The Answers in Genesis "Creation Museum" opened Memorial Day, 2007. On that day I honored those who have died for our freedom, and our right to free speech. I honor the right of AiG to build their church under the guise of a museum, and to profess as "science" their "faith-based" views that are contrary to the accumulated scientific wisdom from 150 years of solid research. Most who profess to be scientists view the world in a more objective way. So do most people of true faith in God.
This museum does more harm to Christianity than science by restricting the former to non-scientific, non-rational explanations for the wondrous world around us. The $27 million that donors gave for the glitz and animatronics cannot cover up the enormity of their deceptions.
Therefore, I was one of the number of scientists in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana -- over 900 -- who signed the following statement:
Statement of Concern
We, the undersigned scientists at universities and colleges in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, are concerned about scientifically inaccurate materials at the Answers in Genesis museum. Students who accept this material as scientifically valid are unlikely to succeed in science courses at the college level. These students will need remedial instruction in the nature of science, as well as in the specific areas of science misrepresented by Answers in Genesis.
Below are further links regarding my personal approach to Creationism and the
Intelligent Design movement. From my home
page, it is appropriately entitled
"non-science."
5/29/07
UPDATED 11/11/07:
I recently visited the "Creation Museum," which I would call the "Creationism Museum." It is a colossal monument to willful ignorance. The displays, and the not-so subtle ploys, are an affront to the best of science, and an insult to the most sincere of religions.
It is nothing more than a manipulative way to grab money from the truly faithful. Yet one's faith could be so much more enriched by honest science, and honest portrayals of science, as seen in legitimate museums.
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Non-Science
(updated 7/07)
Evolutionary theory is still the cornerstone of biological science. Just because "Intelligent Design" creationism poses no threat to true science does NOT mean that "ID" proponents, and other creationists, pose no threat to honest science education in the USA! Honest scientists and educators must stand up for for the rights of students across the nation . Spirituality that is too weak to withstand objective truths is simply a failed religious perspective. There is too much to be learned from Nature to obscure its lessons. We must open our minds to scientific honesty, and reconcile those with our faith and beliefs. For now, given all the evidence, that means that evolutionary theory is among the best supported theories of all science. Indeed, evolution is the only scientific theory that adequately explains the diversity of life on earth.
************************************ While promoting evolutionary education in Ohio over the past few years, I also produced some pages exposing "scientific creationism" and "intelligent design" as non-science in every respect, and nonsense in some respects. I leave these on my web site as a primer for those who have yet to defend high standards for science and science education. I don't expect to update these pages often. But as the arguments from the non-science side do not change substantively from year to year, I probably won't need to. When Answers in Genesis finds an honest answer, or the Discovery Institute makes some discoveries about Intelligent Design, I'll listen. Meanwhile, I can get back to doing real science. See these pages on the right of your screen for the status quo on why neither brand of creationism qualifies as science.
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