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Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American Christian fundamentalist evangelist and convicted tax evader.His young Earth creationist ministry focuses on denial of received scientific knowledge in the fields of biology (evolution and abiogenesis), geophysics, and cosmology in favor of a literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative found in the Bible.
Creation science is based largely upon chapters 1–11 of the Book of Genesis. These describe how God calls the world into existence through the power of speech ("And God said, Let there be light," etc.) in six days, calls all the animals and plants into existence, and molds the first man from clay and the first woman from a rib taken from the man's side; a worldwide flood destroys all life ...
In American schools, the Genesis creation narrative was generally taught as the origin of the universe and of life until Darwin's scientific theories became widely accepted. . While there was some immediate backlash, organized opposition did not get underway until the Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy broke out following World War I; several states passed laws banning the teaching of ...
Arkansas that dealt with “Balanced Treatment of Creation-Science and Evolution Science in the Public Schools.” [41] The argument had been made in support of creationism that the second law of thermodynamics precludes biogenesis by a natural process; therefore there was a requirement for supernatural events. According to the second law ...
Creation Science Evangelism, Case No. 3:12cv136-MCR/EMT, in the U.S. District Court -- a permanent injunction was issued on June 27, 2012, against Creation Science Evangelism among others, including “their representatives or agents,” permanently enjoining them (prohibiting them) from seeking to file or to create a lien on certain properties ...
Following political controversy, creation science was reformulated as intelligent design and neo-creationism. [9] [10] Mainline Protestants and the Catholic Church reconcile modern science with their faith in Creation through forms of theistic evolution which hold that God purposefully created through the laws of nature, and accept
Answers in Genesis resulted from the merging of two Australian creationist organizations in 1980, one led by John Mackay and Ken Ham (Creation Science Supplies and Creation Science Educational Media Services) and the other by Carl Wieland (Creation Science Association). The organization later became known as Answers in Genesis.
Not to be confused with creative evangelism, creation evangelism uses the truths of modern science [citation needed] to try and demonstrate the scientific accuracy of events described in the Bible, usually those found in Genesis. The evangelist may influence a listener to believe in the existence of God and His certain judgment described in the ...