{"id":2194,"date":"2014-07-29T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2014-07-29T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:21:35","slug":"dr-dino-the-martyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2194","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dino the martyr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent “Dr. Dino” Hovind is entangled in yet more legal problems. If you don’t know who Hovind is<\/a>, he’s one of Florida’s most famous creationists. He’s a young earth creationist, evangelist, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and former operator of the now defunct Dinosaur Adventure Land in Pensacola. He was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2007 for various federal tax offenses and is still incarcerated. I talk about him a little bit in chapters 7 and 8 of Going Ape<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The always entertaining and informative blog The Sensuous Curmudgeon has an update on Hovind’s latest legal woes: More Troubles for Kent Hovind?<\/a><\/p>\n

Tax protesters never think they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re tax protesters. They always imagine themselves to be patriots. Not only that, but they think the judges are idiots, while they and the other tax protesters are the only ones who understand what the law\u00c2\u00a0really<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0means. … As for martyrdom, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only creationists who will see Hovind as a martyr. They already think that. Besides, who cares what they think?\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kent “Dr. Dino” Hovind is entangled in yet more legal problems. If you don’t know who Hovind is, he’s one of Florida’s most famous creationists. He’s a young earth creationist, evangelist, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and former operator of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-zo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=72","url_meta":{"origin":2194,"position":0},"title":"Dr. Dino on trial","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Kent Hovind, of Dinosaur Adventure Land fame, is on trial. It's interesting reading, so be sure to head back to the Pensacola News Journal every day for updated stories. Two people who worked for a Pensacola evangelist testified Wednesday in federal court that they didn't consider where they worked to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In the News"","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":82,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=82","url_meta":{"origin":2194,"position":1},"title":"Dr. Dino found guilty","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"November 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Dino guilty on all counts in his tax fraud trial. Kent Hovind, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and Dinosaur Adventure Land in Pensacola, was found guilty of 58 counts, including failure to pay $845,000 in employee-related taxes. He faces a maximum of 288 years in prison.","rel":"","context":"In "In the News"","block_context":{"text":"In the News","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2329,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2329","url_meta":{"origin":2194,"position":2},"title":"Finger licking good","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Forbes contributor Peter Reilly went down the Kent \"Dr. Dino\" Hovind rabbit hole and brought back some gems. He reports that some of those who supported one of my favorite Florida creationists during his legal trials and tribulations are disappointed that Hovind doesn't see eye to eye with them on\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dinosaur-adventure-land-300x238.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1100,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1100","url_meta":{"origin":2194,"position":3},"title":"Goodbye Dinosaur Adventure Land?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 31, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pensacola News Journal reports that Kent \"Dr. Dino\" Hovind's Dinosaur Adventure Land might go extinct courtesy of the IRS. A ruling this week says the nine properties that make up Dinosaur Adventure Land, and two bank accounts associated with the park will be used to satisfy $430,400 in restitution\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 3 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1100#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":849,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=849","url_meta":{"origin":2194,"position":4},"title":"Hovind denied","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"An appeals court upheld the federal prison sentences of creationist minister Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo Hovind, who were convicted of a host of tax-fraud charges.","rel":"","context":"With 3 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 3 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=849#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=8","url_meta":{"origin":2194,"position":5},"title":"Dr. Dino recap","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"August 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a Dr. Dino recap for those keeping score. 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