Kent Hovind is a Christian evangelist known for advocating young-Earth creationism. He founded Creation Science Evangelism in 1989, arguing that Earth is around 6,000 years old, that evolutionary theory is nonsense, and that dinosaurs existed alongside humans before the Flood.
Basically, everything the Bible says is literally, historically true.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
—Genesis 1 (KJV)
Young or old creation?
Biblical creationism is the belief that the Book of Genesis — particularly chapters 1–2 — narrates the actual origin of the universe, Earth, life, and humanity as historical events, rather than as allegory, poetry, or myth.
In other words, it's literal.
It's held across a spectrum, from young-Earth creationists (who read the six days of Genesis as literal 24-hour days and place creation roughly 6,000–10,000 years ago) to old-Earth creationists (who accept an ancient universe but still see God as the direct Creator, often reading the 'days' as long ages).
I'm not going to laugh off the idea that Earth is young, since I certainly do laugh off a lot of established science and history.
Jerm
However, my personal conviction aligns more with the idea that Earth's history is cyclical — that civilisations rise, fall, and reset, punctuated by cataclysms — and that the Genesis story could indeed be somewhat true and slot into the current cycle.
This isn't a fringe idea.
Giambattista Vico, the 18th-century Italian philosopher, argued that history moves in cycles — what he called corsi e ricorsi — where civilisations rise, peak, collapse, and begin again.
Immanuel Velikovsky went further, arguing that Earth has suffered global catastrophes in recorded history, and that ancient myths — including biblical accounts — are records of these events.
Anatoly Fomenko, a Russian mathematician, has even argued that much of accepted ancient history is a fabrication, compressing the timeline far more than we're told.
Jerm
So, what I'm saying is that Genesis could be read, not as a literal six-day creation account, but as a record of the most recent reset, the last cataclysm that wiped the slate clean and started the current cycle.
But it's just an idea and I won't die on that hill.
🎙️ Podcast episode
Kent spoke to me about why Earth is 6,000 years old, and how dinosaurs lived alongside humans before the Flood.
While I am not entirely persuaded by the arguments made, he is someone I've wanted on my podcast for a very long time. I greatly admire him and his passion, and his sense of humour is contagious.
