By several measures, the most outrageous lies of this entire comic are in Frame 5 where the professor threatens PWGWC boy with JAIL.
The first lie of course is that a professor would threaten anyone with jail for holding a dissenting opinion, if for no other reason than it could cost them their job. We have already addressed the bigoted representation of the "professor." But the lies don't stop there. The footnote to this frame reads;
“It has never been illegal to teach the Bible, or creationism in public schools. See Public School Presentation video from Creation Science Evangelism www.drdino.com”
It will take a momment to unpack the lies in this statement. It is clearly illegal to teach creationism in public schools as part of any science course. It is clearly illegal "to teach the Bible" in public schools in any manner that confers authority to the Bible by the governmental authority of the school. So those are two obvious lies that are exposed by the many court cases discussed here by the National Center for Science Education. But, there is a more subtle contextual lie; these legal limits are directed wholly at the public school teacher. Students are not under any personal limitation that limits their belief, or discussion of their personal belief- provided that they are not disrupting normal school activities or harassing other students.
There is a referral at the end of the footnote. "Dr. Dino" was the nickname of creationist preacher Kent Hovind. His new nickname is Federal Bureau of Prisons prisoner #06452-017. Hovind is scheduled for release from prison on August 11, 2015 after serving 85% of his 10 year sentence. Hovind was found guilty of 58 counts fraudulent banking transactions, and income tax evasion. Court records show he was raking in over one million dollars a year from his audiences, and video sales.
The "Public School Presentation" can be viewed on YouTube as a set of videos (viewed 8 April, 2013), or at Hovind's website maintained by his son Eric. The lies begin immediately after Hovind says, “My name is Kent Hovind.” Details of Kent Hovind's career are reviewed at "Stones and Bones."
Thank you for creating this website.
ReplyDeleteIt is very dishonest and immoral for Jack Chick and Kent Hovind to create such an absurd cartoon and then state that one will go to hell if they do not believe in it.
It is also deplorable how many people have been turned away from science at their hands.
Thanks for your kind words. It is also deplorable that intelligent people will be turned away from Christianity because these men are liars.
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice this before but the sentence, "You know it's unscientific" is not a question. If it was, it also wouldn't warrant two question marks.
ReplyDeleteIt almost seems like very little effort was made when creating this cartoon strip whatsoever.
You're quite correct grammatically. But in a twisted way, I think this is a distillation of the creationist gestalt. I will get some more posts up and public really soon.
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