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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Eh.... as long as everyone treats it as a joke it’ll stay that way.
If they believe so fervently in their interpretation of scriptures that they’re willing to reject everything that can be tested and determined (and doesn’t necessarily conflict with scriptures) then so be it. It’s their problem they don’t understand science, not mine.
There called Natural Science Museums and they have been around for years.
Good, we have been laughing at Evo's for years! LOL!
“There called Natural Science Museums and they have been around for years.”
What you say?
The museum in the article isn’t called “natural science museum.”
It should be called the Fred Flintstone museum, though.
But I really can't recall even the slightest inference of any T-Rex's running about, munching on apples, playing catch, etc. Am I wrong?
Did the dinosaurs and mammals get along on Noah's ark or did they have to be separated?
So stop being a Evo retard and become a Creationist.
lol what a scam. This guys going to rake it in too.
I think both sides are driven by emotional reactions in this case. On FR it is often noted that liberals are more emotion driven, while conservatives are more reason driven.
As a general principle, that’s valid. This is a case where some conservatives (and to be fair, there is nothing really conservative about this) are driven by emotion.
Abortion is another case where both sides are driven by strong emotional reactions.
They stayed behind to frolic with the Unicorns. Don’t you know nothing?
Science has its own set of rules, and religion has its own set of rules. The more simple minded become befuddled - and even enraged - when they try to apply one set of rules on the other.
The Book of Job speaks of the “behemoth” with “a tail like a cedar.” Sounds vaguely familiar.
The same people who planted dinosaur bones destroyed the WTC. Seek the truth!!!
heh
Q. What's harder than getting a pregnant Brontosaurus into the ark?A. Getting a Brontosaurus pregnant in the ark!
(Noah! Make them stop. I'm getting seasick!)
Oh, now I understand. I had always thought that reference was to Rosie O'Donnell.
I did not say anything: I wrote something. You are the perfect example of the problem we have with kids coming out of public schools:
You can write something and they can't read it; but public schools tell them something like Evolution and they will follow.
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