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This is about a true story that has a sad part, and a happy ending. What makes it a bit unusual is that the sad element is due primarily to many of the people involved, and the happy ending is due to something completely impersonal – a process. Since this posting is in the Enyart forum, one...

Bob sometimes uses a common and effective technique of presenting part of his argument in the context of a well-delivered silly dialogue. A classic case of this was his BEL program of April 4th, 2002, titled “Venus Spins Backwards”. His comments and then dialogue follows, starting about 11...

On January 9th of 2004 in his BEL program (titled “”Can I Get a Big Mac Please?”), starting a little after 53 minutes in, Bob makes a point that he brings up occasionally: Many scientists are jealous. Of Newton. They wish they had the insight and mental clarity that Newton had. And many of them...

In the July 16, 2003 BEL program, titled “Bob vs NASA”, Bob pokes fun at atheists about their ineptitude at visualizing large numbers. His overall point was that some people, old classmates of his in particular, didn’t have a good feel for big numbers, in spite of their scientific training and...

There are two things that I have heard Bob Enyart talk about that taken together, bring up a simple question that I have not heard him address. First is that history has shown that people in general, Christians included, are evil. For purposes of discussion, assume that 80% of all people grow up...

The play on words in the title of this post is not accidental. Bob rather clearly gloats over his (perceived) debate successes. But one place where his self-congratulatory effusiveness has been most pronounced is when he has spoken of the Hubble Deep Field. Now for heck’s sake, download and...

Io Today’s subject of pastoral science is moons, or rather one moon in particular. On Jan 26 of 2001 Bob Enyart spent part of his BEL radio broadcast showing how Jupiter’s moon Io is evidence for a recent creation. The BEL Program is titled “Astronomical Evidence”. Starting at 22:00 in the...

One of the items Bob sells through his radio show and website is a set of audiotapes called “Genesis – Creation”. I felt that these tapes might be relevant to any Age-of-the-Earth debate that might materialize between Bob and I, so I ordered them. The relevance showed itself in less than 30...

Bob is not reticent about making whatever changes he needs to in his “scientific” knowledge to keep it in support of the Bible. Specifically, during his show on Feb 11, 2002 (BEL029 – titled “Bob calls the Judge”), Bob is discussing Biblical evidence for the existence of God. His caller, Jim...

In BEL013 of the year 2002 (Jan 18), titled “Bad Brother-in-Law”, at 7:50 into the show, Bob said: This statement is another of a long line showing how willing Bob is to pass on pseudo--scientific nonsense if it supports his theology. Velikovsky had the ability to weave together myth and bad...

Bob Enyart takes the art of spin-doctoring to a new level. In spite of his nominal obeisance to Christian norms of honesty, he does not hesitate to use severe exaggeration and outright lies to carry his points. A classic example was over the course of two shows late in 2001. On Dec 28 2001, in a...

One of the earlier archived Bob Enyart shows was from Nov 16, 2001, Titled “North by Northeast”. Starting at about 10 minutes into the show, he spends some time ridiculing and laughing at the direction that a prayer rug is pointed in a small Mosque near Denver. This is in the period not long...