$27 million anti-evolution museum to open soon

[DanaC]

Oooo. Handbags at dawn!

[piercehawkeye45]

This is the one where a plane flew over carrying the banner "Thou Shall Not Lie" right?

[Clodfobble]

The fifth picture in the slideshow shows a poster that includes a previous IOTD image, the mixed-race couple with one black and one white twin. (The text is blurry, but I can make out "Biological Differences are Superficial" and "We came from one woman/We came from one man.")

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

The fifth picture in the slideshow shows a poster that includes a previous IOTD image, the mixed-race couple with one black and one white twin. (The text is blurry, but I can make out "Biological Differences are Superficial" and "We came from one woman/We came from one man.")

Crikey - I wonder if they agreed to have their picture used as an example of creationism?

Interesting they use that picture though. When slavery was justified using the Bible because blacks were descended from Ham's cursed son to be a hewer of wood after looking on the old man in his drunkenness. And some fundamental churches still have frown on interracial marriage.

Perhaps I should see this as a step forward.

[RonBurgundy]

$27 million anti-evolution museum to open soon

Cool. I hear that a museum for tooth fairys, easter bunnys and hob goblins is in the works. It is supposed to rival the anti-evolution museums historical and scientific accuracy.

[richlevy]

I was channel surfing and ran across a guy in some soft of quasi-safari outfit with a nautilus shell talking to a TV host. He gave an interesting (and probably accurate) description of the life of a nautilus, a very cool critter.

Then he used it to justify creationism, and the 'scientist' was from the staff of the creation museum. The juxtaposition of science and pseudo-science gave me mental cramps for a moment, sort of like a mental version of 'the bends'.

They really should label cable channels better.

http://crazytalk.typepad.com/bluegra..._the_crea.html

Early in the museum, the visitor is given advice on the proper mind frame to have for your visit: “Don’t think, just listen and believe”.

Telling kids "don't" FUCKING "think"?!!!!
Burn it to the ground... that is all it is worth... a place to roast marshmallows.
This religion is a scam and nothing more.
Prove me wrong, seriously, prove it.
"Outrageous claims call for outrageous evidence."

Jesus and Paul both discussed a slave's duty to serve their Christian masters better because they are better people.
Those quotes were used as well to justify slavery. Gotta' love it.

I invite everyone to view the full collection of photos taken at the creation "museum".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n1c0sta...7600335006271/

These images were not taken by me. It was a mistake by me to refer to the couple as atheists in the video. By their own admission they simple are two people who do not believe in creationism.

I always put museum in quotes as this building makes a mockery of the fine history of science and art institutions. The slides I have selected show clear evidence that creationists believe in and promote the idea of Super Evolution. Here I present very simple evidence that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that such rapid change is completely impossible and goes against every single piece of data collected over the past century and a half.

This "museum" goes beyond teaching super evolution. The real goal is to convince the visitor that science in general does not work. And of course this makes sense. How else can one reconcile the ideas offered by creationists with the millions of facts collected by scientists. In short, creationists want people to accept what they say, and not think for themselves. Because even the most marginal effort of free thought will unmask their ideas as completely ludicrous.

This "museum" makes it clear that creationists want our society to fall back into the dark ages. Ask yourself this: Where have all of our medical breakthroughs come from? Where have our communications and transportation technologies come from? The scientific method, logic, and human reason are the backbone of modern civilization. Creationists want us to abandon them for blind acceptance. Yet they are more than willing to use these technologies to advance their ignorance. And yes that does make them hypocrites.

The slide at 4:33 should read "most animals are diploid" as the vast majority are but a few specie are in fact haploid.

To download this video go to:
http://files-upload.com/files/502381...0Evolution.wmv
or
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1172854PXpmHQgW