It has been a bad couple of new cycles for the evangelical community. I am afraid It's not over yet.
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.
Source: PensacolaNewsJournal.com - 'Dr. Dino' guilty on all counts
Kent is a creationist nutball. He appears to share several traits with other Ted Haggard - Lying, deception, deliberate misrepresentation of fact. Now he's going to jail for a long time. Who will take care of Dinosaur Adventure Land? No wait, who would go to Dinosaur Adventure land in the first place?
Jon Voisey at The Angry Astronomer has an opinion:
My opinion is absolutely. With many crimes like murder, a large number of people that are convicted of this never do it again. If someone commits a crime, does the time, and has truly been reformed, then I have no problem with forgiveness. But this is not the case for Hovind. He's been warned for a full decade of the consequences of his actions, repeatedly showing that he thinks himself above the law. Thus, Hovind is not likely to suddenly have a revelation and decide to better himself. I'm firmly of the belief that criminals should be held for only as long as they're still inclined the commit crimes. Hovind, I expect, will never get over his self serving attitudes.
Source: The Angry Astronomer - Pete 2:13 (The bit Hovind Skipped)
