Kent Hovind's "Whack an Atheist Wednesday" Continues! | Atheist response

Today we continue looking at a recent Whack an Atheist Wednesday from Kent Hovind, starring Matt Powell. I’ve never been more quickly disappointed than when I thought Hovind was about to share a source and actually produced his own PowerPoint presentation.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Holiday Merch!
01:18 - Latest Kent + Matt News
02:50 - Kent Hovind's Dissertation
04:10 - On Mary Schweizer
06:18 - Stream Continues
10:10 - Kent working against Matt
13:32 - Kent's 'hilarious' criminal past
27:29 - Noah's Ark Break
37:03 - 'Critical Thinking'
43:24 - Conclusions

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[@icravedeath.1200]

Hello.

[@Myke_thehuman]

I’d love a video or live stream of you reading Kent hovind’s dissertation. 😄👍

[@ramigilneas9274]

@@Myke_thehuman It starts with: Hello, my name is Kent Hovind… I assume that’s normal in a doctoral dissertation.😁

[@BastardOfTheNorth]

Hello lovely girl. Where'd your glasses go? Also; have some headpats

[@Wix_Mitwirth]

Must never do anything to legitimise the "Dr. Dino" mismoniker. Did you know Matt Powell has a giant inflatable banana in his backyard that he calls Dr. Peel?

[@nerdymariner5536]

Noah was a Time Lord. The ark was a Tardis, that's why all the animals were able to fit in it. It was bigger on the inside!

[@ashkebora7262]

Literally a more logical explanation than what's in the bible. Five bucks says it was just one of those hilarious stories where a quack prepper randomly turns out to be somewhat right, but it was two of each _of his own farm animals_ he took on a small boat. ... Then dumb humans did what dumb humans _love_ to do: _embellished!_

[@boooster101]

@@ashkebora7262 "the flood was everwhere, in the whole valley" "Sound not too impressive" "Did I say valley? I meant the whole world. Like everywhere." "But we didn't experience any flooding." "It was a ... regional global flood."

[@JSR703]

@@boooster101 Not only that but EVEN (eye roll) if the story is true ... so every single person on the planet except Noah's family rebelled against God? This all powerful god could not have caused a heart attack in the specific people ( he supposedly knows every thought everybody ever had) who disrespected Him? No he had to kill EVERYTHING, the plants, the animals, everything not just the guilty.

[@boooster101]

@@JSR703 yeah the plants and fungi just ceased to exist for a while. Because we all know that plants can easily survive for 40 days submerged in saltwater.

[@jacobd1984]

@@JSR703 God couldn't cause heart attacks because He'd misplaced his death note, so he had to improvise.

[@meller7303]

"I don't understand how that refutes what ScimanDan hasn't had the opportunity to say yet" hahahah, that really sums up 90% of Hovind's responses

[@ElectricAlien577]

They're more of "pre=sponses" i suppose lol. Maybe kent can see the future, and is able to refute someone's statements before they're even made! Aside from the fact that nothing he says ever refutes anything anyone ends up saying.... GOD DID IT. CHECKMATE ATHEISTS!

[@jeremyblade7561]

Gotta poison the well before the good christians that watch his channel have a chance to drink. What kind of apologist would he be if he just let his flock hear that without already knowing the rebuttal?

[@nocbvideos6458]

​@@jeremyblade7561Lets not pretend that kent is good at his job. He is one of the worst apologist that I have come across on the internet. Compared to the likes of Frank Turek (and god knows I dont like that dude either) hes just bad.

[@jeremyblade7561]

@@nocbvideos6458 I never said he was good at anything. An apologist knowing how to "poison the well" is like a cab driver knowing how to start his car.😂

[@nocbvideos6458]

@@jeremyblade7561 fair enough

[@standoughope]

Matt and Kent could unironically say "Noah would feed his family by making delicious omelettes out of unfertilized dinosaur eggs" without batting an eye. It's almost impressive... almost.

[@MasterCedar]

Eggs from baby dinos 😀

[@FearlessNimue]

"Do your own research." Little do they realize that 'doing research' is what leads most people to being atheist. It's what actually helped me. The more I tried proving the world view I was raised with to be true - the more evidence I found proving the opposite. This is why most religions don't truly want any of It's members to get educated or be exposed to other ways of thinking. Knowledge is power. The higher church leaders know that the more knowledgeable people get - the less powerful they will be.

[@calebghormley2322]

Agreed. I was raised Jehovah Witness, and the more I tried to make sense of this belief system, the more apparent it became that this existential understanding did not accurately reflect reality.

[@michaeltraffas714]

"Do your own research" means "come down my rabbit hole"

[@truthmatters8407]

That's kind of funny. My research lead me to the opposite conclusion. After all is said and done it comes down to who you, and what you CHOOSE to believe. In my research evolution makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and is totally illogical.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@truthmatters8407 Dude, you really didn't understand basic evolution then. Your not underatanding it doesn't make it nonsensical, it just means you didn't understand it.

[@truthmatters8407]

@@mikearchibald744 I understood exactly what they are trying to explain. It's that i don't BELIEVE it and you do. So be it.

[@stevenwyman1379]

I would be so down for a live stream of "Dr." Dino's dissertation. Between having no bibliography and starting "Hi, my name is Kent Hovind" it sounds like it's going to be a maddening work of pseudoscience and I'm here for it

[@Itri_Vega]

I second this.

[@PifflePrattle]

There's an amusing reading of the dissertation by Paul C Hartley on YT. Very droll.

[@ianjones3978]

I doubt if there will be much science in his dissertation, pseudo or otherwise, because the non-accredited diploma mill where he bought his 'qualification' only gives 'qualifications' in 'christian education - whatever that is.

[@aubreyleonae4108]

Oh my, yes!

[@safala]

I so hope that when Emma does the live, I'll be home and awake because I want to watch it well, live.

[@seangettler1917]

The story of Dr Mary Schweitzer gets even better when you learn that she was a young earth creationist who pursued her PhD in an attempt to prove the planet's youthfulness. She accepted the reality of the earth's age when she studied the evidence in depth. I, myself, used to follow hovinds teachings and my greatest crisis of faith was when I realized how much of what he said was a lie. I am still a Christian (don't judge) but I have utterly rejected the idea that genesis was anything other than a figurative myth (a view shared by most of history).

[@TheBenjaminArgo]

No need to apologize for being a Christian. Especially not when you have the courage to critically analyze your beliefs and dismiss the ignorant and misguided ones. Power to you for opening your eyes and still maintaining a healthy scientific/religious worldview.

[@TheTruthKiwi]

Not judging but how do you know that the whole bible isn't figurative myth?

[@seangettler1917]

@@TheTruthKiwi I don't. I believe that god exists, or at least a God does. And I believe the Bible is a good representation of that God's story. I would best be described as a Christian Agnostic cause I no longer hold a knowledge claim

[@vestafreyja]

Since you are a science accepting Christian and view genesis as it was written and intended to be viewed you are most welcome. Most Christians do accept science and tend to view the YEC view as fringe at best and at worst as complete loons.

[@Sparkydr07]

Sean, please go read Francesca starvakopoulou's new book "God, an anatomy " its a wonderful read . It really puts middle Eastern religions into perspective. How they're all related to each other, what these ancient peoples believed and why . How somebody can be religious in this day and age I'll never understand, but that doesn't mean I don't respect these ancient people, the stories are amazing. In a time when humans had no idea how the world really work and no real way to investigate. These stories were their best attempt . It's ashame that these stories that got handed down became politicised into religion

[@AtheistJr]

I love the fact that more people are debunking Kent - especially the fact that it's an intelligent British woman - Kent HATES it when someone like that (Rachel Oates) makes him look stupid. The more of us that make these videos, the better. Keep it up!

[@mikearchibald744]

I came here because I thought it said whack off an atheist.

[@codatheseus5060]

Hey look! It's Atheist Junior!! ❤

[@stephenconnolly3018]

Yes and can't hit them like he do's to other women that disagrees with him.

[@exalteddjinn69]

Matt's face when Kent is talking, looks like he is questioning his life choices and is very embarrassed.

[@guthrie_the_wizard]

We direly need to teach “Critical Thinking & Rational Skepticism”, “Financial Literacy & Wealth Development ”, and “Practical Ethics & Citizenship” as required courses in all high schools.

[@thatfinnishkrista]

Oh I bet some people would be all up on social media red faced and foaming at the mouth "I will not have my children brainwashed and indoctrinated with this satanic bs" 😂

[@JaneDoe_123]

@@thatfinnishkrista You're joking, but in my country there was a class/subject when I was in school essentially called Citizenship. Then it was removed because no one ever bothered making proper curriculums for it year after year. A few years ago it was reintroduced, with a proper curriculum, that included, amongst other topics: sexual education/health; gender equality; how to be a respectable person and not an asshole. This one man, refused to have his sons attend this class - it was NOT optional - and eventually his sons flunked and will have to take that grade again. I fonte believe it was JUST because of that class, but it definitely counted towards it. And he's STILL all up in arms, as if it's not his fault. And he all but literally says that what the class teaches is "indocrination", because he doesn't like it, and everything he doesn't like/agree with is indocrination. Edit: I looked it up, they literally offered to let the kids off with just writing a paper to pass the class, no attendance necessary, and the dude doubled down and refused.

[@brucebaker810]

Skeptics, _____ , and Civics.

[@rsm3t]

Completion with passing grades of all three should be mandatory before people are allowed to post on teh Internets!

[@brucebaker810]

@@rsm3t In Ontario secondary schools we have mandatory volunteerism (sic). I don't know if it comes with added "and here's why", "these are other components in the bigger picture", etc.

[@taveren1466]

"The fact that some paper says this does not make it true." That's exactly the point people have been trying to make about the bible, Kent.

[@alphadawg81]

But the bible is much older and believed by far more people! ...and we all know that this is not at all logically fallacious but makes things true!😁

[@rsm3t]

Amazing how he walked right into his own trap.

[@TheBenjaminArgo]

The issue here is they believe the Bible, as the word of their god, cannot be corrupted and is thus 100% accurate. How do they know? Because Bible told them so. It's a lovely tautology (circular argument) that allows them to dismiss scientific papers that disprove their theories while at the same time giving them a perfect document to reference as needed. The thing is, we know for a fact that the holy words of the Bible have been translated from language to language and we can find specific examples of changes made from version to version. Some might be minor and basically inconsequential, but others can really shift the core meaning of a particular section. Basing your entire faith on something with such a shaky foundation isn't ideal, especially when they have other amazing scientific discoveries they could be trying to co-op to justify the existence of their god. Final point: there really is no reason to take the Bible literally. The original founder, Mr. Christ, told lots of parables. These short stories were used to answer questions and outline some core concepts in Christianity. Some good examples might be "The return of the prodigal son", "the lost coin" and "The mustard seed." IN all cases, J.C. is using a story to illustrate a point and they're not meant to be taken literally.

[@thelaughingman6975]

The bible, a book edited so many times to the point it has several versions and came from a pre-existing religion, is 100% true.

[@LeighDWYC]

Yeah he’s such a hypocrite 🤣

[@gluongorbachev5547]

This reminds me of a time I brought up exoplanets to someone who must have been a young earth creationist. Their reply was “sounds like pseudoscience to me” lol gotta love it.

[@AaronReece]

Matt Powell is the living definition of "no offense but [insert insult]". He seems innocuous and speaks like he doesn't mean any offense, then says something completely insulting.

[@viktorthevictor6240]

He also looks like he's pretending to hide a smirk while he does it, to look extra smug.

[@AaronReece]

@@viktorthevictor6240 It's because he thinks he actually won something. He's too dumb to realize he's just spouting nonsense.

[@fomori2]

I seriously think Matt has a learning disability. He never has the look of someone thinking, only the glassy eyed look of repeating a memorized phrase.

[@bella-bond]

Until he starts yelling homophobic slurs at someone- cue the “you are going to HELL!!”

[@patkearney9320]

@@viktorthevictor6240 Yes truly he's a smug git he makes the hair on my neck stand up. Regards Eire32

[@toddpeterson5904]

The 6000 year old Earth idea comes from James Ussher, an Irish archbishop, who, in 1650, tried to connect the lineages in the bible (this person begot this person, and so on) taking it back to 4004 BC. He was so committed to his idea that he even narrowed it down to the day and time that the Earth was created, which roughly is 9am on October the 23, 4004 BC.

[@thegrumpyoldmechanic6245]

Julian or Gregorian calendar? 🤣

[@toddpeterson5904]

@@thegrumpyoldmechanic6245 Julian 😂

[@bellarosethorne]

This too is incorrect - by almost 15 minutes. source: N. Gaiman, T. Pratchett, "Good Omens".

[@toddpeterson5904]

@@bellarosethorne A fun show, and Martin Sheen and David Tenant have the most wonderful friendship!

[@bellarosethorne]

@@toddpeterson5904 oh it was absolutely fantastic!

[@KenEnCuenca]

Matt's comments remind me of my fundamentalist days as a pastor. It wasn't about studying anything for myself, it was about how well I could memorize the stock apologist answers. The better you get at repeating the stock answers, the more authoritative you sound without ever understanding the actual facts or science. I feel bad for Matt because I see former self in his demeanor. I hope some day he can shake himself free from this indoctrinated slumber.

[@TheGamingLegendsOfficial]

He makes money off it, no chance.

[@John14Verse6]

Romans 1:16-25 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

[@KenEnCuenca]

@@John14Verse6 Perfect example. Thank you.

[@John14Verse6]

@@KenEnCuenca Big difference, you were doing it for yourself and that it why you quit when it got tough. You built your thoughts on sand and never understood anything you read from the Bible. You called yourself a pastor? You do remember the warnings Jesus have to the Pharisees? Be careful what you say about God and his word. I didn’t grow up in a church. I had no reason to believe except the fact that the Bible is 100% true and accurate. Found out much later as the Lord lead me in truth and what is righteous. The just shall live by FAITH!

[@KenEnCuenca]

@@John14Verse6 Well, isn't that interesting. It sounds like you and I had similar conversion stories. I also did not grow up in church but when I became a Christian is was on the basis of the bible being 100% true and accurate. In fact, regarding the living by faith teaching, I gave up any pursuit of education and career in order to live as a faith led pastor. It sounds like we had very similar backgrounds in Christianity. But I'm not sure what you mean when you say that I should be careful about what I say about God and his word. I haven't said anything about God and his word up to this point. I did say that Matt reminded me of myself as a young believer in that he memorized what apologists say. Is that the same as saying something about God and his word?

[@gametime2473]

Kent actually said, "we have to whack a couple guys" recently. I spit my coffee out hearing that.

[@naturallyliza8170]

This has made me realize how brainwashed I was by Kent and young earth creation ideas my whole life. I’ve avoided any possible opportunity to learn about evolution out of fear that comes with the terms of achieving godliness. Now that I can logically think for myself I’m excited to learn about evolution after years of missing out. Crazy to think that my family was conned by this egotistic man.

[@krankarvolund7771]

"It's like we're trying to save people from Hitler" Except that in that analogy, saving people from Hitler means worshipping Hitler and calling him a loving guy so he don't throw you in a concetration camp.... That's not a good analogy, Kent XD

[@ashkebora7262]

No, it's actually extremely apt for what's literally said about God in the bible... God's the evil geneus torturing people when he supposedly _already knows_ how we're going to act! What a complete evil pile of trash if that is true. Set someone up to fail and then just... sit back and watch? How is that _anything but_ evil behavior?

[@ReethCaldarson]

@@ashkebora7262 thank you. it's the same with free will. If god is almighty and all-knowing then there is no free will. And if god created me in the exact way that I am and then blames me for being me then it is the same as a child being mad at a doll for a fantasy the child came up with itself.

[@autobotstarscream765]

*ONE MORE GOD REJECTED*

[@asolomoth1066]

*I HAVE YOUR BACK TO THE WALL*

[@dunklerKurfurstDesDeepstat]

Please do Kent Hovinds dissertation, I would fucking love that.

[@brucebaker810]

Logicked or Armored Skeptic did it ages ago. I'm not dismissing Emma's upcoming one. Just saying an ascerbic dissection is currently available. Search "Hello, my name is Kent Hovind" here.

[@paulelkin3531]

@@brucebaker810 Logicked uses that title, but he only goes over a very small portion of the "dissertation," in the series. It is about hovind's most famous video series.

[@brucebaker810]

@@paulelkin3531 Hi Paul. Thanks for thecorrection. It's been ages since I watched that. I think someone did the whole thing. Around same time. Hugo & Jake? Or one of the now-defunct podcasts...Church of Awesome. Irreligiosophy.

[@paulelkin3531]

@@brucebaker810 I would shock me if no one had read it, but the only bit I recall was the two paragraphs logicked read out in that series. Hopefully someone who remembers stops by to let us know.

[@brucebaker810]

@@paulelkin3531 I checked. Logicked's link works. I just skimmed some of the very Pica typography from his mom's manual typewriter.

[@leannebuttery5435]

Thank you for covering this. Fun fact, my entire high school science education revolved around young earth creationism and specifically kent Hovid. I’ve unfortunately seen probably every Kent hovid video out there and after high school just blocked him out of my brain till your first video. Looking back now I can’t believe they let us learn this as science. I hadn’t thought about how bizarre of an education I received until I experienced kent hovid as an adult and can see now just how wild what he says really is. Also, please read his dissertation.

[@xtinkerbellax3]

What state did you go to school in?

[@leannebuttery5435]

@@xtinkerbellax3 I actually live in Canada, and I went to a school in Manitoba.

[@jameshenderson4876]

@@leannebuttery5435 Wow. I expected better of Canada

[@mikearchibald744]

Holy crap thats in Canada? I'd never even heard of that. I'm in the maritimes in the bible belt and we never had any such thing in public school. It was lousy educaiton,but not THAT lousy.

[@paulslund1]

@@leannebuttery5435 I went to catholic elementary/middleschool and public high school in Ontario and was taught proper science.. I'm shocked to hear your schools curriculum was so flawed.. 😞

[@abaq92]

As a geologist (BSc) and reservoir engineer (MSc), as well as an avid viewer of SciManDan, let me tell you that Matt Powell couldn't be more wrong. I would love the opportunity to explain all of the different ways they are wrong. I can't say it enough; THEY ARE SO WRONG! P.S. Super happy I found your channel and making the rounds of viewing your videos :)

[@davee.9906]

I'm telling you Matt Powell is playing Kent like a fiddle. He even got Kent to beg him to come live with him, that's genius. Now when he takes over while Kent spends time in prison again for beating his wife, nobody can say he was a vulture. It's brilliant!

[@phuckit1902]

Lmao!

[@molybdomancer195]

Kent lost his first business to his son during his first stint in prison

[@sachamarcet]

@@molybdomancer195 Yeah, but that was a prison term of 10 years or so, Eric had plenty of time and reason to take over, with 30 days it might be not enough.

[@THATGuy5654]

In the game of Apologetics Vlogging, either you win, or you die.

[@huepix]

Kunt is god. And he loves being worshipped.

[@theoutsiderhumanist8159]

Those calm sips from the mug are a nice touch. The unconscious tension of knowing that a spit take could occur at any moment.

[@stylis666]

Honestly, I am very surprised it didn't happen when Kent talked about the baby dinosaurs on the Ark XD

[@justingovas415]

Or choking... thats what happened to me personally

[@VisionDel]

I'm in shock, I didnt think anyone really believed today that the Noah story is a true representation. My daughter when she was 5yo was able to figure out floors in the story. Good to know Noah was living along side dinosaurs though, this part was ommited from my daughters school story book.

[@ritchie6162]

Oh yeah not only do we have hardcore believers here we also have a “museum” for Creationism and a life-size ark for people to explore. Kentucky is wild 😅.

[@TheTruthKiwi]

You are f'n great Emma! Articulate, funny, rational, reasonable with a healthy amount of skepticism.

[@DJAvren]

'You cannot bend hard rock' My guitar solo's beg to differ Matt!

[@harleyjones6222]

Kent Hovind reminds me a lot of my born-again Christian father, in that he is functionally unable to discuss anything without the context of his individually built fiction, and any attempt to remove that obstacle is punishable by either threat of, and in some cases actual, violence. I appreciate what you do here so much.

[@The_Chibs]

Hope you are OK after that... I get it, had similar and mine has just died leaving me with a cauldron of emotion that no one gets... 💋💨

[@harleyjones6222]

@@The_Chibs That's very kind of you. I'm well past it now. I made it clear that we could not have a relationship if he continued to behave the way he did, and we no longer speak with each other as a result.

[@sassylittleprophet]

My dad is a born-again Christian fundamentalist father, and SAME

[@uninspired3583]

@@harleyjones6222 one thing I've discovered is "blood" is just an evolution driven innate need to protect genes. Choosing to cut stubbornly toxic people out of our lives, blood or not, is sometimes necessary. I'm sure it was difficult. I grew up in a fundamentalist family as well. We still visit, but he knows he's going to get called out voicing racism, misogyny, or sexual orientation phobias.

[@harleyjones6222]

@@sassylittleprophet

[@msterious8537]

Congratulations Emma! Hovind and Powell featured you on their tonight's Testament to Creationist Stupidity video. They're so angry you get 10X the number of views and comments they get with their weekly lie-fest. Keep up the good work!

[@bmaz390]

And how many of those views are from debunkers looking for material? And not to mention people just looking for laughs. It wouldn't surprise me if less than a third of his viewers actually take him seriously.

[@matteopascoli]

Hi Emma, I just discovered your channel and I’m definitely about to binge watch it! 😄 I suppose someone already should have directed you to Aron Ra’s 30 episode series “Supposed lies in the Textbooks”, debunking practically every single Kent Hovind’s sentence 😉

[@lidbass]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the only true doctor in all of this. I refer, of course, to Dr Peel, Matt’s giant inflatable banana which he keeps in his backyard!

[@vestafreyja]

Dr. Peel suffers from a severe case of Irritable Powell Syndrome.

[@blackhat4206]

@@vestafreyja I worry for Dr. Peel's safety. He's clearly under duress.

[@Terroid]

Scimandan army coming through!!!!

[@JeremyBowkett]

@lidbass I guess Matt now keeps Dr. Peel in Kent Hovind's back yard. Someone should inform SciManDan so Dan can update the details!

[@teaburg]

I'm certain they have not read Mary Schweitzer's paper. It took me an hour, with a dictionary, to read the synopsis. People who want the Earth to be 6,000 years old would not bother taking the time needed to understand what she wrote.

[@MadCat59]

A live stream of Kent Hovinds dissertation would be AWESOME! Just as awesome as you are! Keep up the great work.

[@ElectricAlien577]

Kent hovind is one of the most infuriatingly dishonest individuals ive ever witnessed. He needs to be called out a lot more for the fact that he never actually responds to the points being made, and instead cuts out all the most important parts of his opponents arguments and responds to a snippet of them before they actually make their point. This makes me angrier than most anything else these two do.

[@SimonWoodburyForget]

I mean not really... he doesn't need to be called out on anything; young Earth creationism cults aren't very dangerous to anyone but themselves. That being said, it's super entertaining to see someone's head explode from the shear stupidity of what comes out of this guy's mouth. There's something great about not feeling like the stupidest person on Earth, and these two guys would make anyone feel like a genius.

[@DB-cc5vg]

I downloaded Kent's "dissertation" on "Christian Education" and even a superficial and quick skim through of his 102 page diatribe yielded multiple instances of capitalization, spelling and grammatical errors. These started on his "Dedication page" and got progressively more numerous the further I read. He makes many references to "epics of time", which I translated to a more context friendly "epochs of time" to rationalize his sentence structure which is rather chopped up and in general horrific throughout his "thesis". His "Doctor of Philosophy" boils down to the delusional and sometimes borderline demented ravings of your typical young earth creationist. I won't even touch on his many logic faults during his rant against evolution. Of note was his assertion that Evolution is the Root Cause of Communism. I have heard Evolution called many things before but this was a first for me. Clearly nobody ever proof read his "project/thesis" or else a lot of these things would have been corrected. Perhaps Kent proof read his own divinely inspired work? He should have repeated Grade 5 a few more times to get a better understanding and working knowledge of English, or did he master 'Merican? Emma, you have your work cut out for you if you are going to debunk his "thesis". Almost every sentence is cringe worthy.

[@ClaireRosemary]

All I want for Christmas is a live stream of Kent's dissertation

[@danteanise3013]

KZbin suggested your videos, and I am glad it did. Your energy and enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you for your work.

[@sezztooley]

This video is awesome! I’m so happy you did a part two! Just wanna say it’s been a tough week and your voice is very relaxing to listen to so thank you ☺️

[@msterious8537]

Kent Hovind uses Matt Powell as his ventriloquist dummy. The table they're sitting at hides Kent's hand up Matt's behind making Matt's mouth move and his head nod. 🙂

[@frankhudek4916]

You've managed to soak up a lot of wisdom in your young life. You are entertaining, insightful and a joy to watch. As for the dusty Kent Hovand his misogyny is as petrified as his gateposts.

[@mikedavey6462]

I wonder if Dr Dino has had a stroke. He appears to slur or trip over certain words and he has a facial palsy. Perhaps his God is annoyed with him?

[@potterlover96]

A Kent Hovind dissertation live stream would be both hilarious and amazing so yes please please PLEASE do it!!!

[@trevorsloughter7265]

I would love a Kent Hovind's "thesis" livestream XD I'm currently finishing the corrections on my own PhD thesis and every time I get impostor syndrome, I can just look at Hovind's and remind myself what an actually bad thesis looks like XD

[@thegunslinger1363]

I discovered this channel through the YT algorithm. And it's fantastic! Keep it up from Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@pocketrealitty]

Yes! PLEASE livestream his dissertation!

[@kodywatts6886]

Imagine if Matt Powell is just doing the most elaborate dragged out prank on Kent

[@shangoddard1289]

You rock Emma!! You popped up in my recommendations a week ago an kept me entertained during my commute to work & back since then. Instant fan & subscriber keep the great content coming 😁

[@NestorCustodio]

To your statement about these people being so committed to the ideological trench they've dug themselves into... I had a Christian friend many years ago who would often engage me in conversation hoping to "enlighten me" and bring me into Christianity. During one of many such conversations, I genuinely asked "if I had the power to do anything at all, to produce any physical object or phenomenon whatsoever on a whim, is there anything I could ever show you that would make you question whether you've been wrong all this time?" My heart sank when she said "there is nothing you could ever do, say, or show me that would make me question my faith for even a second." I sadly had to inform her that I couldn't be friends with someone so disconnected from reality that they would knowingly refuse to accept irrefutable evidence of something just because they didn't didn't like what it might mean for them spiritually. Anyone so oblivious to the real world is, so far as I'm concerned, dangerously unpredictable/unstable and is best avoided.

[@tuntemon]

I wonder if Kent said "where you there?" Ken Ham would try to sue him for using his trademark catchphrase. The Chinese seemed to have missed the whole world fludding since about 4000 years ago they were around 50 years into the XIa-dynasty... What a couple of Pilloks they are! Great video, I'll be looking forward to your next one!

[@scientious]

There actually is a discussion of Hovind's paper online. Since I can't post a link, you'll have to search for the page title: The Dissertation Kent Hovind Doesn't Want You to Read A Review of Kent Hovind's Thesis by Karen Bartelt, Ph.D.

[@PrincessPuff]

Oh my god literally when Matt did the stupid misuse of quotes and you got irritated I laughed and was SECONDS from saying to myself "I should just start doing a drink every time he does that." You immediately made that comment about doing a shot lol. As hard as it is for me to see some of the things you react to without cringing massively, your humor and the way you articulate really is so fun to watch! Can't stop binging your content right now, the fact that you do gaming content is a massive plus too :P

[@bangsandbullets]

I have never bought a Christmas shirt faster or with as much joy as I just did! Also, this has just completely made my Saturday

[@thephantomeagle2]

Don't cut it at all. It's long but great. Just a few things. As the child of two retired college professors with PHDs, and 3 siblings that have advanced degrees, it infuriates me when people like Dr. Dino act like they're educated and present crap dissertations as "proof". Dissertations must be fairly long, have title pages, bibliographies, chapters that are concise, nearly perfect grammar and spelling, source notes, indexes, credits, and more. Dr. Dino has none of these, NONE.I’ve read my mother’s dissertation, which was very very long. I’m talking hundreds of pages. Dr. Dino has between 3-5 PHDs, or is working on more. He also talks about getting more. Every one of these degrees, if they exist, are from unaccredited diploma mills. He says that he's attended college, but these "colleges" are all in double wide trailers that couldn't hold 20 students. He's such a charlatan. Watch the way that they always watch videos that they try and fail to debunk. They never just play a video and do a voice over. This is because, at least in the case of Dr. Dino, he's a toxic narcissist. He has to watch his own videos so he can be seen with his exaggerated gestures, and facial expressions. He has to be seen 24/7 since he can't stand whenever he's not on screen. Look at some of his "debates". He whines and complains about not getting "equal time", but he constantly, incessantly, interrupts, talks over, and just contradicts everything "his enemies" say. He can't let anyone get a good point across because he knows he's full of crap. Kent can't handle a bleeping slide projector. Aron Ra has an amazing series on Dr. Dino. One of Aron Ra’s videos shows Dr. Dino struggling with a slide show. We’re talking about a rotary slide projector that uses actual slides. My 11 year old God-Son can work a computer well. The fact that this “Dr” who has so many PHD can’t run simple slide projector is hilarious. He never ever actually shows his “proofs”, he just blabbers on and on about God did it. He’s trying to perfect the “God of the Gaps”

[@TheGNexus]

"Oh, not the fucking grand Canyon.". Made me lol. I feel your pain, Ms. Thorne.

[@kampaseuth]

In Disney's Fantasia, there were examples of full mountain ranges going up in seconds. And hippos in tutus dancing too. Watched this on a big screen when I was kid. Loved it.

[@TheLeevoy]

I know you said in your last video you love finding British content creators and I'm glad Sci Man Dan came up because I was going to suggest him. But another one I think you'd like is Lloyd Evans. He's a former JW so most of his content revolves around that but he has some crazy stories and is a wonderful person to listen to.

[@kevbee8325]

Lloyd Evans channel is quite helpful and he’s also great as a co-host on The Atheist Experience and Talk Heathen.

[@XanKreigor]

Kent: "You should do your research before talking about something." Me: "And you should get a REAL doctorate before introducing yourself as a doctor. MISTER Hovind."

[@diplomamilldoc8562]

So ironic when Matt got basic fact about Krauss and Tyson wrong.

[@proloafer476]

Ironically, another popular Hovind quote is "I'm not prepared for that."

[@vestafreyja]

As someone who has earned a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering it really enrages me to hear that charlatan being introduced that way. My husband and I both have PhD's so we are actually can be introduced as Doctor's the only times that are we are actually introduced that way is in formal situations or when we a giving formal presentations beyond that it's fine to call us by our first names. When Mr. Hovind attempts to justify getting a degree from an unaccredited institution by saying that all institutions start out that way is a non starter as arguments go as all reputable institutions want accreditation as any potential employer will look at degrees earned from unaccredited institutions with a critical eye.

[@blackhat4206]

@@proloafer476 Thanks to ConspiracyCatz! That was a hilarious debate. It was obvious Inmate 06452017 was "not prepared for that."

[@tww1478]

What exactly is a real doctorate? In this country many institutions available to get your phd.. study and you have to do the work and you get your doctorate... this is perfectly legal... you're just using a red herring to ignore the fact that the things he is saying are truth

[@i_n_r_i_p4149]

I highly recommend watching Aron Ra’s series vs Kent hovind where he goes over sone of his “hovind theory” from his DVDs. I remember Aron talking about the petrified tree going in one of the videos and proving Kent wrong.

[@ailynrenee1796]

You are a glorious jewel of a human being and I'm only sad that I just today discovered your channel. I needed this content long before now ❤️

[@nicolasandre9886]

"Why turn to the bible to know how mountains are formed?" More generally, why turn to the bible for any kind of scientific explanation?

[@Rosyna]

In this narrative presented by Kent/Matt? Because they only have 6000 years to work with so instead slow changes in rock formations over long lengths of time, they have to explain how it formed in an instant. Hence the “rock folding” comment by Matt.

[@nicolasandre9886]

@@Rosyna : Kent and Matt's narrative is anything but scientific. They start with the bible, which is why they turn to it for about anything afterwards.

[@boomanchu2]

How else are you going to know that bats are birds and whales are fish? Science?! PAH!

[@nicolasandre9886]

@@boomanchu2 : darn it, you got me there!

[@boomanchu2]

@@nicolasandre9886 CHECKMATE, EVOLUTIONITES!

[@jujuplayboy]

I upvote the live-reading of the """dissertation""".

[@GrumpyOldRed]

Great breakdown! Thanks for taking all the time out to stop, over and over again, to debunk the nonsense. You’re absolutely right that they’ll unable to conceive of another person’s worldview. A live-stream read of his dissertation/phd would be hilarious! Totally hope you get the time to do it and to be there laughing along 😂

[@krioni86sa]

Hi Emma. I just subscribed. You are so lovely and genuine. I'm an atheist for a year now. Thank you for uploading this. Good luck on your channel!

[@Itri_Vega]

As someone who has studied history and egyptology at uni and works as a campus librarian I find the thought of creationism absolutely baffling. People believe this nonsense. Crazy.

[@sassylittleprophet]

I was homeschooled and raised to believe this bullshit. I must ask, what college courses would you recommend that I take to remedy the ignorance and brainwashing I was subjected to for years? (Also, I'm not in college yet, I'm currently broke and unemployed, but for future reference.)

[@JvS1711]

@@sassylittleprophet see if you can get some basic/fundamentals of things like geology, paleontology, history, science, biology, physics, chemistry. Rhetoric/logic/critical thinking as well, which will help recognise the use of common fallacies and rhetorical devices by the dishonest/ignorant to convince the incredulous and scientifically illiterate.

[@Itri_Vega]

@@sassylittleprophet I'm located in Europe so I can't make informed recommendations for American education, but given your current situation I'd focus on working somewhere where you encounter lots of different people from all walks of life so you widen your perspective through a practical lens, and to watch videos from many different people, even those you initially disagree with. Over time, you'll figure out which field interests you the most based on the experiences you've made. I hope that helps!

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@JvS1711 thank you so much for the suggestions and giving me an idea of where to start. 😊

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@Itri_Vega thank you, I live away from the echo chamber for a couple years, and already my beliefs and experience have broadened so much. For one thing, I now consider myself an agnostic atheist.

[@Bundle0fNeuroses]

A hypothesis is falsifiable and too dignified a concept to be used to describe their wild speculation.

[@andyaquitaine4225]

Lol I agree with you, the proper term for it is *wrong*

[@nathanmiller9918]

True, a 'hypothesis' is an educated guess. I've yet to hear one of these from Hovind.

[@fomori2]

@@andyaquitaine4225 No, it’s “not even wrong.”. Look into Wolfgang Pauli and how he used to that phrase to describe something that is so fundamentally incorrect that no meaningful discussion can be done with it.

[@lopnc1]

Paradigm maybe?

[@acentaur010]

Recently stumbled upon your channel. Loved every video so far! Keep up the great work. As for Kent Hovind and Matt Powell, I've seen them pop up a lot through other channels such as SciManDan (wonderful KZbinr, btw), and others, and everything you have said here about them both is absolutely spot on correct. When incorrect world views meets Scientific Illiteracy meets unwilling to do *any* proper Scientific research, you get Kent Hovind and Matt Powell...YIKES!

[@CeliacAttack]

I saw your previous Kent Hovind video pop up and just wanted to say I enjoyed both of them. I like your work and I've subbed 👍

[@luhei2230]

I'd absolutely love your live stream reading the dissertation! Maybe you could even do it with guests reading different chapters, kind of like Dominic Noble did with the first parts of his live reading of "The Mister".

[@thebipolarpsychonaut4984]

Ms. Thorne, you must remember that Kent and his "brother" are only trying to convince those who already believe in the bible, not those of us that believe science. As long as he can keep up his act bible thumpers will continue to fund him and he will never have to do actual work.

[@duskwatch]

KZbin probably recommended your channel to me based on the first video of this series as I am following SciManDan. I have since seen many of your great videos and do enjoy them immensely. I do like your style and I appreciate your world views. Please keep up the good work.

[@michaelpudney]

A lot of religious speakers get by on their TONE rather than their content. Their TONES hypnotise people into their belief structure = conversion, and their TONES maintain belief structures, that's how they make a living.

[@FrenchyMcFrys]

Sitting there and intentionally standing on both sides of an argument but still managing to be completely wrong is the quintessential hallmark of a creationist…

[@dzhellek]

Ken Hovind has been humiliated so many time in debates ranging from Hitchens to Bill Nye and yet he still carries on. You can almost admire the obstinance.

[@xironevarus576]

Kent never did bill. That was the ark encounter ken ham. Kent's debates range from the dapper dinosaur,gutsick gibbeon, Aron ra, atheist Jr, sciman Dan, etc.

[@dzhellek]

@@xironevarus576 oh right. They are so easy to mix up, aren't they?

[@xironevarus576]

@@dzhellek I only remember because I'm from the town they sucked dry to make the half boat shaped building

[@FrikInCasualMode]

It's how he makes money. As long as repeating that old gibberish brings in revenue, Kent will repeat this old gibberish. And young leech Matt will readily accompany him.

[@xironevarus576]

@@FrikInCasualMode faith should be changed to. (I'll believe as long as my paycheck depends on it. )At this point

[@carolthomas794]

Emma, Congratulaions, you've made it onto Dr Don't Know's "Whack and Atheist" - Thursday 25th Nov! A defining moment I feel!

[@CarlosTehJackal]

I have only recently found this channel. How did I not know about you before? I love your presentation style and your approach to making content. Great stuff.

[@erelievagiger5463]

I'm an Archaeologist, I'd love a live stream of the Dissertation! 🤣🤘

[@bellarosethorne]

If you're talking about Kent Hovind's dissertation, from his literal trailer park university, it starts with "Hi, my name is Kent Hovind." Never before has the first sentence of an academic paper summed up the quality of the paper overall so well.

[@rogerkearns8094]

Hovind and Powell each infuriate me, but I love your good humoured approach to them.

[@Wizardofgosz]

After reading some of his "dissertation" it seems clear that it was a book he wrote prior to being in that "college" and they just allowed him to submit that.

[@jayg342]

@Emma Thorne Hi, I recently found your channel and have been watching your stuff. I really enjoy your content and find you to be very personable and easy to relate to. I love hearing your take on things. Thank you very much.

[@allanturmaine5496]

Watching you slowly lose your sanity was mildly entertaining. Thank you for enduring this for our enjoyment.

[@backyardbrewingcookingando3847]

I can across your channel while clicking on random links. I have to say I really enjoy all of the videos that I have watched. As an open-minded 52-year-old heterosexual cisgender male living in America, I can say that you have given me new views that have opened my mind up to things that I have not thought about before. Please keep up the great work that you are doing. Thank You very much for your channel.

[@davidlarman5302]

Just watched you you are right there are large amounts of Dan's videos missing I've seen both of his videos. Love your channel your breath of fresh air keep up the good work. Saw you on Dan's channel when you covered for him. I have subscribed and am watching some of your content. New fan from NZ.

[@wuntbedruv]

Live stream reading Mr Hovinds dissertation sounds like a great idea.

[@justadude7752]

Holy hell, if I hear hovind say "WAATEER" one more time... I'll have heard it one more time. There ya go👌

[@not-sodeadinside7237]

I love how Kent inadvertently destroyed his own point by accepting that tectonic activity forms mountains Because one of the massive pieces of evidence for that is how fossils were found in places that they really shouldn't have been in (like, fish-in-the-mountains kind of thing) due to tectonic activity slowly moving the fossils over time But since tectonic plates move at a whopping, phenomenal, neck-breaking pace of anywhere between 1 and 7cm per year, this process would take millions of years that sort of blows the whole '6000 years' thing to hell, using something that he has smugly explained and accepted as true, so he can't even use the 'the science is inaccurate' card

[@jslyster]

Your commentary vids are way too much fun. Subscribed. :)

[@aprilwilliams8073]

Hovind and Powell slip the conflation of evolution with every other branch of science into their banter so often that it doesn't even seem surprising anymore, but it still slays me every time I hear his group abuse the term. I've been thinking lately what analogy would be the best fit for this annoying habit. So, in speaking of religion, and Christian creationism in particular, you refer to its adherents as practitioners of Confucianism which is Zoroastrianism, which is Mormonism, which is Rastafari, which is Hellenism, which is Buddhism, etc. . . and that, of course, makes Kent Hovind a Wiccan high priestess and Mr. Powell his acolyte. I still think this analogy could use some refining, but I think it comes close to accurately describing the way in which they use "evolution" or "evolutionist" I mean, what exactly does the theory of evolution have to do with the formation of mountains ?!

[@RichWoods23]

They think of it as geological evolution. They have everything falling into six groups, starting with stellar evolution and ending up with biological evolution. They've slapped the word evolution onto every scientific concept they disagree with in order to make it easier for their followers to identify what they should dismiss out of hand so that it doesn't threaten their faith. Basically, nothing is allowed to change unless it changes with a click of their god's Infinity-Gauntleted fingers.

[@robertbaty6336]

For 15 years or so, Kent Hovind has been publicly promoting the following claim: “Structuring requires 2 or more transactions of $10,000.00 or less, on the same day, that total more than $10,000.00." That's false. I have an outstanding challenge for Kent regarding that fundamental matter. To my knowledge, despite my efforts, neither Kent nor any of his people have ever presented a legitimate legal reference in defense of Kent's claim. .

[@nightman6349]

Matt and ken not knowing blood has iron in it and insist that the paper is saying the dinosaur was incased in iron is super funny.

[@Xenophon122088]

Great video! I'm new to your channel, but I appreciate your content and thoughts. Very entertaining and informative! ☺️

[@bellarosethorne]

oh Kent, you're arguing against Matt again. Correct, Mountains are still forming, plate tectonics is still happening. That is contradictory to Matt's description, which boils down to "wet ground was bent by the flood and then solidified into the shape we see now." You're siding with Dan, against Matt. How do you not see this?

[@santicruz4012]

I love that Hovind and Powell always throw shade at the carbon dating, but they use it when it sort of suits them.

[@astral7080]

Love and light from Sweden, Emma you are fantastic!!

[@IrocZIV]

Oxidation is not a blanket statement for "rust." Other things than Iron oxidize.

[@shadoudirges]

Kent Hovind made all his powerpoints around 20 years ago. He has all his videotaped creation seminars that go through all his material on KZbin on his Kent Hovind Official channel. It is 18 hours of this same crazy though and most citations presented are vague at best, some from 50+ year old out of print pop magazines and textbooks. I recommend checking out Potholer54's How to confuse a creationist playlist on KZbin, he is a journalist that goes through most of these creationists main points and finds some of those citations.

[@krankarvolund7771]

They don't convince themselves they have more expertise. They're just lying :p

[@BigSqueeGG]

You're absolutely delightful. Subbed. Happy Holidays. Cheers

[@osmonj]

Keep up your fantastic work, Emma ♥️

[@kaylaknoxxx4834]

I love your videos! You have me laughing SOOO hard and I dont even like most comedy!

[@theatheistpaladin]

"The Bible does not say the Earth is 6000 years old." True, only if you look for a direct quote. However, if you take Adam and Eve as literal people and creation as a literal event, you can still use the Bible to come to that conclusion. You go from begat to begat until you get to Moses, then you estimate that was about 3500 years ago, and ta-da you have 6000ish years.

[@TGabes_Gaming]

It’s very uplifting to watch someone react without all the knowledge needed to just rattle off the answers and - with just a few quick google searches - pretty much get most of the points right. I’m used to watching debunking YEC videos from scientists but it’s nice to “test myself” to see how much of the reality I am able to bring to the table when a non-professional reacts to the YEC talking points I used to believe in as a kid. I was impressed by how many really great points you were also able to make in a way that seemed mostly off the cuff. This is a great video and I appreciate your work a lot!

[@michaelshort2388]

"It's so cute that your grandma might not even notice all the satanic imagery" lol