When I read the Pensacola News Journal article April 7, 06 “Park could face extinction” by William Rabb I couldn’t help but wonder, “Are these people morons or just desperate to sell papers?” The recent court ruling to close a few of our buildings over the permit issue (which has been going on for 5 years) does not close our ministry or even our Dinosaur Adventure Land. We still have lots of visitors coming every day. Remedies at Law, the managers of the ministry, are working with the courts and county to reopen the buildings and I still travel every week doing seminars on creation, our bookstore is still open, we still ship out thousands of books and videos every week, I still do my daily radio program on www.truthradio.com from 4:30-6 pm CST and souls are still being saved and lives changed. We are no where near “extinction.” They must be desperate or dense!
Another rumor is that I want to be a law unto myself and not get the county building permits. First, this is a ministry wide decision and Glen Stoll, the manager, makes those calls. I travel too much to spend much time on this. Second, the county has inspected the buildings twice, as well as two state certified engineers and two state certified electricians. The issue has never been one of safety or health. We have filled out the papers and given the county the information they requested 2 ½ years ago and never got a response, other than locking the buildings. We have repeatedly asked them what they want from us and we get no response.
Escambia County Commission Chairman Mike Whitehead did exactly what Satan did in Matthew 4:6 by quoting half a verse. At the hearing last Thursday Mr. Whitehead said “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s. And right now Caesar demands a building permit.” He does not understand the rest of the verse. Matthew 22:21 “They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.”
The Church is not Caesar’s! We are willing to be good neighbors, let them inspect and make suggestions, we have invited them many times to do this. The only issue is control.
Before you believe and repeat things about our ministry in violation of Exodus 20:16 “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” Call in to our radio program and ask any questions you want. In America you still get to face your accusers and are innocent until proven guilty. At least it is supposed to be that way.
More later, Kent Hovind