by Zardoz » Tue 16 Jan 2007, 00:16:06
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he $27 million project, which also includes a planetarium, a special-effects theater, nature trails and a small lake, is privately funded by people who believe the Bible's first book, Genesis, is literally true.
I've been following this Ken Ham's antics for a while, and I smell a rat. He's so far over the top that I suspect he my not be a True Believer at all.
I think he may be a world-class con man.
The museum is a characiture of creationism. It's just plain silly. It's as if he's carefully tiptoeing along a fine line, cautiously avoiding getting so far out that he puts off his potential donors, who are plenty gullible enough to buy into it's foolishness, yet espousing things so bizarre that it deftly illustrates the absurdity of the whole creationist manifesto.
What could illustrate a collective crisis in critical thinking better than having large numbers of people pay good money to go through that crazy place and take it seriously?
Consider how bad the "museum" is going to make creationism look, and how much money Ham may be making off the project, and you have to start thinking that there's something wrong with this picture. He can't be serious. I don't think he is. I think he may be just an ingenious promoter. I think it may be a giant scam.
Creation Museum and
Walk-through