Creationism Museum...WTF

I've read what some folks have to say on this topic, but I thought I might open it up to the community at large. Personally I find it's very existance a slap in the face to logic and reason. America already test among the lowest in the world, now we're going to give make-believe stories the same credibility as Science?

So, what does anyone else thing on this?

If you are not familiar with this topic, enlighten yourself at these websites:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/arts/24crea.html
http://arstechnica.com/articles/cult...ion-museum.ars

And, god forbid, the Creation Museum itself http://www.creationmuseum.org/

Of course we're going to make fairytales science, that's the whole creationist agenda with this "intelligent design" crap which I've read, and has no logical basis. It's bad enough that people don't understand the difference between a theory and a hypothesis and thus discredit evolution on such grounds, now we're apparently going to show humans living alongside dinosaurs! I wonder if the creationist museum people can even explain how carbon dating works.

According to the articles the creation museum even explains how coal can be created in weeks. Also, it explains the mystery of how adam and eve's children DIDN'T commit incest. Truly, this is the work of a great mind.

i believe the next step for these folks is to turn the smithsonian into a stuckey's.

Oh go fucking figure, it's near Cincinnati, that's not a big surprise -_- With that and our Giant Jesus, I'm ready to leave this zealotry-infused place.

People really need to wake the fuck up.

Billionfold, a hands off approach to this could be rather dangerous. Worst case scenario is these things popping up all over the place. Best case scenario is that this museum is used to indoctranate a new generation of fundamental christians. What happens when a teacher tries to teach evolution to kids who have been forced to go to this travesty...i mean museum?

Kids don't call bullshit. They listen.

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

They'll either be believers, or call bullshit. It's really no big deal.

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Dude, it's a big deal. We're talking about raising a generation on ignorant superstition or sound science and logical reasoning. Society needs to be pulled out of its supersticious mindset and start ruling with reason, not indoctrination. It's bad enough when fundies get into government or other possitions of power and start ruling based on their ingrained presuppositions, rather than logical interpretations of the situation at hand. Europe already endured the dark ages when Christianity took over, now we have a similary situation with nations ruled by Sharia law. We need a generation of thinkers, not believers.

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

Dunno about you, but when I hit puberty, I called bullshit.

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Not everybody has strong critical thinking skills like you or I. If you're conditioned from day 1 to think only inside the box, a large portion of the populace will do just that.