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===Scientific inaccuracies===
Like other forms of Young Earth Creationism, the "Hovind Theory" is rejected by the vast majority of the scientific community.<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm poll] by the Gallup organization</ref><ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=1393 Project Steve - Establishing the Obvious] William Dembski, Discovery Institute.</ref> It has also been condemned by fellow Young Earth Creationists.<ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood.html TalkOrigins] on Kent Hovind</ref><ref name="Hovindtheory">{{cite web|url=http://www.kent-hovind.com/theory.htm|title=The Hovind Theory|date=2002|publisher=Kent Hovind.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2571/ Creation Ministries International criticism of Hovind]</ref>
The exhibits and tour guides at Dinosaur Adventure Land employ various techniques to advance the Hovind Theory. The phrase "evolution" is used as a catch-all phrase for any scientific knowledge that conflicts with a literal six-day creation, including theories of [[Wikipedia:abiogenesis|abiogenesis]] and disciplines such as geology, chemistry and cosmology. Scientific viewpoints are misrepresented, often by citing a variety of debunked hoaxes and obsolete theories (like [[Wikipedia:Piltdown Man|Piltdown Man]] and Haeckel's [[Wikipedia:recapitulation theory|recapitulation theory]]) as currently accepted by the scientific community.
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===Hovind Theory===
Dinosaur Adventure Land promotes a specific version of [[Wikipedia:Young Earth Creationism|Young Earth Creationism]] (YEC) developed by [[Kent Hovind]] and known as "the Hovind Theory."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://shopping.drdino.com/view_item.php?id=445|date=2002|publisher=CSE Ministry|last=Hovind|first=Kent|title=Part 6, The Hovind Theory}}</ref> The theory includes a literal reading of the Biblical account of [[Wikipedia:Noah|Noah]]: Noah's family and two of every "[[Wikipedia:Created kind|kind]]" of animal (including dinosaurs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chick.com/information/authors/hovind.asp#testimony|accessdate=2006-10-06|title=Kent Hovind's testimony on Chick.com|publisher=Chick.com}}</ref>) safely boarded the [[Wikipedia:Noah's ark|Ark]] before the planet was bombarded by icy meterorites. The resulting "super-cold snow" fell near the poles, burying the mammoths standing up. Ice on the North and South pole cracked the crust of the earth releasing the [[Wikipedia:Flood geology|fountains of the deep]], which in turn caused certain ice age effects, namely the glacier effects. Also this made "the earth wobble around" and collapsed the [[Wikipedia:Vapor canopy|canopy]] that Hovind believes previously surrounded the earth, causing a [[Wikipedia:Hyperbaric oxygen therapy|hyperbaric chamber]] effect that enabled the long lifespans of men described in Genesis.
===Cryptozoology===
