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Eric Hovind wants to "take back" Earth Day

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What might this man mean in "taking back" Earth Day? Who is he taking it back from? Well, I guess it must be all of those godless environmentalists who have the silly idea that we should protect the planet for its own sake, and that taking a single day, just one day, out of the year to remind everyone that Earth is something worth preserving, worth not trashing and worth at least planting a tree for is a good idea. Well, I guess bearing his father's torch of stupidity didn't end with his championing of Young-Earth Creationism. Eric Hovind wants to "take back" Earth Day for God, by making it into "God Created Earth Day."

http://www.godcreatedearthday.com/sign-up/

And how is one doing this? By "planting seeds of truth" about God having created Earth, by wearing a t-shirt that says "God Created Earth Day" that one purchases from, you guessed it, Eric Hovind! We are assured that 100% of the proceeds will go right back into his "ministry," which is, in case you forgot, spreading lies about science that are so shameful even the feckless Ken Ham felt compelled to denounce a number of them. This sounds more like a tawdry attempt at fundraising than anything else, a shameless hook to use Earth Day as his own little cash cow. I'll be looking in a few weeks to see if anyone is actually wearing these.
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  1. DinoLuvrMarch 25, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    If this doesn't clearly show the intrinsic greed of the "xtian" evangelicals, then folks just choose to be blind.

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