Museum Says Dinosaurs Were On Noah’s Ark
Yet another new museum was unveiled on Saturday — the Creation Museum in Kentucky which includes some awesome exhibits — roaring dinosaurs sailing a life-sized ship — Noah’s Ark, to be precise. Photo by Iluisr
The Christian creators of the $27 million museum hope to draw a half a million people each year to their state-of-the-art project, which depicts the Bible’s first book, Genesis, as literal truth.
Yahoo News states that media has been poking fun, and scientists have been criticizing the museum, but those who believe God created the heavens and the Earth in six days about 6,000 years ago say their views are finally being represented.
“What we’ve done here is to give people an opportunity to hear information that is not readily available … to challenge them that really you can believe the Bible’s history,” said Ken Ham, president of the group Answers in Genesis that founded the museum.
Ken Ham, President and Chief Executive Officer of Answer in Genesis, stands with a mechanical Utahraptor May 16 2007 at The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Designed by a former Universal Studios exhibit director, this state-of-the-art 60,000 square foot museum will demonstrate the Bible’s authority in all matters including science and is scheduled to open to the public May 28 2007. (AFP File Jeff Haynes)
Exhibits show the Grand Canyon took merely days to form during Noah’s flood, dinosaurs coexisted with humans and had a place on Noah’s Ark, and Cain married his sister to populate the earth, among other Biblical wonders.
Scientists, secularists and moderate Christians have pledged to protest the museum’s public opening on Monday. An airplane trailing a “Thou Shalt Not Lie” banner buzzed overhead during the museum’s opening news conference.
Opponents argue that children who see the exhibits will be confused when they learn in school that the universe is 14 billion years old rather than 6,000.
“Teachers don’t deserve a student coming into class saying Gee Mrs. Brown, I went to this fancy museum and it said you’re teaching me a lie.” Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, told reporters before the museum opened.
A Gallup poll last year showed almost half of Americans believe that humans did not evolve but were created by God in their present form within the last 10,000 years.
Three of 10 Republican presidential candidates said in a recent debate that they did not believe in evolution.
New Creation Museum Opening May 28, 2007
A brand-new museum plans to take old-time religion to new scientific heights. The Creation Museum’s goal is nothing less than proving that everything the Bible says about creation, the flood and the universe is literally true.
Answers In Genesis Creation Museum Dino Preview
The swell guys at Answers in Genesis were kind enough to give me (not this Deborah Petersen me — taken from quote of video) and afdave a tour of their new and not-yet-open-to-the-public “Creation Museum” located near Cincinnati, OH. This is a short clip of one of the animatronic velociraptors and our reaction to this very cool dino.
See www.answersingenesis.org for more info about the Creation Museum!
Inside the Creation Museum
Dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden, Noah’s Ark.
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Wow!. This sounds fun. It would be interesting to visit this place and see how the museum has depicted Genesis. As always very interesting stuff Deborah!
Thanks Alan
I’d love to see it myself! They have a life-size display of Noah’s Arc from what I could tell from an image, a very impressive display on the manuscripts from Genesis, a book shop, etc. It looks simply amazing.
Looks like a great place to visit, Deb. As a Christian, I have never bought into the evolution, but I cannot say for sure that the earth is 6,000 years old or some other age.
Regardless, I enjoy God’s handiwork and think this museum will do well in shining the light on it.
I’m with you on that, Matt. I’ve never bought into the evolution theory myself. But I was surprised to discover that at least half of the populace feels the same way.
I came across a slideshow on the museum which I was unable to use, but the museum looks very impressive.
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