Op-Ed in Courier Journal criticizes Creation Museum

Titled: "Is creationism museum good for kids?", James Willmot does a great job slamming Answers in Genesis and their ignorant pseudo-science bologna. His real concern is what it's doing to the children. More and more conservative christians are resorting to homeschooling their children. And that's dangerous in this state.

The Kentucky home-school statutes are terribly vague. In fact, science education is not even mentioned in the regulations.

He's right and he doesn't pull many punches. This is a dangerous institution that lures children and parents into a place that does nothing more than serve to dumb down our population. In this day and age we should be moving forward and improving science education. We're going to need it. But AIG would prefer that we regress to biblical times and beliefs. If we allow them to take children on this little journey it hurts us all in the long run.

Some more fun quotes from the editorial.

There is a great educational injustice being inflicted upon thousands of children in this country, a large percentage of whom come from the Kentucky, Ohio and, Indiana areas. The source of this injustice is a sophisticated Christian ministry that uses the hook of dinosaurs, the guarantee of an afterlife, and the horrors of hell to convince children and their families to believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible. The tax-exempt ministry, Answers in Genesis, and its new $28 million creation museum in Boone County has become the de facto source of science information to thousands of Christians who are throwing away reason and 500 years of scientific inquiry and replacing it with ignorant dogma.

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We do not need citizens who are closed-minded, anti-knowledge fundamentalists who want to see the world move closer to the Biblical prophecies of an Armageddon. (AIG also believes in a literal interpretation of the Book of Revelation.) Unfortunately, the creation museum in Northern Kentucky has been very successful at encouraging their non-thinking, anti-reasoning philosophy, especially among young, dinosaur-loving children. Inaction in this matter may come back to haunt us in the future.

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Museum fight bites bureau

The stir over the Creation Museum is causing some trouble for the Northern Kentucky Convention & Visitors Bureau. The description posted on their site describes the pseudo-museum as,

"This 'walk through history' museum will counter evolutionary natural history museums that turn countless minds against Christ and Scripture."

Daniel Phelps, paleontology society president, has a bit a problem with this statement.

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Visit to the Creation Museum

Chucker recently convinced me to go to the Creation Museum with him to see the insanity up close and personal. Disturbing as the trip was there were a few glimmers of hope.

There's not much I can say about this place that hasn't already been said on numerous other blogs and articles. As Chucker put it, "They're diabolical." That really sums it up. The Answers in Genesis (AIG) people do a very good job of providing very simple answers to people who don't want to hear the truth or possess any critical thinking skills. They start off the tour at a reconstructed dinosaur dig site. A couple of 'paleontologists' are talking about what they like to call, 'Starting Points.' This becomes the Creation Museum mantra. "Same facts, different starting points." The idea is that if you can start with the belief that the bible is absolutely 100% literally true, then you can bend and twist the existing facts to fit your starting point. And they make it appear as though one starting point can be as valid as any other. The problem with this approach is that this isn't how science works. You don't come up with the answer first and then bend the observable facts to fit your views.

The people at AIG already believe they know the answer so real science goes out the window as they try to make sense of observable evidence that runs contrary to their 'truth.' So they create new guesses or stories about how these events could have happened. Note that I don't say they create theories. This would imply that they actually took facts, observed them, hypothesized, tested, measured, and then either proved or failed to disprove their hypothesis.

The day we went there was a church group there with lots of small children. Ah, to be young and lied to. The only silver lining in all of this was that while in line we over heard a few different people poking holes in the creationist pseudo-logic. It made me feel better to know that we weren't the only people there not swallowing this fiction.

Porno Star makes a Debut at the Creation Museum

This is absolutely hilarious. The Creation Museum hired an actor to play the role of 'Adam' (as in the first man ever created by God) in an 'educational' video. They hired a gentleman named Eric Linden. You can visit his site here (NSFW)

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Now Hiring... At the Creation Museum

The Answers in Genesis Creation Museum is now hiring. Here are some of the qualifications for being a employed as a Geology Speaker at the Creation Museum. Apply Now

• Extremely strong knowledge of creation – understanding both the biblical and scientific arguments
• Salvation testimony
• Creation belief statement
• Confirmation of your agreement with the AiG Statement of Faith

If you do nothing else you need to check out the Statement of Faith. It says, among other things, that no perceived or claimed evidence in any field can dispute Scripture.