“Just because you can arrange animals in order, that doesn't prove anything. Even if you find them buried in a certain order, that doesn't prove anything. If I get buried on top of a hamster, does that prove he's my grandpa? No! Order of burial means nothing!”

—  Kent Hovind

Creation seminars (2003-2005), Lies in the textbooks

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American young Earth creationist 1953

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