Creation Museum: A Monument to Chosen Stupidity

It is becoming more and more apparent by the day, that the U.S.A. should not be a super-power. This museum is just one more indication of why that is true, though a serious indicator it is.

It's a crying shame that this country has come to this. With people, right here in this country, worried about how they are going to feed their kids, from day to day, $27 million is spent by so-called Christians on this momument to bullshit.

George Bush says that tax cuts are good because the tax-payer knows better how to spend his money. If this is any example of the taxpayers' brilliance, I say raise taxes immediately

This is the kind of thing that makes me doubt this country can survive, let alone be a super-power. Then, there is the immediate thought; in order to survive, we cannot be a superpower or, God forbid, another evil empire.

From what I can tell, 1/3 of Americans are, now, the lunatic fringe and they have friends in high places.

The Creation Museum, a $27-million tourist attraction for those who don’t care for modern science, will open its doors this morning near Cincinnati.

The LA Times had an interesting editorial on the facility.

Before the first visitor risks succumbing to the museum’s animatronic balderdash — dinosaurs and humans actually coexisted! the Grand Canyon was carved by the great flood described in Genesis! — we’d like to clear up a few things:

“The Flintstones” is a cartoon, not a documentary. Fred and Wilma? Those woolly mammoth vacuum cleaners? All make-believe.

Science is under assault, and that calls for bold truths. Here’s another:

The Earth is round.

The museum, a 60,000-square-foot menace to 21st century scientific advancement, is the handiwork of Answers in Genesis, a leader in the “young Earth” movement. Young Earthers believe the world is about 6,000 years old, as opposed to the 4.5 billion years estimated by the world’s credible scientific community. This would be risible if anti-evolution forces were confined to a lunatic fringe, but they are not. Witness the recent revelation that three of the Republican candidates for president do not believe in evolution. Three men seeking to lead the last superpower on Earth reject the scientific consensus on cosmology, thermonuclear dynamics, geology and biology, believing instead that Bamm-Bamm and Dino played together.

Adults have to pay $19.95 to enter the museum and hear pseudo-science. Those same adults can stop by a public library and check out books about real science for free.

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