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Jack uploaded a video to his [[EYE TO EYE|Eye to Eye]] channel on 20 January 2020 in which he interviews Eric "Independent, temperamental, fundamental, chicken-eatin' Baptist - the dangerous kind" Hovind. Jack spends most of it just nodding along, as Eric decries the scientific community in favor of a American Baptist interpretation of history and the Bible. Jack never disagrees with anything Hovind says, and it can be reasonably assumed that Jack holds many of these beliefs himself. | Jack uploaded a video to his [[EYE TO EYE|Eye to Eye]] channel on 20 January 2020 in which he interviews Eric "Independent, temperamental, fundamental, chicken-eatin' Baptist - the dangerous kind" Hovind. Jack spends most of it just nodding along, as Eric decries the scientific community in favor of a American Baptist interpretation of history and the Bible. Jack never disagrees with anything Hovind says, and it can be reasonably assumed that Jack holds many of these beliefs himself. | ||
===Age of the Earth=== | ===Age of the Earth=== | ||
The first chapters of the Bible detail a story of creation. This singular fact is the entire basis of this belief system, and is the cudgel of logic Hovind uses to smash ideas such as radiometric dating, cosmic ray analysis, the Hubble constant and Geology. According to Hovind, the only valid piece of information in existence is the Bible, and therefore the only valid way to compute the age of the universe is to add up the ages of all people detailed in the Bible. Through this process, Hovind has determined the age of the universe to be about four to six-thousand years old. | The first chapters of the Bible detail a story of creation. This singular fact is the entire basis of this belief system, and is the cudgel of logic Hovind uses to smash ideas such as [[wikipedia:Radiometric_dating|radiometric dating]], [[wikipedia:Cosmic_ray|cosmic ray analysis]], [[wikipedia:Hubble's_law|the Hubble constant]] and [[wikipedia:Geology|Geology]]. According to Hovind, the only valid piece of information in existence is the Bible, and therefore the only valid way to compute the age of the universe is to add up the ages of all people detailed in the Bible. Through this process, Hovind has determined the age of the universe to be about four to six-thousand years old. | ||
Hovind holds firm in the belief that not only is it impossible to prove the Earth is billions of years old; it is also impossible for the human mind to conceive of numbers larger than 6000. Hovind also postulates that if something is impossible for humans to conceive of, that proves that thing cannot exist in reality. Hovind also adds that the scientific community uses large numbers as a propaganda technique. According to Hovind, these numbers have been engineered by scientists to overload peoples minds - forcing them to believe in the false narrative of science. | Hovind holds firm in the belief that not only is it impossible to prove the Earth is billions of years old; it is also impossible for the human mind to conceive of numbers larger than 6000. Hovind also postulates that if something is impossible for humans to conceive of, that proves that thing cannot exist in reality. Hovind also adds that the scientific community uses large numbers as a propaganda technique. According to Hovind, these numbers have been engineered by scientists to overload peoples minds - forcing them to believe in the false narrative of science. | ||