Kent Hovind Arrested

The big news today is that Kent Hovind, one of the most prominent young earth creationists, has been arrested on 58 federal counts, including evasion of taxes and making threats against investigators. He also allegedly payed his employees with cash while calling them “missionaries” to avoid taxes, and made repeated withdrawls under the $10,000 limit to avoid reporting the transactions. His wife was arrested too, with 44 charges filed against her. The Pensacola News Journal provides the details.

Hovind represents the absolute worst of Christian objectors to evolutionary theory. Long before the federal charges came, even before the state closed down his Dinosaur Adventure Land for lack of a building permit, he’s been lying his way through every argument he makes.

While the pessimist in me doubts it, I really wish this would serve for a wake up call to the many Christians who will accept arguments they want to hear, and ignore the reliability or integrity of the source.