...Ok, yeah, none of this can rattle the fact that JESUS is KING and that I am His subject and ONLY JESUS CAN (AND HAS) Saved me.

Serious question though: Kent Hovind (spelling?) states a reasonable explanation of why this is relevant to the Christian, but I dont remember his teaching. Can someone remind me why this issue is the subject of so much debate and why we should get involved in it?

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ANSWER: Because it would appear that those who fight for this thing are being persecuted by someone - Kent Hovind is in prison .
Almost like the agents of evil are saying: "Preaching these things ain't illegal, yet, so lets slam this man with discredit and with something that will make people see him as a paw paw."

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BY THE WAY...

I just saw in wikipedia that Kent Hovind is serving a 10 year prison sentence on what appear to me to be federal and tax related issues. Perhaps that answers my question - I immediately started thinking that someone is attempting to discredit Kent. To make a fool of him. To shut him up.

I wont sugarcoat it - he is one of my favourites and he opened my eyes to a lot of things in the Bible, exposing the Bible to me as (what I now believe to be) an accurate, authoratitive historical account.

If I am misguided in my support for him, so be it, but I pray that Boss keeps him strong and healthy in prison. I owe you that much, Kent - I've never forgotten how you taught me to respect the Bible as the Word of God.

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