Creationist Museum Seen By Academia

Those who know me know it's no secret that I'm not big on the whole "creation science" movement. It's not a science. If you don't understand that it's not a science, it's because you don't understand the definition of science.

But that's not what this post is about. This post is about the 70,000 square foot Creationism Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Apparently some paleontologists topped off a conference in the area with a group tour of the facility.

Some of them happened to be Christian and were still surprised, saddened, and shocked at the material they found in the museum.

My favorite quote from the article:
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"It's sort of a monument to scientific illiteracy, isn't it?" said Jerry Lipps, professor of geology, paleontology and evolution at University of California, Berkeley.
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Not a big surprise. Usually the responses I see when academics criticize these things is simply dismissal of their claims. I think it comes from a friction between reason and faith; I can't fully claim to understand it because I'm simply wired differently. I cannot easily take something that runs contrary to observed or reasonable evidence. People who are very much invested in their beliefs...no matter what evidence is shown to the contrary, no matter how much you show that they hold views that conflict with each other...the doublethink will prevail for them. The Creationist museum is a prime example of this.

I mean...the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a vegetarian until Eve ate from the tree of knowledge? Really?

I should hope that the quote I believe is attributed to Jerry Lipps from the article is correct..."Like Sunday school with statues... this is a special brand of religion here. I don't think even most mainstream Christians would believe in this interpretation of Earth's history."