Hovind Junior: Confused

The latest batch of (mercifully brief) creationist propaganda videos are already gaining notoriety across the blogosphere. They're presented by Eric Hovind, son of "Krazy" Kent. I would have thought that Eric would want to avoid the spotlight after his dad's antics. I mean, everyone finds their dad embarassing once in a while but Hovind senior is considered a real fruit-cake by most creationists. I've even deemed him worthy of his own category here at Creationist Idiocy. But judging by this video, the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree:



So according to Eric, there's an "evolution formula" which states that the universe created itself out of "nothing + time". Hang on though, evolution isn't about how the universe came into existence, is it? That's the big bang theory. And a little googling into that subject will show that (a) there's no consensus on what came before the singularity (certainly there is no evidence to suggest there was "nothing"), and (b) the expansion of the universe from the singularity that preceded it was extremely rapid, thus not requiring a whole lot of time at all. What hope for creationists if Eric can't distinguish between such radically different scientific theories as the big bang theory and evolution by natural selection?

I also struggle to see the point that this video is trying to make:



It's something like "God is roughly the same size as Arcturus", or possibly "Wow. God is really, really... big. Wow.". Still, impressive production values. It seems you really can polish a turd.

If Pixar Were Creationists...

This animation attempts to refute evolution and unwittingly provides a great example of natural selection:

The Theroy of Evilution

Time for another terrible creationist video. In this one, you can easily lose count of the fallacies, bad logic, misunderstandings and outright untruths, but the "revelation" at around the 1:10 mark (cued nicely to the music) and the, frankly, disturbing animation at the end elevate this video to so-bad-it's-good territory:



And if this video wasn't dumb enough for you, check out some of the comments left underneath it. CAUTION: The quotes below will likely knock your IQ down by several points. Please read them responsibly and in moderation.

Evolution IS EVIL!!! Evolution calls God and His Inspired Word liars!Evolution say's that we are nothing but an accident and that there is no real purpose to life,eat,drink and be merry for tomorrow we die, it goes against everything the Inspired Scriptures teaches us.Evolution is responsible for six million jews being m#acred in nazi Germany,seventy-four million people in China,thirty million in the USSR and untold millions in Cambodia,Vietnam,Uganda and other parts of the world!

for those of you who believe we evolved from apes 1 question. Why are there no more human lines walking out of the jungle evolving from current lines of the ape species.

Its amazing that christians are a threat to atheism . If they dont beleive in God why are we a threat ? Because deep down in there heart they are afraid that God is not a fairy tale . Evolution will always be a fairy tale and God is real . I hit two rocks together the other day and could not make a human , go figure .

Evolution is so absurd that it is widely accepted by absurdity proponents. Like I stated before, evolution is just a side-stepping mechanism to accountability.

I don't care if 100% of the biological community accept it. If you purposely take God out of the equation you are being *dumb on purpose*.

evolution is not a fact. It is a theroy. The reason it is called a theroy is that it can't be proved.

Finally, here's my favourite:

Science is catching up with and confirming the Bible. Not to mention that the Bible also foretold vast communications technology such as television and satellites. When in Matthew 24:30 it says everyone will see the Son of Man coming in the Clouds. Revelations says every eye will see him. This given at the time in which none of this was possible.

That's right, you heard it here first. The second coming of Jesus Christ will be seen across the globe: live via satellite, on pay-per-view!

God Tube is now "Tangle"

Here's another creationist video from "Tangle" (I guess "God Tube" exposed their intentions a little too clearly) that dredges up some of the more naive creationist arguments:



They're correct that evolution is not repeatable in the sense that we can watch humans evolve from fish again, but it is observable. Check out Richard Lenski's Long Term Evolution Experiment for a great example of this.

And Darwin was concerned about the lack of transitional fossils in the geological record, but that was well over a century ago. Since then, hundreds have been discovered, including transitional forms between fish and reptiles, reptiles and birds, and apes and humans.

This page goes into fascinating detail about the evolution of whales from land-dwelling quadrupeds, with half a dozen transitional forms described. This evidence alone is utterly convincing, and it's just a fraction of what we have.

It would be nice if creationists could present just a single piece of evidence for their own theories beyond a 2000 year old book.

More laughably inept creationist propaganda from "Tangle" in future posts.

An Unintelligently Designed Video

I just stumbled across Emancipate Yourselves From Mental Slavery, a blog by Joshua Stein about all kinds of stuff, much of it related to atheism and rational thinking. It's only been going since January 2008 but already has 456 entries. Check it out.

Anyway, this hilariously amateurish creationist video was posted on the blog, and I'm re-posting it here for your enjoyment. It's best viewed with the sound turned on:


I'm going to have to check out God Tube, I'm sure it's an absolute gold mine for creationist stupidity.