[h3]Creationist Nutjob "Dr. Dino" goes to jail [/h3] Kent "Dr. Dino" Hovind, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and the Dinosaur Adventure Land creationist theme park in Florida ("where Dinosaurs and the Bible meet!"), and his wife face more than 200 years in jail for tax fraud. (Previous post with "Dr. Dino" background [a href="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,2048.msg22642.html#msg22642"]here[/a].) Yesterday, Dr. Dino was found guilty on 58 counts, including not paying an $845,000 employee-related tax bill. From the Pensacola News Journal: [blockquote]U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers released Jo Hovind until sentencing but denied Kent Hovind's request to be released. He most likely will be detained at either Escambia County Jail or Santa Rosa County Jail until sentencing.
(Assistant US Attorney Michelle) Heldmyer said Kent Hovind was a flight risk and a "danger to the community."
His attorney, Alan Richey, argued that the Internal Revenue Service pursued his client because of his religious beliefs.
Kent Hovind, whose life's mission is to debunk evolution, says he and his employees are workers of God and therefore exempt from paying taxes. He pays his employees in cash and does not withhold their taxes or pay his share as an employer.[/blockquote] [a href="vny!://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061103/NEWS01/611030338/1006"]Link[/a] to Pensacola News Journal article, [a href="vny!://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF"]Link[/a] to Scientific American's "15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense"
The debunkers of evolution are well qualified since they are unevolved themselves.
You have to give him credit for his beliefs, no matter how misguided people like you and I think they are. I love how hes on a mission from God and doesnt have to pay taxes, reminds me of the Blues Brothers.
Ministers aren't REALLY exempt from paying taxes, are they? IF they are, then why not get yourself ordained at no cost at ulc.net?
Oh no, well at least I dont know of any. I was making a spoof on my last line about the blues brothers and how they always said they are on a mission from god, a few points in the movie the cops in it are complaining how they are doing concerts without permits and paying taxes.