazy5580 It could've dated back any time from the 950s to the 990s. I, for one, never noticed any correlation between hair color and personality types, and in fact, always found it conspicuous that black hair was left out of that "culture".

[@lindseystein9676]

There’s something extra hilarious that his “dissertation” was outed by Wikileaks.

[@rc31802]

As a hearing signer of ASL, I notice that they didn't say which signed language the video came in. Like many, I'm sure they didn't know there are hundreds of signed languages in the world. Interestingly, I know a Marlissa!

[@_queerauntie]

So funny story, I was homeschooled and this is what my mom used instead of teaching me actual science up until about six grade. I didn’t know anything except Ken Hovid. We had a poster on our wall that said “Were you there?” As an argument for evolution. 😂

[@gremily2399]

my pastor growing up believed this and said with a straight face in a sermon, "dinosaurs were too big to fit on the ark, so noah had to take dinosaur eggs instead." i remember being really confused as a kid as people were taking notes. also the pastor was a used car salesman by trade.

[@RichWoods23]

And a used religion salesman on Sundays.

[@FelisImpurrator]

Job checks out

[@alphaomega1351]

They will say and do anything to keep bring life to their religious mythology. Sad and pathetic. 😶

[@sisuguillam5109]

And what happend to the eggs? Omelette?

[@2degucitas]

@@sisuguillam5109 They got trampled by the camels.

[@nyanbinary1717]

As someone who spent 10 whole ass years in higher education and earned 4 degrees, it’s personally offensive to me that this man has a Masters AND a PhD.

[@speciesspeciate6429]

No need to worry. Kent doesn't have a single legitimate degree of any kind because he bought them via mail order without having to earn them by studying or doing any work. None of his fake degrees are recognized in any US state.

[@hansbiener9727]

He doesn't. Kent Hovind doesn't have any academic degrees.

[@morbidmusing]

I hope it’s a relief to know that he doesn’t have either of those! He claims to be a doctor while having none of the appropriate credentials or education

[@tnskyhawk]

He bought them. Unlike yours, his has no inherent value.

[@carlgray523]

He has no degree from any noticed college in the U.S. he lied.

[@ErinRowe]

That poem has some real Green Eggs and Ham vibes

[@n.v.beeeee2149]

That's what I thought!

[@HappyExtheist]

Yes.!

[@jdms65]

Is it bad that I kind of liked it 😅. Probably the best part of that “dissertation”.

[@barbieblues7639]

I thought it was very Seusse-esque too! 😂

[@FelisImpurrator]

That was my first thought. My second was to note that a lot of the ways people like Hovind think and speak seem to be characterized by the same incredibly simple sentence structure and cadence... You ever hear Michael Pearl talk or read his writing? It sounds like that.

[@twentysevenhundredseasons7068]

As a kid who grew up watching him, the “BEEP” and smiley face is to keep the kids engaged and give them like a way to move without disrupting. (Yeah it’s weird and annoying) BUT I remember as a kid loving it. My mom adopted the tactic and my undiagnosed ADHD ass loved it.

[@twentysevenhundredseasons7068]

I don’t LIKE Kent now just to mention. I don’t want to sound like I’m defending him lol I just couldn’t not mention the smiley face BEEP lol 😂

[@rudolfambrozenvtuber]

could've at least put in the effort to make it somehow dinosaur-themed

[@Dootdodeet]

Might just be the smartest thing Kent Hovid has ever done.

[@MaidMirawyn]

“Anyway, the kids had a blast here, and the dad wants to bring all the kids back…” Oh, I’m sure he would love to be able to bring all the kids back, because that means HE WOULD STILL HAVE ALL THE KIDS. And I’m sure the kids had a GREAT time with their sibling’s drowning and all.

[@titanomachy2217]

That clip convinced me that Kent actually is a sociopath.

[@bonnydye2660]

Hi, teacher here! The beeps are brain blasts. They're used to make sure the kids are paying attention. You apply a physical activity to engage ADHD/energetic children with the wiggles. Love you!

[@arid8303]

The beep thing was a technique sometimes used in children’s church to make sure kids were engaged and paying attention

[@mds67991]

The jennonites have gathered again, for Reverend Jen has called us forth. Makeup is on point as always 😌

[@nydiaramos7092]

Amen sister

[@heidistabbert3062]

And he doesn't know what he's getting into with the Jennonites if he f*cks with the Reverend.

[@JohnGalt1960]

She looks like a funny clown.

[@lollysakitty_5524]

Imagine finding out your science teacher was a young earth creationist

[@Meganec3810]

Mine was tho in jr high it was bad

[@ilikebread757]

Mine is. She still taught us evolution, though. She was actually decent enough to teach something even though she didn't believe it so that we wouldn't fail the state tests. She's actually part of the reason I want to go into science after high school :)

[@natalyn139]

@@ilikebread757 sorry, i’m sure she’s lovely if she’s inspired you so much, but it’s kind of wild to praise her for literally just doing her job lol. i mean, she’s paid to teach the approved material, not her personal religious beliefs.

[@WitchyWay...]

Ken Hams "Museum" is beautiful, filled with interesting exhibits and art. I don’t believe in anything in it, but I can appreciate the beauty, time, and dedication that's been put into it. Kent Hovinds compound is terrifying and dangerous.

[@VictorianMaid99]

How did Kent all this crap in his life?

[@kannakanina6552]

38:47 Thank you so much for acknowledging that victims are not treated well culturally. Neither are witnesses. It nearly brought me to tears when you expressed your respect and admiration for Cindy Hovind. As an ex fundamentalist who was publicly outed in court and exploited by true crime culture, I lost my home, my job, my family, and my privacy. I imagine Cindy Hovind and people like her have felt similarly. Being fundamentalist means that you are at a higher risk of losing support if you are named and shamed. I’m working on a project about my experiences with true crime culture, fundamentalism, and being outed as a polyamorous switch as a witness for a federal murder trial. Hearing someone with a platform acknowledge that things are difficult for victims and people who choose to use their voice at he risk of their safety encourages me to continue my project. Anyone who can be brave enough to use their voice and to defend people at their own expense has my utmost respect and gratitude. There are many such people in this comment thread already. ❤ (Edit: 11/11/22 for time stamp correction)

[@catinthechat01]

Utmost respect and gratitude for you! I've been pondering this sentence hoping I could be that strong. Good luck with your project and all the best.

[@kannakanina6552]

@@catinthechat01 You are that strong. 🥰

[@sarahwarnock2707]

Oh wow best of luck to you! You are an inspiration! I hope things get btr for you❤️

[@foreverwander0320]

Sending love to you. That part of Jen’s video spoke to me too.

[@auggiet8380]

I haven’t reached that particular part of the video yet, but I sincerely hope that things work out well for you. All of my gratitude to you, and I wish for all of the protection for you and yours. ❤

[@aislynnmari]

He makes a blonde woman joke at 21 minutes but projected it onto a dinosaur. So weird.

[@rach3862]

As a young homeshcooled evangelical child, I watched Kent religiously from the few vhs tapes my family had, because i was obsessed with archeology. But now knowing the *ALLEGED* truth of who this man really is it just really fucks with me, that this kind of person was indoctrinating me and my family, and the intense confusion it brings. Ironically tho, Kent Hovind once had a tape about mysterious modern "dinosaur incounters", and I think he's responsible for my obsession with Cryptids 😂😂😂. So some good can come out of it! 🙌

[@NikolaiH95]

Same here! I think I liked him so much because his weird 90s preaching videos were the only dinosaur content I was consistently allowed to consume as a kid. Now I’m obsessed with actual science podcasts so hey 🤷‍♀️

[@savanaashleigh626]

I also watched his tapes religiously as a kid. The first time he went to prison I think I was 10… or something like that. I remember thinking he must not be as good a person as everyone think she is.

[@rach3862]

@@savanaashleigh626 I wish that were me, I was so brainwashed and everyone around me told me it was cause the government was persecuting Christians, so thats what I thought lol 🙄

[@blueneptune825]

@@rach3862 I was raised catholic and the "christian persecution" storyline is big with them, too.✌🏼🐦🌍

[@foreverwander0320]

I can relate to this, friend! I had a similar experience. It took me many years to realize what I loved history…not evangelical Bible history. It does mess with you to look back on the origins of your passions and realize they’re entangled with weird teachings but try to remember-you were working with what you had available to you, and you’ve since gone on to find the real passions you were looking for. Best of luck!

[@Cnichal]

Listening to this guy talk, is like listening to my six-year-old nephew talk about a dream he had, about his dinosaurs😂

[@babyface3396]

I don't remember if I've said this before, but I just want to thank whoever does the subtitles. So few youtubers have videos with actual transcribed subtitles, and it makes a world of difference!

[@hannahpotts3325]

So true, it means so much!!

[@debdeb327]

Kent Hovind's VHS tapes were some of the only media I was allowed to consume on Sundays as a homeschooled child, and I once saw him speak live in my hometown when I was in elementary school. We called him "Brother Hovind," which was especially odd since we didn't call anyone else Brother...just him. He fell off my radar for a few years, and finding out that he was in prison and was truly a massive piece of shit when I was a freshman in college was a huge blow to my faith and very instrumental in my initial deconversion. I haven't watched the video yet but I am THRILLED to watch you tear him apart.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

To make matters worse, nothing can convince Independent Fundamentalist Baptists to take any responsibility for the emptying of pews across the US in recent decades.

[@theloveliestsydsud]

the way my jaw literally dropped when you said Jim Bob Duggar picked him up from prison

[@iluvcheezitsheyhey]

The volume at which I yelled, “FUCK,” in my kitchen

[@tragictrain404]

This was like an unofficial Defunctland episode and I am here for it

[@VictorianMaid99]

Having some cardboard cutouts and playground equipment in the backyard does not qualify as an amusement park.

[@AlfaFilly]

I went to Dinosaur Adventure Land SO MANY times for field trips when I was little and went to a private Christian School! Oh man this throws me BACK. As an avid dinosaur lover I LOVED that place and was completely unaware of anything else going on except "DINOSAURS!!" What a time to be alive.

[@Blackjackel1138]

My dad is Peter Kershaw. He was Kent Hovind's tax consultant for years. My siblings and I visited his museum and home on many occasions.

[@ddjsoyenby]

how many shredders did he have.......i bet 80 :D

[@mds67991]

I think the worst part is that my older brother, an evangelist, believes these teachings because it’s what his church said was true 😕

[@URAWESOME94]

Take comfort knowing two things: 1. At some point in his future, his ridiculous ideas will be so soundly discredited, he will face the reality long avoided. That came for me at age 12. 2. His belief, no matter how nonsensical, gives him comfort and peace in this life. If he never awakens, at least your brother is in a comfy slumber.

[@beckykeyes2910]

I agree with the above commenter, also who knows… deconstruction is the largest growing religious/spiritual group currently. I used to believe all of this staunchly, I did evangelism, I was active in church, etc. But now I am out and awake so to speak. Hope he finds his way whatever that is. :)

[@mds67991]

That is true. Before my own deconstruction process, it was very comforting thinking that everything was set and out for me and out of my control. My hope is that one day he opens his heart and mind more because I know that his church is so rigid with sky high standards and that does not feel good. And I’ll always be there if he needs me to be.

[@URAWESOME94]

@@mds67991 That’s all you can do. My parents are still ultra religious despite the majority of us having left it behind. I don’t actively discredit anything until they try ramming it down my throat when I visit.

[@Royce1982]

Everything in the bible is true! And at the end when you face God without Jesus, things won't end well.

[@glissandogirl]

I was homeschooled and watching Kent Hovind for high school “science” class. I’m so happy you finally covered him.

[@Quynnd.3491]

I went to my neighbors as a kid and saw Kent's tapes... I was so lost, asked "aren't dinosaurs millions of years old?" And immediately got escorted out

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Which makes it less likely they believe humans and dinosaurs genuinely coexisted, and more likely they're invested in actively pulling wool over people's eyes. If they're that abrasive about it, the intent can only be to disinform.

[@Nymphadora45uvyu]

Sorry but this made my LOLOLOLOL

[@junacebedo888]

68 million year old dinosaur fossil with soft tissue has been discovered in (2012). Why that tissue didn't became dust or hardened if it's million of years old?

[@onlyinsomniac]

@@junacebedo888 it was mineralized, you goomba.

[@Quynnd.3491]

@@junacebedo888 you really hit every branch on your way down the stupid tree, didn't ya?

[@anonivan]

was eating dino nuggets during this it felt right incredible as always, and you are not wrong - this is indeed the best channel

[@ddjsoyenby]

the best meal for any occasion.

[@cornsyruptrucker]

Okay this is the second time I’ve seen the custom emotes. Is this a patreon feature?

[@alim.9801]

An excellent choice omg I keep forgetting dino nuggets are a thing I can buy at the store, I gotta go get some

[@MissArie206]

The biggest fb drama I ever caused was about 10 years ago when I took my son and his cousin to the Seattle Science Center and overheard in the dinosaur exhibit a 5 or 6 year old ask their mother what all "this" was and she said "it's just pretend because the world is actual only a couple thousand years old and dinosaurs aren't real!" So I posted to my fb about it when we got home, (cause that's just how we used the fb back then 🤣) and a distant relative commented saying that she was right and that the book of Job talks about men walking with behemoths blah blah blah and about 300 comments from friends and other family members later I got a private message from said relative that she would pray for my lost soul 😖😆 I had totally forgotten about that whole debacle until this episode. So thanks for that Jenn. Crazy to think this level of cognitive dissonance is real. Those types of "Christians" are legitimately terrifying. Scary time to be alive. Misinformation and cult like thinking us just rampant all around.

[@xenonsan3110]

I just unfriended my cousin because of something she posted about homeschooling. It was some stupid video about how all these bad things like violence, drug abuse, cohabitating couples, etc started an upward trend in 1963. The thesis of the video was public schools took out the bible and started teaching evolution. There was no data linked to these graphs Never mind you she currently has two kids with her long term fiance outside of wedlock

[@adamdavis3226]

Important note: the OLD Dinosaur Adventure Land WAS in Florida and it was actually fun and accessible to half-normal families. The NEW one (post-prison) is creepy dump in the middle of nowhere and very culty. I grew up going to Dinosaur Adventure Land in Pensacola right up until the prison sentence. A few years ago I went to the new location in Alabama since it's not far from where I live...and it is a seriously bleak, bizarre place. It's an old dirt quarry so it looks like a bombed out desert in the middle of the pine forest. Everything built very cheaply with volunteer labor. The tour was all "Dr Hovind believes this, Dr Hovind teaches us that." I will say everyone was very friendly and welcoming, except for Kent who only wanted to tell me about my place in hell.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

What is it with Fundamentalists' obsession with Hell and Damnation?

[@elleofhearts8471]

^some Christians think suffering and punishment are way more appealing than redemption and mercy. plain and simple.

[@junacebedo888]

Las Vegas was a bombed out desert till it became a very famous gambling paradise.

[@lifegirl7]

This is easily on my top fav list of your videos. Mostly because there's so much in here that I never heard of. I can't wait to deep dive into a lot of it.

[@worshipmewatermelon1231]

Ever since my little sister fell into evangelicalism, this channel has become so much more cathartic, but also more bittersweet.

[@Nicalettaa]

I was shown this AS education at my private Christian school. Thank you so much for doing this episode.

[@Catmint309]

Hi Jen! I grew up in Peoria! The city that is west of East Peoria. I just started the video so maybe this gets mentioned, but Pekin (Pee-Kin), the town he’s in, is widely considered by locals to be Central Illinois’s Klansmen capital and was a notorious sundown town for decades. It also had a horrifically racist high school mascot all the way up until the 1980s. That’s pretty much all it’s known for. I got discriminated against at the Denny’s there once too. Take that all as you will. Fun Fact: the other two most famous people from East Peoria are a notorious white supremacist and the drummer for REO Speedwagon. Not the same guy two different dudes.

[@DiamondTurtle]

Dinosaur Adventure Land reminds me of the episode of SpongeBob where Mr. Krabs tries to making money off of kids by hastily slapping together a “playground” in the Krusty Krab’s back yard and calling it “Krabby Land”. I laughed so hard that I nearly woke up my husband in the other room( it’s 2:30 AM when I’m watching this)!I can’t even say “I’m dead” from laughing! I’ve been raptured at this hilarious connection!😂😂😂😂

[@wholelottarosie]

HAHAHAHAHAHA LITERALLY THOUGH 😂😂😂

[@DiamondTurtle]

@@wholelottarosie I giggled the entire time I watched the episode bc of how closely this man’s life and business the parallels that episode. 🤣 I’m glad you saw it the same way!

[@MJLANCSSpring]

I can help a bit with the Methodist/ Mennonite thing. In some rural communities (I come from West Virginia, so ...) you end up going to a church in a denomination other than the one your family hails from. My folks were Methodist, but we lived in a remote area where Anabaptism was standard, so we'd go to Bretheren churches. My parents now are in a religious community shared by Bretheren, Mennonite, Amish, and assorted Bible-church folks, and I kind of appreciate it. The Amish have been deradicalizing them from their far-right fandom by getting them away from the podcasts and out to F2F community activities. Now, I don't want to vouch for our man of the hour here; I don't find him trustworthy. But his backstory sounds believable if his pocket of the midwest is like our pocket of Appalachia.

[@crystalleslie4690]

Omg the way he talked about that poor child drowning... My mouth was legit hanging open.

[@jaimeevoth4807]

Ugh yes. And "the family is excited to bring the kids back!" Somehow, I doubt that.

[@drecellthealive8912]

I remember borrowing The Shack to read from my protestant aunt - it was a fascinating book and one of the first pieces of art that depicted the Christian God as something other than the white, old man that had felt so distant to my twelve year old self. The main character asks questions and is encouraged to do so. I would still recommend it as reading material now, thirteen years later, as a queer pagan woman.

[@angelsnaiilz]

i LOVE the shack. so refreshing to see god portrayed as someone different.

[@alim.9801]

Just the part where you say that in a religious book the character asks questions and it's encourage- that makes me wanna read it!! I've always detested how some religions and religious folk super strongly discourage curiosity and asking questions

[@user-in4ep2ci9f]

What the actual hell? For most people the death of a child is the most traumatic event you can experience, but not for fundies, apparently!!

[@PotatoesAreMagic]

This might be my favourite makeup look you've ever done-the blue eyeshadow is so pretty!

[@tinawaldoch3762]

Agreed! You are beautiful! (I mean, you're beautiful with or without makeup...)The blue contrasting with the pink hair....gorgeous 💜

[@fallenstar786]

I used to live around the corner from Kent's old headquarters in Pensacola. There is a fence next to it that has an old dinosaur mural painted on it. It is quite rewarding to see how the overgrowth covers it most of the year and how the paint is peeling. Wouldn't even know it was the old headquarters without that fence though cause it's apartments and storage now

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

Oh snap! Makes me want to creep on google maps lol I found an address in some write up online and Jen just mentioned it, is it at 29 Cummings Road? I spotted two dinosaurs in street view lol

[@alphaomega1351]

See 👀 any remaining dinosaurs 🦕 around the property? 😶

[@fallenstar786]

I'm pretty sure it was the old headquarters of the offices for his shit show "Creation Science Evangelism" since that was painted on the fence rather than Dinosaur Adventure Land. There is not enough space for much else. It was on Palafox and just up the street from Pensacola Christian Academy where they film the Abeka videos.

[@cindys9491]

It's extinct

[@JacksonPhixesPhones]

Paulogia, Atheist Jr., and several others did an amazing colab with several former dinoland residents and others, and we learned about some VERY DARK SH!T. One guy (Steve, I think is his name), who is a convicted sex offender, brought a kid he was grooming to dinoland, and several folks thought the boy was dead after no one could locate him for 3 nearly years. Thankfully, he ended up being found, but had indeed been abused on the property. VERY dark stuff. I fear a Waco moment is coming. The Paulogia video shows how toxic it's gotten, as Atheists, Young Earthers, etc. all worked together to compile all of the info. Kent's awfulness has brought unlikely people together as allies. Also, I'm pretty sure he had a mini-stroke (TIA I believe it's called) during a stream. I hate the guy, but don't want him to die on camera. Also, MATT POWELL!! Matt Powell is Kent's fault, and now he lives at dinoland. That is all. Thanks for all y'all do!

[@herewegokids7]

*feverishly googling*

[@diplomamilldoc8562]

The convicted sex offender was Chris. Kent welcomes him him visit DAL anytime. On his last visit Chris brought along a young boy and they were found in bed together. Kent still made excuses for that. Steve was Kent’s tech guy. Steve stole the donations and supposedly made poen videos. Kent is a disgusting creature.

[@2degucitas]

Is Paulogia on KZbin? Where can we see videos ead info?

[@diplomamilldoc8562]

@@2degucitas just search Paulogia

[@music42380]

@@2degucitas its a video posted 2 weeks ago on the paulogia channel. its a crazy story

[@lizabee484]

As the child of two scientists (a geologist and a biologist/ecologist), this video is incredibly entertaining to me. (Obviously not the parts about abuse and whatnot, that stuff is just horrifying.) And I will absolutely be copying that lovely blue eyeshadow look at some point in the future 👀😍 It looks gorgeous and the color is positively delectable, like blue raspberry cotton candy 😊

[@junacebedo888]

Human beings looking like a lollipop.

[@whysothirstyy]

Teacher here, the BEEP thing to ensure kids/people are paying close attention. The idea is that they listen very carefully in order to catch the beep when it goes, as a result they end up, listening to his teachings very closely, and learning much more than they should be

[@ddjsoyenby]

that makes sense.......since even i was falling asleep during it.

[@blueneptune825]

"We had rumors going around...and it was true " (then not rumor but FACT) "but the kids" (who didn't die) "had a great time and the Dad wants to bring them back." I cannot believe this man. CANNOT.

[@heidistabbert3062]

I'm still speechless over this part.

[@edvh88]

Completely tone deaf. He is a callous jerk.

[@CeeCeeiiNDiiG0]

Love that I can end my weeks with Rev. Jen and King James! 🔥🤟🏾

[@CeeCeeiiNDiiG0]

Also, I just joined the patreon!! 😎

[@VerucaMarie]

"Reaping a harvest of souls for the kingdom of Christ" That sounds metal as fuck dude.

[@p0ptart1]

I went to dinosaur land when I was a kid. I threw up all over the inside because I twirled around too much on a tire swing. I was embarrassed back then but now I’m kinda proud

[@shockman8014]

DAL is like what Disney would have made if Walt had only $400.00 to spend.

[@sarahr3768]

I actually met the guy at a conference with my parents. They thought he was amazing. I remember his presentation included us making paper airplanes. Oh, and when we met him it was after he went to jail but my parents didn't even see it as a red flag. It was explained as him being persecuted for sharing the "truth"

[@holland8190]

I was NOT ready for that "rope trick" 🤣🤣😭💀

[@jessooka]

I’m from Pensacola, I went to East Brent Baptist church there growing up. It was about five minutes away from Pensacola Christian College. I saw Ken speak at my church. I was only around 15 and I remember thinking how ridiculous he sounded. I kept looking at the people around me and they were all enthralled and seemed to agree about the Earth only being 6000 years old and how we walked with Dinosaurs. It was the craziest thing to me. I quit going to that church when I was 18 and never looked back. That church did a lot of damage to me mentally. I’m 39 now, but it’s taking many years to get to this peaceful place I’m in. Thank you for your videos! Love your perspective!

[@junacebedo888]

Maybe you can explain how 65 million year old dinosaurs fossils can have soft tissue.

[@woomybeeb]

The SHIRT, the PINK HAIR, the EYESHADOW, I crave this entire look for myself, you are KILLING it

[@StoneysGarage]

I need to know where this shirt came from!

[@junacebedo888]

Parrots started that look. Maybe she evolve from a talkative nonsensical bird,

[@alim.9801]

It makes me miss my pink hair 😭

[@Shy-xm4kn]

The dog looking confused at James modeling the phone strap was hilarious.

[@IntoMyOwn39]

Just wanted ya'll to know your are one of the few channels where I don't skip past the ads... your content is worth supporting!! Thanks for all the amazing and entertaining work you both do!

[@blueneptune825]

I really enjoy the content and delivery you two produce. Fridays are even sweeter with a new video from Fundie Fridays! Thanks ✌🏼🐦🌍

[@kafitty]

The joy when you came up with "Evasion" Hovind 🤣

[@PhoenyxV]

If you want a good breakdown of why the "man walked with dinosaurs" thing is b.s. Miniminuteman has a video all about it in his "Awful Archaeology" series (episode 4, Creationist Footprint Conspiracies). I think he specifically addresses the Texas ones, even.

[@SamMcGee-kv8ot]

“You will never guess who picked him up from jail” me, jokingly thinking Jim Bob Duggar… “It was Jim Bob Duggar”

[@stephc12345]

I love when James does the Casetify ad read and tries to destroy his phone lmao

[@haleyp898]

Interesting episode. It's not often that a man gets in trouble with the IRS *and* the USPS at the same time. The two organizations you never want to fuck with and he tried to fight both of them...either the man has balls of steel or a head full of dryer lint. (Who am I kidding, it's the dryer lint)

[@kathryn2192]

There are so many things wrong here with this man but my two cents are that his fundamental misunderstanding of Shintoism is hilarious to me.

[@barbieblues7639]

"Shintu" 😂

[@theboywiththedoublex]

“Mom can we get Ken Ham?” “No we have Ken Ham at home.” Ken Ham at home:

[@sarahendres1925]

The way I shouted “JIM BOB DUGGER” when you asked who picked him up from jail😂

[@lonnieloupaints]

I feel like both of you are in rooms that look like elevated versions of the rooms you wanted to have as teenagers, in the best way. I love them.

[@cowardlycurry]

“I’ve got three kids - one of each” ah, yes, girl, boy, and non-binary 😌❤️

[@junacebedo888]

"Girl"? What is a girl?

[@prudentreality]

I must’ve listened to that part 8 times…twice at a slower speed, just to check that I’d heard it right! Is he unintentionally an ally of gender fluidity and exploration??? 3 kids, one of each!!!

[@weevala]

OMG When paused to let us guess who picked him up from prison, I muttered under my breath “the Duggar dad” and then she said it was him I almost died 😂😂😂😂 I friggin knew it

[@goblin3359]

As someone who spent years writing both my Masters and PhD theses, it makes me mad to see Hovind referring to his infantile word-vomit as a 'Doctoral dissertation'. His use of the title 'Dr' is insulting to real scholars. Another brilliant video, Jen. Thank you. You look gorgeous with that blue eye shadow, btw.

[@HaleyVlogz]

“I give over 900 talks about creation a year” You’re giving at least 3 talks a day everyday?? That’s sounding like some creationist math

[@melissahammer6267]

Omg the dog being so confused while James is doing the ad was hilarious!

[@alexbadila1]

I find it both offensive and hilarious that, in his so-called "dissertation", Kent managed to spell Shinto wrong, and then preceded to completely misrepresent it.

[@hannahwhite1729]

I know what the beeps are! I worked for Child Evangelism Fellowship during my summers as a teen. We taught the gospel to kids and we used a "secret word" to get the kids up and moving during long sitting periods. It helps the wiggley ones that need to move a little more. We didn't say beep though... it was more like, "When I say hula hoop," we'd whisper as to keep the secret. "I want you to stand up turn around and say, 'BRING IT AROUND TOWN' okay👍

[@emilyrose7381]

I was homeschooled, and my parents taught us science through this man's videos lmaoo

[@livefromadive6751]

So I was cruising around the google looking at all things Hovind when I came across an IMBD page for Eric Hovind. There are things there I wanna see, but fear I could never unsee.

[@aislynnmari]

As a kid and teen,I looked forward every year to this man visiting my church. He was hilarious. He's really excellent at his creationist propaganda. The adults seemed just as captivated by his entertainment as the kids.

[@2degucitas]

If you thought he was hilarious then you didn't have much going on in your childhood. No offense. Maybe you all were just enjoying him ironically?

[@lisapegg3595]

@@2degucitas to be fair, conservative Christians do not have much fun. They watch "Christian comedians"

[@aislynnmari]

@@2degucitas this is the point I'm trying to make, basically, yes. All the people in the church CULT that I was in thought he was hilarious and completely bought into the propaganda tactics. We looked forward to his services because they were more interesting than regular sermons. He has a bunch of corny jokes and I was eating it all up. Thank goodness I'm out.

[@aislynnmari]

@@lisapegg3595 exactly

[@aislynnmari]

He also does a good job of pretending to be really smart (to people who already buy into it all of course), so to see his dissertation and other examples of his stupidity was cathartic lol 😆

[@estherisinthemidwest]

I was home schooled and definitely saw several of his videos/seminars and other stuff inspired by him. "Defeating darwinism" was part of my curriculum

[@garfeldi2]

I read "The Shack" that apparently Steven Anderson doesn't like and it was a really good read! It covers the grief this father goes through after his daughter is murdered by I believe a serial killer in the book. But yes, God is a black woman and I think comforts the dad and encourages him to ask questions about his daughter's death to get him through the grieving process if I remember correctly. I read it like 6 years ago at least so I'm not sure about every detail.

[@Morticulturist]

I read it too! I’m not a believer but I really appreciated the interfaith feel to it. It definitely didn’t strike me as towing the traditional Christian line… far too welcoming and loving for that.

[@mckenziemorris5414]

That beep thing is to keep the kids engaged while also distracting them. You wouldn't have the capacity for critical thinking if you're listening to what he's saying AND waiting for the beep to do a physical command. Kind of sick to see the practice in action