[Tfug] Creationist Museum

[Benjamin Krein]

I guess I find it "amusing" that you fail to see how 1) this is
off-topic for this list and 2) may be possibly construed as derogatory
towards one side of the debate.

Anyhow, my original response had nothing to do with #2 and only with #1
because I saw this easily becoming exactly the thread it has become.

Ben

Jude Nelson wrote:
> Nowhere in that post did I explicitly call anyone a dummy.  I just found it
> amusing, because I had never heard of nor seen them before and it never
> occurred to me that any existed.  To me, its "predictable" location in
> Kentucky just means that if one were to exist, it would make sense that it
> would exist in an area of the US where Creationism is particularly strong.
> As far as its depiction of humans and dinosaurs (and dragons, as well)
> coexisting goes, I find it amusing because it is non-traditional (not
> necessarily stupid or backward; it's just that I didn't expect it to happen,
> and thus I'm amused).
> 
> To point out that the Creationist camp has failed to add ID (or similar) to
> the public school scientific curriculum is to point out an obvious fact.
> Because the number of Creationists in Kentucky is statistically higher than
> average, it makes sense that more parents in Kentucky would want schools to
> present the ID hypothesis alongside evolution.  If you read the museum
> description, you'll find its parking lot has been specifically designed to
> facilitate school-bus loading and unloading. Because the current court
> ruling is that the presentation of ID in the classroom is a violation of the
> First Amendment, this feature leads me to believe that one of the purposes
> of this museum is to make it easier for schools to present the ID hypothesis
> to students without explicitly making it part of the curriculum.  It makes
> sense that field trips to this museum would be encouraged by parents to
> circumvent the ruling and allow their children to learn of ID in
> school-related activities.  Hence the explanation of my previous statement
> that "It seems that the political battle to inject Intelligent Design into
> public schools has been thwarted enough that someone put up $27 million to
> build a Creationist-oriented history museum..."
> 
> Also, if you look at the pictures of the museum, the interior DOES look
> cool.
> 
> Seriously, now, why is everyone jumping the gun here?  If I were to post a
> link to a museum depicting the history of ear wax sculptures, would everyone
> be as offended?  I would be just as amused by an ear wax museum as a
> Creationist history museum, and for the same reasons--it's unexpected, and
> it never would have occurred to me.  I tend to laugh at things that are
> unexpected and/or do not occur to me, regardless of what they are.  I even
> chuckled at Sony's new flexible LCD screen prototype for those reasons!
> Who'd have thought that computer screens might one day be like paper
> sheets?  Amusing, no?
> 
> Regards,
> Jude Nelson
> 
> PS  If you think I'm bad, you see Felix Tilley's posts!
> 
> On 5/27/07, Neil Short <neshort at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> --- rlumpy <rlumpy at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I can see it now, on "South Park"
>>>
>>> Linus battles Bill Gates for Cartman's Soul
>>>
>>> Rich L.
>>>
>>> Benjamin Krein wrote:
>>>> Jude Nelson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Okay, it's off-topic, but extremely funny.
>>>>>
>>>>> www.creationmuseum.com
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that the political battle to inject
>>> Intelligent Design into public
>>>>> schools has been thwarted enough that someone put
>>> up $27 million to build a
>>>>> Creationist-oriented history museum that goes so
>>> far as to depict humans and
>>>>> dinosaurs co-existing.  Supposedly the interior
>>> design was done by a major
>>>>> Hollywood set designer (the guy who did Jaws, I
>>> think), so at least it
>>>>> *looks* cool.  This museum is located,
>>> predictably, in Kentucky.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Jude Nelson
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>>>> Uh.  What possibly makes this appropriate for this
>>> list?  Are we to
>>>> discuss politics next as well?  Maybe I'm the only
>>> one, but this seems
>>>> like a very in-appropriate post for a
>>> computer-centric list no matter
>>>> what position you take on the subject.
>>>>
>>>> If you want to discuss religion topics, stick to
>>> Apple vs. PC; Linux vs.
>>>> Windows vs. OS X, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>> Computer topics is why I'm here. I don't appreciate
>> being labeled "dummy" because I believe in the
>> Biblical presentation of creation - and am also a
>> computer geek and a mathematician....
>>
>> I could go on; but yes, it is off topic.
>>
>> ======
>> Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for
>> all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; and he is able to bring
>> low those who walk in pride.
>> Daniel 4:37
>>
>>
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