Sunday, October 12, 2008
Fantasylandier
Truth will out, even when the subject is Answers in Genesis' "Creation Museum" and the speaker is Ken Ham:We made a decision quite a few years ago, that we wanted to do it first-class ... as good as you would see at museums or Disney World or Universal Studios. It's become an attraction in its own right, regardless of the message that we have here.
Not real museums, of course. They try for truth rather than fantasy and education over entertainment but Raiders of the Lost Bible is about all Ham has to shoot for.
Other truths are also evident, such as this from Dan Phelps, head of the Kentucky Paleontology Society:
Other truths are also evident, such as this from Dan Phelps, head of the Kentucky Paleontology Society:
We're depressed, I think. There's been such a push in recent years to improve science education, but stuff like this still hangs around.
Me too.
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