Hovind is bold and willing to speak his mind in public for all to see, and he is sincere in his quest for the truth.
So is Castro. So is Kim Jung Il. etc. So what? It is a commonly known tenet that the more wacky the viewpoint, the more difficult it is to give an educated rebuttal.
Case in point. "Dr" Dino's website has this fascinating display of photos showing what he supposedly believes to be modern dinosaur evidences. Loch Ness Monster. Champy from Lake Champlain. Plesiosaurs from Japan and California. A "unidentified" baby dino from Lake Erie. (If he can't determine what that one is, he's truly lost). No mention that half his evidences are from salt water and the others are from fresh water lakes, which renders his point moot, to my mind. No mention that Loch Ness has been trawled a few times using state of the art equipment, wasting plenty of money, to no avail. No mention that the Champlain picture is a set of rocks on view to anyone from the shore in Burlington,VT.
If all this were the wishful thinking of an 8 year old, I'd let it slide. But from the fervid mind of Hovind? I've real problems with the man's integrity.
Haven't seen Castro or Kim Jung Il in a town near me. Hum, wonder if I could walk up to them and confront their ideas face to face. NOT!
No mention that the Champlain picture is a set of rocks on view to anyone from the shore in Burlington,VT.
Tell the eyewitnesses he spoke to in Burlington that they are just idiots that saw some rocks.