Posted on 05/26/2007 4:48:47 PM PDT by celmak
PETERSBURG, United States (AFP) - Dinosaurs frolic with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and an animatronic Noah directs work on his Ark in a multimillion dollar creationism museum set to open next week in Kentucky.
Designed by the creator of the King Kong and Jaws exhibits at the Universal Studios theme park, the stunning 60,000 square foot (5,400 square-metre) facility is built for a specific purpose: refuting evolution and expanding the flock of believers in a literal interpretation of the Bible.
"You'll get people into a place like this that you can't get into a church with a stick of dynamite," said founder Ken Ham from his office overlooking the museum's manicured grounds.
Polls consistently show that nearly half of Americans believe God created humans in their present form less than 10,000 years ago. Only about 13 percent believe God played no part in the origin of human life.
Ham does not blame evolution per se for society's ills. He believes that sin has been around since Adam and Eve took their fateful bite of apple about 5,700 years before Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species."
But he says the theory of evolution has been used to undermine the validity of the literal truth of the Bible, heralding a dangerous age of moral relativism which can be blamed for everything from racism to the Holocaust.
Located just outside of Cincinnati near the intersection of the states of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, nearly two thirds of the population of the United States lives within a 650-mile (1,050-kilometer) drive of the Creation Museum.
It is expected to draw at least 250,000 people a year when it opens on May 28.
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Nope, some may be, but not ALL~
I have no idea. That is not a field of science that I know much about.
Are you saying that you do believe the Earth is 50,000 or more years old?
Where in the Bible does it say there were dinos in the Garden of Eden?
Where in the Bible does it say this earth or heavens are a mere 6,000 years old?
When did Lucifer rebel, and decided that he was going to be god?
Who were the already existing Us and Our in Genesis 1:26?
Nope, nothing to do with Nationalism. American as a adjective to identify and differentiate from other varieties of Fundamentalism from other times, other places
Only 120 years old? What happened in 1887
Sheesh, unjustified precision. I said "about" (that's scientific term, meaning ballpark figure)
In this case it was in the late 19th Century when rustic American preachers realized they could become religious authorities by claiming anyone with no education (well not literally anybody, mainly them) could simply read the Bible and understand the context - with no reference to viewpoints of past scholars.
In many ways an anti-conservative and progressive position, coresponding to the contemporary rise of American Populism - no coincidence Wm Jennings Bryan was both Fundamentalist and Populist.
I don’t agree that Creationists, or more accurately Young Earth Creationists, are the “religious right”. Instead they are a fringe group. Politically the “religious right” is anyone that goes to church regularly and practices the principles throughout the week. To many people I talk to I would be considered the classic “religious right”. Yet I don’t think the earth is a few thousand years old, I think it is billions of years old. Sea floor fossils on mountain tops tell you that alone.
This is a free country folks. As long as I don’t see any mounting campaign to force the museum to close, there isn’t a free speech issue here.
Sure. Just like Disneyland is a stick in the eye of those who don't believe a mouse can talk.
Ever heard of fraud? Blackbird.
And when they did, they used to burn them at the stake.
At which point the human foot prints come to a halt.
Which proves Adam and Eve were white.
Sounds like something from a Simpsons’ episode.
See The Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man Track" Controversy, which contains links to many other web pages on the subject. "This web site provides a collection of articles reviewing the history of the Paluxy controversy and evidence involved, articles on other alleged out-of-order fossils and artifacts, and information and links on dinosaur tracks in general."
“And no, in the past the Republican party was much more libertarian.”
Yeah, a lot of the conservatives on this board go nuts at the mention of the word ‘libertarian’, but that is the basis for the old GOP. Even Reagan said so.
“we will need it to try and have a rational discussion on these creationism fantasy threads”
You say this and then call those who disagree with you ‘Maroons’?
You’re not trying very hard to just be rational (much less civil), are you?
That’s the problem with these threads. Guys like you (and others on the opposing side) act like liberals: ‘do as I say, not as I do’.
Dinosaurs became extinct long before Noah’s Ark.
However, all animals, birds, insects etc. that lived in the Garden of Eden lived in harmony until Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate of the forbidden fruit.
That is my humble opinion.
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