# "creation" Museum Opens: USA a Laughingstock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078 "2007-05-30T16:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/1 "2007-05-30T16:15:58Z")
There are times when you have to stop and wonder-how stupid can people be? I caught a bit about the new “Creation” museum , that just opened up to paying customers 9sorry, don’t have link). P.T. barnum would be proud! Exhibits show humans coexisting with dinosaurs! And i guess there are also scientific proofs of the “young” earth. The Europeans must be laughing their heads off! Anybody know who funded this disgrace? ---
**Author:** ![Capatalist\_Lion\_Tamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Capatalist\_Lion\_Tamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capatalist_Lion_Tamer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/2 "2007-05-30T16:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] There are times when you have to stop and wonder-how stupid can people be? I caught a bit about the new “Creation” museum , that just opened up to paying customers 9sorry, don’t have link). P.T. barnum would be proud! Exhibits show humans coexisting with dinosaurs! And i guess there are also scientific proofs of the “young” earth. The Europeans must be laughing their heads off! Anybody know who funded this disgrace? [/QUOTE] I have yet to figure out how this became a USA vs. Europe thing. There are morons in Europe, I promise. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/3 "2007-05-30T16:46:44Z")
Well, there’s a Bible theme park trying to get built just outside of Nashville right now. So I guess that’s strike two. [Link](http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/NEWS05/705230452) ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/4 "2007-05-30T16:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=Capatalist Lion Tamer] I have yet to figure out how this became a USA vs. Europe thing. There are morons in Europe, I promise. [/QUOTE] We try to keep ours well hidden 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/5 "2007-05-30T16:56:18Z")
In the TV clip, they showed a fundamentalist preacher proclaiming how the "museum’ would provide the "answers’ for belivers! What a crock! How about a museum that proves the earth is flat? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/6 "2007-05-30T16:59:46Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] The Europeans must be laughing their heads off! [/QUOTE] Plenty of Americans too. I believe there’s a couple of petitions sponsored by scientists floating around. One crazy does not a country make. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/7 "2007-05-30T17:01:00Z")
Head over to the AiG site [http://www.answersingenesis.org/](http://www.answersingenesis.org/) The “Museum” is a privately funded venture. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/8 "2007-05-30T17:03:48Z")
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan] We try to keep ours well hidden 😛 [/QUOTE] Our idiots do manage to find the spotlight more often. Sorta like an anti-cockroach, scurring for the light instead of away from it. Now if we could only convice them to stick to TV and movies and stop running for public/elected offices we’d be alright. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/9 "2007-05-30T17:10:48Z")
I’m embarrassed for my country. To me, believing in the literal truth of the Biblical creation story puts you on the far side of the line that separates the smart from the not-so-smart. And then to build a museum celebrating your not-so-smart status? Cringeworthy, frankly. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/10 "2007-05-30T17:11:03Z")
> [@](#): > > The Europeans must be laughing their heads off! Eh, they have the Vatican to deal with, I’ll take a creation museum any day. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/11 "2007-05-30T17:12:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hung Mung] Well, there’s a Bible theme park trying to get built just outside of Nashville right now. So I guess that’s strike two. [Link](http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/NEWS05/705230452) [/QUOTE] It’s a BEMUSEMENT park! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/12 "2007-05-30T17:21:09Z")
Well, this dude in the Netherlands think the biblical ark was real, and made a replica: > **[BBC NEWS | Europe | Dutchman builds modern Noah's Ark](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4853890.stm)** > > A Dutchman is building a replica of Noah's Ark, in an effort to renew people's interest in Christianity. so not all the nuts are here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/13 "2007-05-30T17:31:22Z")
If only American and European goofballs could be persuaded to find some common ground; perhaps somewhere scenic halfway between America and Europe. Are there any Biblical verses that could be interpreted to justify the existence of Atlantis? That project alone could keep them occupied for years. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/14 "2007-05-30T17:45:34Z")
Hey, at least they didn’t build it in Kansas. Which is probably a good thing, otherwise the school board would make field trips mandatory. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/15 "2007-05-30T17:52:10Z")
Any European school boards mandating that biology textbooks carry disclaimer stickers about evolutionary theory? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/16 "2007-05-30T18:04:00Z")
What I don’t get is why creationists acknowledge the science proving the existence of dinosaurs, but dismiss the science that proves the time which they existed. It seems to me they would look less stupid, relatively speaking of course, to just pretend the sceince behind dinosaurs is altogether phony. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/17 "2007-05-30T18:35:44Z")
Is this the one? [http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770529009](http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770529009) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/18 "2007-05-30T18:44:24Z")
[QUOTE=Boggette] Is this the one? [http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770529009](http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770529009) [/QUOTE] Imagine-you are a national politician-you actually get photographed at the opening ceremony?? It is like participating at the opening of a titty bar! WHO in is right mind would want to be associated with this? What an embarrassment! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/19 "2007-05-30T18:47:17Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] I’m embarrassed for my country. To me, believing in the literal truth of the Biblical creation story puts you on the far side of the line that separates the smart from the not-so-smart. And then to build a museum celebrating your not-so-smart status? Cringeworthy, frankly. [/QUOTE] Embarrassed for your country? Try being from Kentucky, where this ridiculous thing is actually located. It’s not far from Cincinnati, in the northern part of the state. I’ve been watching this thing for years, and my neck is permanently stiff from all the cringing. [Bible-based museum attracts thousands as protesters jeer](http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/82630.html). > [@](#): > > “I enjoyed it - it gives a lot of detail,” said Pam Bluhm of Plain City, Ohio, after she viewed the exhibits. “We brought several kids, they’re doing reports on it for school, so they took a lot of pictures, are taking notes.” There needs to be a weeping smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078/20 "2007-05-30T18:50:34Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] Imagine-you are a national politician-you actually get photographed at the opening ceremony?? It is like participating at the opening of a titty bar! WHO in is right mind would want to be associated with this? What an embarrassment! :smack: [/QUOTE] Well, at the most recent GOP debate, three of the presidential candidates raised their hands when asked, “Which of you do not believe in evolution?” Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, and Tom Tancredo. Here’s a clip of it… [http://youtube.com/watch?v=t4Cc8t3Zd5E](http://youtube.com/watch?v=t4Cc8t3Zd5E) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creation-museum-opens-usa-a-laughingstock/406078.md?page=2)