The Creation Museum Opened Up Ten Years Ago Today

[NeoGreen]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/28/the-creation-museum-opened-up-ten-years-ago-today/

The Creation Museum Opened Up Ten Years Ago Today
May 28, 2017 by Hemant Mehta

The Creation Museum turns 10 today, but the exhibits inside will set your mind back more than a century.

Says Ken Ham:
The vision for the Creation Museum dates back to my public school teaching days in Australia over 40 years ago. God laid a burden on my heart to build a creation museum to counter the atheistic evolutionary indoctrination of the many secular museums my students visited. As early as the 1980s, while still in Australia, we were praying for a piece of land for a museum. Little did I know then that God would answer our prayer many years later in a totally different country and with a much bigger vision than I ever imagined!

The “atheistic evolutionary indoctrination” he’s referring to is what the rest of us call “science.” And to some extent, his plan has worked. We still have to combat the influence of Creationists who want to weaken science education across the country. But courts have repeatedly shut them down, saying they’re advocating a religious doctrine, not a theory backed up by any evidence. And polling shows that Creationism is weaker today than it’s ever been (even though we’re still talking about 38% of the country who believe it).

And, of course, we’ve never seen more Creationists at the highest levels of government than we do right now.

So that’s one full decade for the largest monument to bad science and religious idiocy we’ve ever seen. Ten years of misinformation and wasted money. Ten years of celebrating ignorance.

It’s a place I’ve encouraged people to visit, only so they can see for themselves the (peaceful) logical conclusion of religious fundamentalism. I only wish I knew how many visitors have gone there purely for shits and giggles.

[mountain grammy]

1. So this isn't the ark thing?

I didn't think it was ten years old.. How does this nonsense stay in business?

[rurallib]

2. I think they got government funds

https://thinkprogress.org/judge-orders-state-to-give-millions-in-subsidies-to-creationist-amusement-park-d1c406bbc717

https://thinkprogress.org/while-cutting-education-kentucky-gives-43-million-tax-break-to-creationism-theme-park-76bdcb94c080

Who could ever have guessed that Kentucky would figure out a way to screw the kids while handing out money to a con man?

[progressoid]

3. What's the group that always has a booth at the Iowa State Fair?

Last year I think they were across from Iowa Democrats in the varied industries bldg. They always have some ridiculous displays with dinosaurs and the ark.

[rurallib]

4. haven't been there for about 15 years

So I don't remember much about it.

We did have an enjoyable chat with Elizabeth Edwards that day, though.