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Creationism Museum To Open Next Summer
Aloriel writes to point out a story in the Guardian (UK) about the opening next year of
the first Creationism museum in Kentucky, just over the Ohio border. From the article: "The Creation Museum — motto: 'Prepare to Believe!' — will be the first institution in the world whose contents, with the exception of a few turtles swimming in an artificial pond, are entirely fake. It is dedicated to the proposition that the account of the creation of the world in the Book of Genesis is completely correct... The museum is costing $25 million and all but $3 million has already been raised from private donations." A lot of that money is going into the animatronic dinosaurs, which are pictured as coexisting with modern humans before the Fall. According to the article, up to 50 million Americans believe this. The museum has a Web presence in the Answersingenesis.org site.
Hmmm? There's nothing in the article to indicate that the balance is being picked up by taxpayers. I think a more likely scenario is that they're still working on finding another $3M in donations.
The real question is, if Jesus were to drop on by, would he approve of $25M being spent on religious idolism? Or would he have prefered that money spent maybe saving the lives of a few thousand people in a third-world country? But consistency has never been one of organizaed religion's strong points.
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the description itself is a metaphor, OK maybe synonym, 'the creature was built like a brick shit-house'
doesn't mean it is actually made of bricks, somewhat square and smelly.
Dipshit seconded.
I'd like to appologize on behalf of the state of Kentucky.
Not all of us are ignorant, inbred rednecks.
Thank you for the troll moderation, it validates Joe.
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This museum devoted to creationism causes me to recall a bit of insight by Karl Marx. He once said, "Religion
The opium that is creationism is some damned powerful stuff.
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I am reposting the above as some moron has moderated it as a troll which it blatently is not.
This is proof to me that there are alot of very small minded nitwits out there who moderate down posts just because they don't aggree with the point being made. This is not what the moderation system is for, hence it does not have an option "-1 Disagree". So please stop using it as if it does.
Oh and by the way, anyone stupid enough to believe in creationism over evolution must have skipped too many science classes in school.
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The whole creationist notion is based on the premise of biblical inerrancy.
... the list goes on and on.. it goes without saying god says believers have an obligation to murder non-believers, as well as innocent children, and take/rape the virgin women for their pleasure.
I submit to those that want to believe the earth is 6000 years old and man walked around with dinosaurs, fine, do that. But if you're going to take the bible literally, don't be a hypocrite, don't just believe the creation story in genesis, you have to believe in the rest of the old and new testament. This means:
* Working on the sabbath is punishable by death
* Disobedient children are to be publicly executed by stoning
* Owning slaves is perfectly acceptable
* Eating pork, shrimp, crawfish, lobster is punishable by death
* Poligamy is perfectly acceptable
* Women are considered property, and need be submissive to all men; they are not allowed to speak in church, nor should they wear makeup or jewelry
* To get to heaven you should become a Eunich, sell all your possessions, and hate everyone in your family
All the above ideas are very specifically outlined. They are not more taken out of context and improperly interpreted than the creation story. And Jesus himself in the new testament reaffirms that the old testament laws still apply.