And On The Seventh Day, They Don’t Rest…
Step right up and flash your cash, ladies and gentlemen. Prepare to believe. Open seven days a week (no strict observance of the Sabbath here), the newly opened Creation Museum near Cincinnati in northern Kentucky will prove to you that the Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice, and in every area it touches upon.
Their advertising hype is centered around proving the inerrancy of the Bible. They claim that … guests will learn how to answer the attacks on the Bible’s authority in geology, biology, anthropology, cosmology, etc., and they will discover how science actually confirms biblical history.
Then why do we waste all that money on text books if all we need is the Bible? Think of the millions of dollars that could be diverted to some really important projects, like research grants for studying the effects of the goatherders’ deodorants on the mating habits of pygmy goats in Zimbabwe.
A couple of caveats before you plan your trip: first, leave your guns at home since they are not allowed on the premises, and second, the place is not particularly twin-friendly. No tandem, side-by-side strollers allowed. Oh, I almost forgot — be very wary of serpents offering forbidden fruit.
[Flip of the fedora to Elrod up at Knox Views.]
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And take Hitchen’s book with you: “God is not Great,”
http://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446579807/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1609333-2133646?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180534610&sr=8-1
just in case you become indoctrinated with silliness.
Your title additionally points to the ironic probability that they are “open on Sundays” in direct violation to the Sabbath law. …too, too interesting. -mg
I’ve heard of this new testament to “truth”…will be interesting to see if it flourishes or crashes.
Over the weekend, my 11 year old grandson brought up the question of the meaning of the word “evolution”. With his mother sitting next to us, she indicated I should field this one. I explained about single cells, tadpoles into frogs, extinct dinosaurs, the theory that we could have evolved from “monkeys”, and wound it up by saying that scientists hadn’t found all the answers, yet. Since he is taken to church regularly, he asked about God’s part. I told him that God could have started the whole process. His mother smiled, and he ran off to find some more snakes down by the creek.
Yes, I read about this museum the other day. The British press and New York Times are having a field day. I understand there are exhibits with dinosaurs and up-right human beings together in time. Guess the background music is Dueling Banjos from Deliverance.
They’ve put God in a mighty small box, to my way of thinking.
Remember too that the particpants have ALL read Luke 19:27
Well, we’ve got our own theme park down here in Orlando. It’s the Holy Land Experience (or some such nomenclature). You can catch up on all the absolute truths in the comfort of summer (there) or winter (here).
Now I know what “to everything there is a season” really means.
I am losing the plot: I thought I had commented on this. I know I commented somewhere on this museum. Hm, wonder where that was. I will be glad when I have fully evolved into someone with a brain.
It’s a bit scary if this is being presented as fact. In Genesis, creation is presented as a steady progression - like evolution.