Seminar Notebook - Arrival of the Fittest

117 Pages·2007·9.59 MB·English

Dr. Kent Hovind
SEMINAR
NOTEBOOK
A resource designed to
supplement the
Creation Seminar Series
Seminar
Notebook
9th edition
A resource designed to supplement
the Creation Seminar Series
Dr. Kent Hovind
Creation Science Evangelism
Pensacola, FL
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PreviousPublications
AreYouBeingBrainwashed?
Claws,Jaws,andDinosaurs
GapTheory
SeminarWorkbook
CreationScienceEvangelism,Pensacola,Florida32503
©2003,2005,2006,2007byCreationScienceEvangelism
Permissionisgrantedtoduplicateforfreedistributiononly.Published2007
Firsteditionpublished1992.Seventhedition2001.Eighthedition2003.Ninthedition2007.
CSE Ministry
KentHovind (Ho-vînd)
29CummingsRd
Pensacola,FL[32503]
850-479-3466
1-877-479-3466(USAonly)
850-479-8562Fax
www.drdino.com
Sci(cid:129)ence \ \ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L
scientia, fr. scient-, sciens having knowledge, fr.
prp. of scire to know; prob. akin to Skt chyati
he cuts off, L sciendere to split — more at
SHED] (14c) 1: the state of knowing :
knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or
misunderstanding 2 a: a department of
systematized knowledge as an object of study
. the ~ of theology b: something (as a sport
or technique) that may be studied or learned
like systematized knowledge have it down to
a ~ 3 a: knowledge or a system of
knowledge covering general truths or the
operation of general laws esp. as obtained and
tested through scientific method b: such
knowledge or such a system of knowledge
concerned with the physical world and its
phenomena : NATURAL SCIENCE 4: a
system or method reconciling practical ends
with scientific laws culinary ~ 5 cap:
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Merriam-Webster’sCollegiate®Dictionary,TenthEdition©2003
byMerriam-Webster,Incorporated(www.Merriam-Webster.com)
Contents
2007 EDITION
Forward................................................................................vi
Preface.................................................................................vii
SeminarOutline.................................................................viii
Articles
(Whitepages)
Dr.Hovind’s$250,000offer..................................................2
UniverseNot“BillionsofYearsOld”....................................4
QuestionsforEvolutionists................................................10
Possum,RedwoodTree,andKidney
Bean:“OurAncestors”..................................................13
PointstoPonderabouttheFlood........................................14
BattlePlan—PracticalSteps................................................16
Two Worldviews ................................................................ 22
Physics.................................................................................23
The First Law of Thermodynamics ............................ 23
The Second Law of Thermodynamics ........................ 23
TheLawofConservationofAngularMomentum.......24
EvidenceForaYoungUniverse...........................................25
Galaxies.........................................................................25
RedGiants.....................................................................25
JupiterandSaturn.........................................................25
MoonandTides.............................................................26
Comets..........................................................................26
EvidenceForaYoungEarth.................................................27
TheOldestTree.............................................................27
TheOldestReef.............................................................27
Earth’sSlowingRotation..............................................27
Population.....................................................................28
DecliningMagneticField..............................................28
Fast-ErodingNiagaraFalls............................................29
SaltintheOceans..........................................................29
DISTILLEDMOISTURE IceCoreEvidence..........................................................30
SALTS SSuubrsfaucrfeaRceunRoufnfo(Effrosion) DI(dSoSOnoLtVeEvaDpoSraAtLeT)S EVAPORATION SRtarpaitdaCanadveTFhoerirmAagtieo.n.......................................................................................................3312
SALTS
RapidFossilization........................................................33
TheBibleandtheValueof(cid:2)................................................34
10Cubits
ContradictionsintheBible?................................................35
30Cubits
OfGovernmentsandCows................................................36
Handbreadth Hitler’sHitList...................................................................37
Threebooksthatledpeopleto disbelievetheBible............38
7/07
Miscellaneous
(Greenpages)
FourTypesofWorkers........................................................40
Carbon-14CalibrationCurve..............................................41
WrongAssumptionsinC-14DatingMethods.............42
IndoctrinationinEvolution................................................43
EvolutioninTextbooks.................................................43
ChartsofChanges...............................................................44
ScholasticAptitudeTestScores....................................44
ViolentCrimeOffenses................................................44
IllegalDrugUsebyYouth.............................................45
ChildAbuse...................................................................45
UnmarriedCouples.......................................................46
STD...............................................................................46
UnwedBirthRates........................................................47
DivorceRates................................................................47
HumanPopulationChart....................................................48
Frequently Asked Questions
(Yellowpages)
QuestionList.......................................................................50
GeneralScienceQuestions..................................................52
PublicSchoolQuestions......................................................60
BibleQuestions...................................................................65
FloodQuestions...................................................................71
MiscellaneousQuestions....................................................75
Reference Lists
(Bluepages)
SourcesforMoreInformation............................................82
TheRoadCalledLife............................................................82
Recommended Reading for Kids ................................... 98
Charts
(Fold-outpages)
TimeLine...........................................................................101
LongevityChart,AdamtoJoseph.....................................102
FORWARD
As Kent began traveling and speaking fulltime on Creation,
““The law of Christ is Evolution,andDinosaurs,somethingsbecamearepetitiveprocess.
incompatible with the law of Loading the old van which did not have air conditioning or a
evolution…Nay, the two laws workingheaterbutwasequippedwithaleakyroof,thenunloading
are at war with each other.” thevanandcleaningitafterafamilyoffive"livedinit"afewdays
— Sir Arthur Keith, were a few of the less desirable reoccurring chores. Equally
Evolution and Ethics repetitive, but contrastingly precious, were seeing some of God's
marvelous creation firsthand, meeting some of God's choicest
servants,andwatchingasGodchosetousethesehumbleservants
totestifyofHisawesomepowerasCreatoroftheUniverse!
Oneactivitythatseemedtobecomearegularitemofbusiness
was spending time in the church's copy machine room following
“It cannot be emphasized seminars. Copies of certain information, charts, references, and
too strongly or too often that other miscellaneous materials were repeatedly being requested.
this great nation was founded Kent spoke so fast that it was impossible for people to take notes
not by religionists but by quicklyenoughtocapturekeypointsofinterestonpaperforfuture
Christians... not on religions studyandreference.
but on the Gospel of Jesus
Only those who have spent extensive time "on the road
Christ.”
ministering"canfullyappreciatetheeuphoriaandexhaustionatthe
— Patrick Henry
closeofameeting. Onefeelssohumbledandgratefultohavebeen
used by God, rejoicing in those who have trusted Christ or been
challengedtoservetheirCreatorinagreaterway. Yet,thebodyis
usuallyjustplaintired. Ministryishardwork.
“It is impossible to rightly Therefore, in an effort to save the extra hour in the copy
govern…without God and the
machine room, each week Kent began developing "The Seminar
Bible”
Notebook." Hence, everything in the little notebook was pretty
— George Washington
"hodge-podge," simply a culmination of often-requested material.
Some items such as poems and songs didn't even fall specifically
underthecreationsciencetopic,butbecausetheywererequestedso
often,Kentincludedthem. Thenwhenpeopleaskedforcopiesof
many items, he could tell them, "Oh, that's in the Seminar
“If we abide by the
Notebook,"andwecouldpackuptheoldvananhoursooner.
principles taught in the Bible,
our country will go on Itisaneverendingprocessofeditinganotebooklikethisone.
prospering, but if we neglect Wearegratefulforthosewhoarelendingtheirexpertisetomakeit
its instruction and authority, an even more user-friendly, up-to-date resource. We commit
no man can tell how soon a another editing of it to God, praying that it will provide valuable
catastrophe may overcome us, resourcestoChristians,orasKentwouldsay,"giveChristiansmore
and bury all our glory in bulletsforthewaragainstevolution."
profound obscurity.
— Daniel Webster
TrustinginGodAlone,
JoHovind
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PREFACE
Thisnotebookisdesignedtoaccompanythesevenvideotapes
orDVDsofmyCreationSeminarSeries.Thoughit’snotdesignedto
be read from cover to cover like most books, much interesting
“Lift up your eyes on high,
reading can be found here. Most charts, graphs, and sources to
and behold who hath created
whichIreferinmyseminarsareincludedinthisbook,aswellasan
these things, that bringeth out
extensive frequently-asked-questions section near the end. New
their host by number: he
materials are constantly being added to make this notebook a
calleth them all by names by
handyreferencetool.Remember,noneofmymaterialisrestricted.
the greatness of his might, for
Thisisbydesign.ForyearsIhavesaid,“Thereisawargoingon.You
that he is strong in power; not
don’t ration out bullets during war-time!” If you can shoot and
one faileth.”
wanttousemy“bullets,”feelfreetodoso.Itismyprayerthatallof
— Isaiah 40:26
our materials will renew your confidence in the Word of God and
inspireyoutoservetheLordwithyourlife,ordrawyoutotheLord
ifyouarenotsaved.
“I myself have little doubt
that in England it was long-
age uniformitarian Geology
and the Theory of Evolution
that changed us from a
Christian to a pagan nation.”
— F. Sherwood Taylor,
“Geology Changes The
Outlook,” Curator of the
Museum of the History of
Science, Oxford, England
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Seminar Outline
Major Points Covered in the Video Series
by Dr. Kent Hovind
Part 1A—Big Bang, Big Dud
(cid:129)
Everyreligiontriestoanswerfourgreatquestions.
-WhoamI?
-WheredidIcomefrom?
-WhyamIhere?
-WhereamIgoingwhenIdie?
“Martin Lingis is probably
(cid:129)Twoirreconcilableworldviewsexist.
right in saying that ‘more
-Creation
cases of loss of religious faith
-Evolution
are to be traced to the theory
(cid:129)Satan’slietoEveisrevealing.
of evolution...than to anything
else.’” -MaskedhisowndesiretobeGod
— Huston Smith “Evolution & -Beganhis6,000-yearattempttodestroy
Evolutionism” Christian humanity
Century July 1982, p. 755 -Beganafalseworldviewofevolvingto
godhood
(cid:129)Bigliesarebelievedmoreeasilythansmallones.
(cid:129)Effectualliesaremixedwithtruth.
(cid:129)Thistechniqueisusedinadvertising.
“Researchers suggest that
(cid:129)Modernsciencetextbooksmixevolutionandscience.
virtually all modern
(cid:129)Textbooksconfusesixtypesofevolution.
men—99.9% of them, says
-Cosmicevolution(bigbang-originofmatter)
one scientist—are closely
-Chemicalevolution(higherchemical)
related genetically and share
-Planetaryandstellarevolution(originofthe
genes with one male ancestor,
stars)
dubbed ‘Y-chromosome
-Organicevolution(originoflife)
Adam.’
-Macroevolution-animalschangingintonew
“We are finding that
kinds(unobserved)
humans have very, very
-Microevolution(variation)
shallow genetic roots which go
back very recently to one (cid:129)Fairytalesaretaughtinschool.
ancestor, ...that indicates that -Frog+kiss=prince
there was an origin in a -Frog+time=prince
specific location on the globe, (cid:129)Theevidenceisagainstthebigbang.
and then it spread out from (cid:129)Evolutionviolatesbothlawsofthermodynamics.
there.” (cid:129)Studentsaretaughttheyareanimals.
— U.S.News&WorldReport, (cid:129)Manystudentsbegintobehavelikeanimals.
December 4, 1995 (cid:129)Teacherscanteachcreationinpublicschools.
(cid:129)Agreatdeclineinmoralsisseensince1963.
Note: We knew this before (cid:129)Scientistshavealonghistoryofbeingwrong.
and we even knew his name- (cid:129)ThemajorityofAmericansdonotbelieveinevolution.
Adam! (cid:129)BeliefinevolutiondestroysconfidenceinScripture.
Part 1B—The Age of the Earth
(cid:129)Lookattheproofsofayounguniverseandearth.
- Earth’spopulation
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