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To: Warrior of Justice
- One of the very first "lies" on that trite list was "Hovind claims Bible is infallible and Inerrant"...I am merely responding to the link YOU posted.

The site gives references to support the assertion that the claim of infallability is false. Why have you ignored that?

You are also not being honest if you claim that was the only entry in the list. For example, another entry reads

Hovind: "All of the ancient astronomers said that Sirius was a red star. Today it is a white dwarf."

Lie #17. I shall ignore the fact of Hovind's ignorance that white dwarfs actually do come from red stars and get Sirius. Sirius (from the Greek word Seirios, which means 'scorching'), also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky. It is almost nine light years away and is found in the constellation Canis Major (the dog chasing the rabbit under Orion's feet).

It is a binary star, a very common combination, where two stars orbit each other. Sirius A is a class A star about twice as hot on the surface as the sun, with an absolute magnitude of +1.42, Sirius B is a white dwarf with an absolute magnitude of +11.2. The higher values of magnitude are actually dimmer, and Sirius B is about 200 times dimmer than Sirius A. Rest assured that is not as dim as Kent Hovind, but it is why the ancients thought there was only one bright star and no dwarf - they couldn't see it in the glare from Sirius A.

Are you able to dispute this claim of honesty? If so, please explain how Hovind's claim is not a lie.
1,115 posted on 09/22/2006 6:27:52 PM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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