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In what respect?
Financial or spiritual?
Then they're entitled to their opinions, and you're certainly entitled to parrot them.Spiritual.
Are you anxious for them to do so, so you'll know if he is or not?Willtor said:I don't know whether they've commented on his financial fraud.
I don't know.Willtor said:Do fraudsters rattle the Devil's chains?
I can't for the life of me understand this fixation on Kent Hovind.
No.You mean among his supporters?
Is this what causes you guys to fixate on him?essentialsaltes said:Despite the fact that he obviously did not pay taxes that he owed, his supporters live in a fantasy world where he is innocent and persecuted. This disregard for facts and evidence, in favor of the words that come out of Kent Hovind's mouth, has obvious application to his creation ministry as well.
Yup.Full Definition of FIXATE
transitive verb
1 : to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging
2 : to focus one's gaze on
3 : to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification
intransitive verb
1 : to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively
2 : to undergo arrestment at a stage of development
Then they're entitled to their opinions, and you're certainly entitled to parrot them. Are you anxious for them to do so, so you'll know if he is or not?I don't know.
Do they?
You mean among his supporters? I agree.
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Despite the fact that he obviously did not pay taxes that he owed, his supporters live in a fantasy world where he is innocent and persecuted. This disregard for facts and evidence, in favor of the words that come out of Kent Hovind's mouth, has obvious application to his creation ministry as well.
Of course not.You brought it up. Are you backing off your comment?
I'm not a YEC though.
(But I take it that doesn't matter?)
Actually, his charges and guilty verdict were:
Hovind had faced trial in March on charges of contempt of court, mail fraud and conspiracy related to actions he took with respect to property seized by the government as the result of his 2006 conviction.
The jury did not reach a verdict on the fraud and conspiracy charges thanks to the persistence of jury foreman Don Camacho, but, in a sort of compromise, found Hovind guilty of contempt of court.
Everything is done for God's plan. Check this out.....
Despite Kent’s tribulation, he has managed to lead over 700 prisoners to Jesus Christ and write over 30 books over the duration of his imprisonment.
And.... actually, his charges and guilty verdict were:
Hovind had faced trial in March on charges of contempt of court, mail fraud and conspiracy related to actions he took with respect to property seized by the government as the result of his 2006 conviction.
The jury did not reach a verdict on the fraud and conspiracy charges thanks to the persistence of jury foreman Don Camacho, but, in a sort of compromise, found Hovind guilty of contempt of court.
Hardly tax evasion. Also, many believe they went after him because he was exposing the TOE for what it is ..... a total farce.
Speaking of absence of logic, calling me a YEC is like calling Yin/Yang, "Yang."You are YEC. You believe the Earth was created a few thousand years ago.
I will grant that you are committed to your mission of making YEC's look foolish, even to the point of pretending you aren't YEC when it is obvious to everyone that you are. You are perfectly illustrating the complete absence of logic and reason that it takes to be YEC. Good job.
No.
I mean among the educated elite here.Is this what causes you guys to fixate on him?
Oh well, I guess it's more fun to dwell on the negative than the positive, isn't it?
I'll bet you even know his ID number, don't you?That's not why he was in prison. He was in prison for failure to pay employment taxes and multiple counts of 'structuring' -- withdrawing money from the bank in amounts under $10,000 (to pay his employees under the table) so as not to set off bank reporting laws.
In this more recent trial, I believe the judge actually set aside the contempt conviction. I believe the other counts were dismissed, but the government could choose to bring him to trial again, since no verdict was reached.
Is this what causes you guys to fixate on him?
Oh well, I guess it's more fun to dwell on the negative than the positive, isn't it?
Yup.Full Definition of FIXATE
transitive verb
1 : to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging
2 : to focus one's gaze on
3 : to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification
intransitive verb
1 : to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively
2 : to undergo arrestment at a stage of development
Ya ... Satan elected to stay in that dragon when the dragon lost his legs and hit the dirt, didn't he?
What's a 'cult of personality'?No, it's not so much about fun, as trying to understand how a cult of personality can make people believe things that are so obviously wrong.
I'll bet you even know his ID number, don't you?
You can say what you want about me.So we can say you're fixated on Satan then?
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