Creationist museum opens in Kentucky
posted at 1:06 pm on May 26, 2007 by Allahpundit
It’s super high-tech, too, to make sure it makes a strong impression on the kids.
Evolution is derided at the 60,000-square-foot facility, packed with high-tech exhibits designed by an acclaimed theme-park artist, animatronic dinos and a huge wooden ark. In this Old Testament version of history, dinosaurs appeared on the same day God created other land animals.
The museum also contains fossils, hung in large glass cases in a room visitors spill into after taking a tour of Old Testament history. Ham said most fossils were created by the massive flood detailed in the book of Genesis…
Fancy might best describe the facility’s multimedia rooms, where no expense is spared. After a stop at its digital planetarium, museum guides steer visitors into a 200-seat special-effects theater with seats that quiver as the sound system rumbles. Up on the screen, two angelic characters proclaim to the audience that “God loves science!”
But the creation story found in Genesis is the centerpiece of the museum. Patrons walk through a lush recreation of the Garden of Eden, see life-sized models of Adam and Eve frolic and then get banished. Then it’s on to the era of the Great Flood, where animatronic workers are busy building Noah’s giant ark, which rises two or three stories inside the museum.
Ham enlisted Patrick Marsh, designer of the animatronic “Jaws” monster at Universal Studios in Florida, to oversee the exhibits.
Apparently dinosaurs actually end up on the boat in the Noah’s Ark exhibit. No word on how they went extinct given that they apparently survived the flood.
Update: Behold, my friends, the new tyranny.
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It seems to me that the one answer that could cap all of these arguments is; “Y’know? I just don’t know… and I see your point. But I still believe.” The little nit-picky stuff is why there are so many denominations these days.
The important thing is acknowledging that we may never know all of these things. In fact, we never will. It’s all about faith.
And when you think about it, that’s not so bad… faith has a wonderful way of manifesting itself. You’ll see it in the eyes of the next child you happen to encounter. That spark, that light, that hope…
That is the essence of the Christian faith. When Jesus spoke of childlike faith, he did not mean act like imbeciles. He meant what he said… HAVE FAITH!
wccawa on May 27, 2007 at 12:56 AM
“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity.”
Mojave Mark on May 27, 2007 at 12:59 AM
Mojave, also from Bacon’s Of Unity in Religion:
Axe on May 27, 2007 at 2:34 AM
Oh! If anyone is feeling ‘strifed,’ this helped me once:
So simple it hardly seems worth writing down. And yet, apparently, it is. 2 Timothy 2:23.
Axe on May 27, 2007 at 3:15 AM
The lifetimes described in Genesis AFTER THE FLOOD decreased dramatically, but it had much less to do with the parental age at conception, and more to do with changes in the Earth. (Of course, those who don’t believe anything in the Bible need not bother reading further, you’ll just laugh)
Among those who accept that a global flood occured, the most common explanation of where the water came from was a dense vapor canopy in the atmosphere. This would greatly diminish the level of solar ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface, which is among the greatest factors in aging of organic material. (The earth’s magnetosphere is the greatest barrier to alpha and gamma radiation, and a lesser barrier to UV radiation, and its current weakening is a factor in increasing cases of skin cancer.)
Post-Flood, the vapor canopy is gone, UV radiation bombardment of the Earth’s surface increases, and the attendant impact on aging takes place.
Add to this that the first several generations after Adam would inherit from a much-closer-to-perfect genetic source, while each following generation was increasingly subject to the degredations of the curse brought about by the Fall.
Freelancer on May 27, 2007 at 6:24 AM
Agreed, there is much to speculate, and speculation – as long as it is acknowledged as such – can be the source of much amusement.
I’ll toss out a few more, along the lines of what you stated:
1. Genesis 2:6 comments that prior to the creation of Man, there had been no rain, and that “mists” came up from the ground and watered it.
2. Some significant things happened in Genesis 6, as preludes to the judgement of the Flood:
* The Watchers fell, and, taking wives of the daughters of Men, gave rise to a mixed race of humanity and angels – who were considered “giants” and were men of “renown” (some suggest that the context of this word was one of fear, as in men who were to be feared); and
* Without any law from God other than their conscience to govern behavior, the hearts of mankind were “evil continually”.
3. Nothing is said about how people living near Noah reacted as he built the Ark (essentially shaped like a giant shoebox, not a boat).
4. I mentioned the issue about Peleg earlier because names were given in a much different context back then – as RightWinged mentioned earlier, names were given for a reason, and in the Bible, those reasons sometimes included prophetic events (e.g., Methuselah). There is a chain of events surrounding the Tower of Babel incident that suggests God forcibly dispersed Noah’s descendents by breaking up the continents.
There are many, many more, but that’s enough for a start. Personally I give a lot of weight to the Fallen Watchers incident, because it’s so pregnant with possibilities, but that’s just me.
Wanderlust on May 27, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Wanderlust,
Here’s one for you, it’s one of my favorites.
How do you replenish something that has always been void and without form?
doriangrey on May 27, 2007 at 10:37 AM
The bible says that the “sons of God” married the daughters of men. These were not angels as angels don’t reproduce. They were the sons of Seth who started out as devoted to God (sons of God) but fell away and married the irreligious “daughters of men.” Nowhere in the bible is there an example of angels or demons (fallen angels) having sex with humans. Adam was also called a “son of God” and he was 100% human. I’m not sure where you get the term “watchers” as it’s not in any translation that I’ve ever read. All but one of the 17 English translations I checked render the Hewbrew as “sons of God” or “God’s sons”.
Why won’t the government of Turkey allow exploration on Ararat?
Mojave Mark on May 27, 2007 at 12:04 PM
“Did you click the link on “new tyranny”? It has absolutely nothing to do with the museum.
Do you guys actually read the posts or do you just comment based on the headlines?”
Allahpundit on May 26, 2007 at 1:42 PM
You’re assumption that I did not click on the link nor read the article, alogn with your wording here, is glaring.
It is just as glaring as the obvious bias that you use when reporting these things.
My comment did not have to do with the information given in the link, but had and has everything to do with the methodology used in presenting that link at the bottom of this story.
A snark worthy of MSM, but in one thing you are correct: Those who do not click the link and read the story WILL be the ones who go away with a different view entirely.
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The Machine on May 27, 2007 at 12:09 PM
It doesn’t matter. The christians who believe that they know the earth is young are too busy arguing with the fools who want to believe that there is no God for anyone to consider just how darkly we really do see through the glass…
NRA4Freedom on May 27, 2007 at 1:46 PM
Sums it up nicely
ronsfi on May 27, 2007 at 1:56 PM
Why won’t the government of Turkey allow exploration on Ararat?
Mojave Mark
Might be more to protect faith as opposed to “keeping the truth from getting out”. Noah’s Ark figures in Islamic culture as well. Not discovering it because you aren’t allowed to look keeps faith going, not discovering it because you did a top to bottom search damages faith.
Then, there’s this whole notion that Mount Ararat is the Mount Ararat. I’m not sure, but I think that Ararat translates to mountains. The Ararat in Turkey is not called Ararat by the locals and so forth. Finally, there are security concerns.
Krydor on May 27, 2007 at 2:38 PM
Until Creationists try to toss a tablecloth over my head, I’m not gonna give it too much concern.
I’m a little worried about Sam Harris, tho…
Might I add, “Yikes!”
Claire on May 27, 2007 at 2:46 PM
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