There are several creationist "museums" spread throughout the country, the most famous of which is the one in Kentucky. What might surprise people is the number in Texas. I know when I think of Texas I think of a state that is very much a part of the "Christian Right". This isn't completely accurate yes it is in the top 10 for the importance of religion it is actually tied for 10th with Kentucky, as of 2008 (source). There are 2 creationist museums within the state of Texas that are open right now. The most famous of the two is the Creationist Evidence Museum in Glen Rose (Official Site). The other one is the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum in Crosbyton (Official Site), which I have mentioned before. Neither of these, however, are within a major metropolitan area, the Creationist Evidence Museum in Glen Rose is the closest but it is still a fair trip from the Dallas-Fort Worth Area to Glen Rose. Well it appears that a new one is about to open up within Dallas itself.
I have actually known about this for about 6 months or so and would like to point out that they have had the same status on their webpage for that whole time so I don't know how much progress they are making. I obviously would prefer if they don't build this because it perverts science and outright lies to people but it is perfectly within their rights to build it. If it is anything like the one they have in Arkansas (Official Site) they will be using the same creationist arguments that have been tried and refuted for the past 20+ years.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Creation Museum
Ok so there hasn't been much anti-science out there recently. If I had to guess I would say it is because of the health care reform stuff going on in the US right now and since I try to stay away from political issues on here I am not going to discuss it, yes I have an opinion but I don't think anyone really wants to hear my side right now. I also, for all the VT fans who read this, know the Evans tore his ACL and is out for the season but I think this got enough coverage over the past 24 hours that there isn't really anything else for me to say on it.
What I wanted to post was this:
http://www.ooblick.com/text/creation-museum/
For anyone who has ever wanted to visit the creation museum without having to pay for it this is your chance. I personally have thought about it but it is far too far away from me and I really don't want to pay the $20 to get in and support what they are doing. But from the looks of it they don't raise any points that haven't been refuted before. It was still interesting to see the pictures and read some of what the signs said. To any creationist who might read this think about where the money to build this came from originally. I wonder if Ken Ham will be able to pass this off the way Kent Hovind did as a tax exempt thing or if he is playing the safe card and paying taxes on what he makes. Since I don't wish anyone ill I'll hope for the latter.
UPDATE: I don't know if this means anything but last year when I was heading south on I-71 through Cincinati there was one sign for the "museum" but when I drove through today I saw at least three signs and they had gone from a very simple sign to very fancy catch your eye type signs. I don't know what to make of that but I just figured I would point that out.
What I wanted to post was this:
http://www.ooblick.com/text/creation-museum/
For anyone who has ever wanted to visit the creation museum without having to pay for it this is your chance. I personally have thought about it but it is far too far away from me and I really don't want to pay the $20 to get in and support what they are doing. But from the looks of it they don't raise any points that haven't been refuted before. It was still interesting to see the pictures and read some of what the signs said. To any creationist who might read this think about where the money to build this came from originally. I wonder if Ken Ham will be able to pass this off the way Kent Hovind did as a tax exempt thing or if he is playing the safe card and paying taxes on what he makes. Since I don't wish anyone ill I'll hope for the latter.
UPDATE: I don't know if this means anything but last year when I was heading south on I-71 through Cincinati there was one sign for the "museum" but when I drove through today I saw at least three signs and they had gone from a very simple sign to very fancy catch your eye type signs. I don't know what to make of that but I just figured I would point that out.
Monday, July 20, 2009
40 years ago today
While I am sure that most people reading this already know this I figured since I was a science blog I had to say something about it. Well here it is today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon. In my opinion this is probably the greatest scientific achievement ever accomplished by the human race at least as of right now, that is until we put a man another another planet. So to honor those brave men and now women who serve/ed/or will serve in the space program I figured I would post this:
Raise your drink twice tonight one for the past and one for the future.
On a couple of unrelated notes I wanted to post these two videos, the first one because it is very educational and should help anybody who has ever had any long conversation with a creationist debunk much of what they have to say:
This last one because I am a big fan of thinking and it is interesting to see what these famous thinking men, and Homer Simpson, had to say about God:
Final thing I came across this last night but it made me more ready for the football season than before. They are backgrounds for your computer that have the VT football schedule on them so take a look:
http://www.cruhland.com/desktops/downloads.html
As always if you come across anything let me know and remember,
Raise your drink twice tonight one for the past and one for the future.
On a couple of unrelated notes I wanted to post these two videos, the first one because it is very educational and should help anybody who has ever had any long conversation with a creationist debunk much of what they have to say:
This last one because I am a big fan of thinking and it is interesting to see what these famous thinking men, and Homer Simpson, had to say about God:
Final thing I came across this last night but it made me more ready for the football season than before. They are backgrounds for your computer that have the VT football schedule on them so take a look:
http://www.cruhland.com/desktops/downloads.html
As always if you come across anything let me know and remember,
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