Now Open: The Creation Museum - the new way to really dumb down your kids

[LynneSin]

http://www.creationmuseum.org/about

Museum mission statement
Exalt Jesus Christ as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer through a safe, wholesome, family-friendly center for learning and discovery that clearly presents major biblical themes from Genesis to Revelation.

This center will equip Christians to better evangelize the lost with a sense of urgency, through a combination of exhibits, research and educational presentations that uphold the inerrancy of the Bible.

This center will also challenge visitors to receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and to accept the authority of the Bible by providing culturally relevant biblical and scientific answers from a biblical worldview.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/29/national/a065422D27.DTL

Ky. Creation Museum Opens to Thousands

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

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(05-29) 06:54 PDT Petersburg, Ky. (AP) --


A museum that tells the Bible's version of Earth's history — that the planet was created in a single week just a few thousand years ago — attracted thousands to its opening as protesters rallied outside.


The dozens of demonstrators argued Monday that the Creation Museum's central tenets conflict with scientific evidence that the Earth is several billion years old. Overhead, an airplane pulled a banner with the message: "Thou Shalt Not Lie."


The privately funded museum had more than 4,000 guests on opening day, said Mark Looy, a co-founder of the $27 million facility 20 miles southwest of Cincinnati. The parking lot was filled with license plates from dozens of states.


"The guests were very happy with the museum experience," Looy said. "Of course, we had some naysayers come through and engage us in conversation, and that's fine — we want them."

[CottonBear]

1. I love the "Thou Shalt Not Lie." airplane banner. LOL!

Gawd, these creationists are real morans. Even worse, they're raising little morans. :(

Hard to believe people would pay to see a museum full of lies and fabrications.

[mwb970]

2. This awful "museum" is the opposite of a school.

It sucks the knowledge right out of people's heads, replacing it with myths and false beliefs - exactly the opposite of what a school does.

Anti-education, anti-science. And ultimately anti-American. I am so ashamed of my fellow citizens. They're laughing at us in Europe. At least, the people that don't hate us too much to laugh are.

[Iris]

3. They have an article on Salon about this. Adam & Even - really sexy!

They showed mannequins depicting Adam & Eve. Who knew they were so hot?

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/creation_museum/

[ChickMagic]

4. Ah, yes!

The Flintstonian view of life science.

on edit:
"Some exhibits show dinosaurs aboard Noah's Ark and assert that all animals were vegetarians until Adam committed the first sin in the Garden of Eden."

Oh yeah. That explains all those huge bone crushing teeth and talons to disembowel your prey. I guess velicoraptors just tickled their babies with those things.

[deucemagnet]

5. If I want to pay an outrageous fee to see depictions of...

...imaginary characters and places I will go to Disney World.

Actually, that's not true. I hate Disney World, and I'd probably get more laughs out of the Creation Museum.