did you know the Grand Canyon was made by Noah's flood?

[donsu]

that's what the US Park Service says.

http://www.peer.org/press/524.html

PARK SERVICE STICKS WITH BIBLICAL EXPLANATION FOR GRAND CANYON
Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved


The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah’s flood rather than by geologic forces, according to internal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Despite telling members of Congress and the public that the legality and appropriateness of the National Park Service offering a creationist book for sale at Grand Canyon museums and bookstores was “under review at the national level by several offices,” no such review took place, according to materials obtained by PEER under the Freedom of Information Act. Instead, the real agency position was expressed by NPS spokesperson Elaine Sevy as quoted in the Baptist Press News:

“Now that the book has become quite popular, we don’t want to remove it.”

-snip-

The creationist book is not the only religious controversy at Grand Canyon National Park. One week prior to the approved sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View, NPS Deputy Director Donald Murphy ordered that bronze plaques bearing Psalm verses be returned and reinstalled at canyon overlooks. Superintendent Alston had removed the bronze plaques on legal advice from Interior Department solicitors. Murphy also wrote a letter of apology to the plaques’ sponsors, the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary. PEER has collected other instances of what it calls the Bush Administration’s “Faith-Based Parks” agenda.
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I'm trying not to throw up with rage.

Who publishes these garbage filled books?

Are we going to stand for our National Parks being turned into insane "Faith Based Parks"?

I hope the bronze plaques are vandalized and the park stores.

This is so unreal it boggles the mind.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I know. I feel like we have fallen through the Looking Glass.

[aden_nak]

2. Yeah, "Erosion" was too crazy a theory.

[Willy Lee]

3. That is just too damned scary.

Bye bye separation of church and state. What will these idiots come up with next?

[smirkymonkey]

9. "The Erosion Conspiracy"

I believe it's called...

[proud patriot]

4. Next the American Medical Institute will say Women have an extra rib

:puke:

[JohnnyRingo]

5. And the park rangers are plagued by miscreant wildlife........

....named Yogi and Boo Boo.

It may not be true....But I saw it on TV when I was young, and I have faith.

[olddem43]

6. This is impossible - the entire world in its present form was created

in seven days. Noah's flood took 40 days and 40 nights. However, this might explain the absence of unicorns in the park.

[DrWeird]

7. All this Christian bashing has got to stop.

Just kidding.

Fuck the creationists. God damned imbeciles.

[Scurrilous]

8. The Grand Canyon wasn't formed by Noah's flood....

...it was gouged out by Paul Bunyan and his giant blue ox Babe dragging an axe. Paul Bunyan stories are quite popular and have the support of some religious groups (http://web2.airmail.net/~elo/news/paulbunyan.html). Where are his plaques?

[blindpig]

10. no, no , no!

It was made by Pecos Bill, he lassoed and rode a badass tornado and the rain it shed washed out the big ditch.