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Monday, June 18, 2007

stands for the 10,000 years (or less) since god created Adam and the dinosaurs. Now there is a 27 million dollar museum to prove it! The Creation Museum which contends to be based in science, opened in Kentucky with protesters at hand and protesters protesting the protesters.
Concieved by people who get epileptic when they hear the words "radiocarbon dating", this museum -dispite being increadibly misleading and damaging to the brain's of young visitors who are taught that the creation of the world as told in Genesis is factually correct and that dinosaurs didn't survive because there wasn't enough room on the arc, has really cool animatronic displays of man and dinosaur living together, just like in Land of the Lost!

This is what the museums designer, Patrick Marsh, formerly from Universal Studios in LA had to say, "as for scientists, so much of what they believe is pretty fuzzy about life and its origins."
A reporter collegue of mine from the Gardian Newspaper out of london went on a visit and asked Marsh about early human fossilized remains.

"There are no such things. Humans are basically as you see them today. Those skeletons they've found, what's the word? ... they could have been deformed, diseased or something. I've seen people like that running round the streets of New York."

Apparently the scene of Eve being created from adams rib is realistic and parents are warned that children may be scared. Or scarred. Either way, it begs for a road trip with a stop over to nearby Big Bone Lick state park near Beaverlick KT. But why, Mister The-Flintstones-Is-A-Reality-Show, if you believe in the bible, do you need to prove it with science? Ok?

The best response to this travisty is from This Week in Science the totally excellent podcast out of UC Davis. They're hoasting a contest to make a billboard to announce the opening of the new Unicorn Museum across the street from the Creation Museum. Enter your Billboard design at their website. Scroll down to june 8th for deets.
Here are some pics

# posted by Corny @ 8:07 PM

Comments:

they should set off the sarin gas once a day at the creation museum - i mean really. ? This is what people think? this is our country and the state of affairs now?

I would take a roadtrip to see the unicorn museum. I hope it gets built. I will donate monies.

# posted by

fairy butler : 10:49 AM

Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! LSHICED! (Laughing so hard I can't even deal!) ATJTFSOP! (And that's just the first sentence of the post!)

Appelez les pompiers! (Call the fire department!)

Because I'm choking on my coffee!

# posted by

SeaMonkey69 : 11:16 AM

Seamonkee! Bonjour! komo tally voo?

Do you want to watch Apocalypso tomorrow whith us and A.L.? Please say yes.

# posted by

Corny : 11:28 AM

Sarin gas or maybe a smart bomb would help these knuckelbrains to wisen up.

But really, it's like the museum was built to fuck with kids heads who dont know any better and will grow up to distrust mainstream science. But history shows us there has been stuff like this in the past, the KKK and the nazis used fake science to bolster their claims, and that has disapeared. Hopefully this will too.

# posted by

Corny : 11:31 AM

Some US cities during the Scopes trial were embarrassed to print the accounts of the trial in 1925. They didn't want to be read as ignorant or unsopisticated. I wonder if they could have imagined a museum like this one in 2007.

# posted by

a capella : 1:18 PM

Ha, ha ha. Great post Corns. I was planning a trip to Big Bone Lick state park anyway, so this works out perfectly. I have a time share there!

# posted by

pd : 3:32 PM

I've heard Big Bone Lick sucks. I'd blow it off if I was you.

# posted by

Corny : 6:16 PM

a capella I have no clue about this Scopes trial you speak of but I'll be investigating...

# posted by

Corny : 6:18 PM

Hi Corn. The Scopes Trial is just too much of a cornerstone in American history that I felt compelled to compare today's circumstance to that of 1925 and I am sad to say that there is little progress. I love your post about this crazy thing and this crazy world. It is keeping me on my toes. I'll toast to that.

# posted by

a capella : 12:46 AM

Oh yeah... Inherit the Wind

# posted by

Corny : 9:02 AM

Misrepresenting science to prove god created the world 6000 years ago isn't as harmful as the teaching of other "conservative values" which are sexist, bigoted and homophobic. That stuff turns dormant stupidity into active hate.

It's not that religion is ruining this country but religious doctrine that causes the giant social rifts we have in our country. Anti-gay billboard, newspaper and radio ads sponsored by conservative religious groups are popping up across country, they ADVERTISE against us, and seem less and less willing to compromise politically. Saddly our president is part of the problem not part of the solution. A word about tolerance from him would help, but he lets religion get in the way of his ethical civic obligations.

# posted by

Corny : 10:21 AM

Fuck religion, Corns. It really is the root of evil, not money, although in the case of Bush, the two things are inseparable. I have a hard time when I am home with my family, because my mom and sis are very religious. At least my mom hates Bush, however, I cannot say the same for my sis. What ever happened to "Treat others as you yourself would like to be treated." I think Jesus said that?

# posted by

pd : 2:25 PM

I never understood why intolerance is so acceptable in the church when most of the tenents of the teachings of Jesus (if I remember correctly from a million years ago when I actually had to attend) were teachings of forgiveness and treating people the way you want to be treated.

I guess I didn't read the fine print.

It's pathetic. The church could function as a sane place of community, with people getting together to help and support one another and worship what they want. Instead, fundamentalists who are not satisfied to allow people to live as they choose, use the sanctuary of a church to preach hatred & intolerance, and promote ignorance. Then, they glom on to the whole "fishers of men" idea and take it to mean, "I've gotta shove my self-righteous beliefs down the throats of others. Better yet, I'll pass a law or elect short-sighted politicians who will support my narrow minded views."

I respect the rights of these individuals to believe how they will and practice those beliefs. All I ask is that they keep their family values to themselves.

ugh. sorry for the rant corns. My family is religious. I hear it way too much.

# posted by

krixfort : 7:13 PM

Thank f*cking god I dint get raised on religion. I always feel bad for people with that damage. It seems so very poisonous. However, I am so ready to turn my soul over to the teachings of the grand unicorn.
Can someone please explain to little me the intimate connection between christianity and fascism? Just curious.

# posted by

The Capt'n : 1:56 AM

I like your rant krix. Ranting is good. All of this requires thoughful response but I got to get ready to go to the forest to look at art today. Anyone want to join me? Give me a holler.

Thank you capt'n for taking back the grand unicorn, the christians tried to co-opt him back in the early days.
As for christianity and fascism; the ideology of superiority sounds familiar. Where have I heard that before?

# posted by

Corny : 9:05 AM

let us know if you see any unicorns in the forest. I know they are out there.

# posted by

krixfort : 11:43 AM

Sara's show at Winkelman is terrific.
I liked the Clemente paintings at Boone. Fischli and Weiss Equilibres at Matthew Marks, loved it... they are on my top ten favorite artist list.
Zoe Strauss at Silverstein, tough and excellent show.
I wasn't really feeling much else.

# posted by

Corny : 5:28 PM

favorite war protest sign: WWJB

who would jesus bomb?

vive la licorne!

(that's unicorn en francais)

don't stop the bloggin'!

anon lurker

# posted by

Anonymous : 10:15 AM

don't stop the bloggin cuz i need it for my noggin

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Anonymous : 3:58 PM