# Jesus Horse Museum goes the way of the Dinosaurs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294 "2009-08-04T15:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/1 "2009-08-04T15:10:23Z")
[Judge clears way for dinosaur park to be seized](http://www.pnj.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/908010317) > [@](#): > > A federal judge has cleared the way for the government’s seizure of a creationism theme park in Pensacola owned by a couple convicted of tax fraud. > Advertisement > > A ruling by U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers states that the nine properties that make up Dinosaur Adventure Land as well as two bank accounts associated with the park will be used to satisfy $430,400 owed to the federal government. :smack: what’s a donosaur? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/2 "2009-08-04T16:23:14Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > :smack: what’s a donosaur? :smack: Donors who are idiot enough to donate to such a theme park? I suspect they’re sadly not extinct, however. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/3 "2009-08-04T16:25:25Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > :smack: what’s a donosaur? :smack: I dono. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/4 "2009-08-04T16:26:46Z")
I don foxed the throd totle. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/5 "2009-08-04T16:26:48Z")
It’s Hawaiian dialect: “Book 'em, Dono!” ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/6 "2009-08-04T16:41:23Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > [Judge clears way for dinosaur park to be seized](http://www.pnj.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/908010317) > > :smack: what’s a donosaur? :smack: A fossilized donut. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/7 "2009-08-04T21:33:57Z")
I think I bought one of those at a Winchell’s once. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/8 "2009-08-04T21:54:39Z")
Nothing on the [Dinosaur Adventure Land website](http://www.dinosauradventureland.com/index.php) yet. I did find this interesting tidbit on the [About DAL page](http://www.dinosauradventureland.com/aboutDAL.php): > [@](#): > > DAL is not an amusement park, for “amuse” means “to not think,” and we want people to think. Rather, it is an amazement park. Come and stand amazed at the truths of the Creator and Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. I guess they didn’t look up the [origin of the word “amaze”:](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amaze) > [@](#): > > Main Entry: \*\*amaze \*\* > > Pronunciation:\ə-ˈmāz\ > Function:_verb_ > Inflected Form(s): **amazed; amaz·ing** > Etymology:Middle English _amasen,_ from Old English _āmasian,_ from _ā-_ (perfective prefix) + \*_masian_ to confuse — more at [abide](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abide) > Date:before 12th century > > _transitive verb_ > 1_obsolete_ **:** [bewilder](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewilder), [perplex](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perplex) > 2\*\*:\*\* to fill with wonder **:** [astound](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astound) > > _intransitive verb_\*\*:\*\* to show or cause astonishment **synonyms** see [surprise](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprise) > > **— amaz·ed·ly** -ˈmā-zəd-lē\ _adverb_ So the stated purpose of the “museum” was to confuse people. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/9 "2009-08-04T21:59:13Z")
> [@](#): > > **From the linked article:** > The Hovinds’ son, Eric, and business associate Glenn Stoll unsuccessfully tried to block the government’s attempt to seize the properties. They said they are the legal owners. > [@](#): > > **From the trial of Kent Hovind, On October 21, 2006:** > …the trial began in which he hoped to convince a jury that his amusement park admission and merchandise sales belonged to God and cannot be taxed. Hmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/10 "2009-08-04T22:04:11Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Hmmmm Render unto whatnow? ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/11 "2009-08-05T13:03:39Z")
Anything that nails closed the coffin on _Kent Hovind_ is fine by me. If only we could delete everything he ever wrote from off the internet. Si ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/12 "2009-08-06T03:55:17Z")
Whatever happened to that guy who was trying to raise money to go on an expedition and bring back a live pterosaur? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/13 "2009-08-06T11:55:03Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > Anything that nails closed the coffin on _Kent Hovind_ is fine by me. If only we could delete everything he ever wrote from off the internet. > > Si Stupidity should HURT. Willful ignorance should be lethal. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/14 "2009-08-06T14:40:11Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Stupidity should HURT. Willful ignorance should be lethal. **Bad Astronomer** regularly runs [this drawing](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/28/useful-drawing/) on his page. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/15 "2009-08-06T15:05:46Z")
This amusement park is not the same place as the [Creationist Museum](http://creationmuseum.org/), which is still in both Kentucky and denial. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/16 "2009-08-06T15:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] I did find this interesting tidbit on the About DAL page: > [@](#): > > DAL is not an amusement park, for “amuse” means “to not think,” and we want people to think. Rather, it is an amazement park. Come and stand amazed at the truths of the Creator and Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. I guess they didn’t look up the origin of the word “amaze”: > [@](#): > > Main Entry: amaze > > Pronunciation:\ə-ˈmāz\ > Function:verb > Inflected Form(s):amazed; amaz·ing > Etymology:Middle English amasen, from Old English āmasian, from ā- (perfective prefix) + \*masian to confuse — more at abide > Date:before 12th century > > transitive verb > 1obsolete : bewilder, perplex > 2: to fill with wonder : astound > > intransitive verb: to show or cause astonishment synonyms see surprise > > — amaz·ed·ly -ˈmā-zəd-lē\ adverb So the stated purpose of the “museum” was to confuse people. [/QUOTE] I think you are confusing the etymology of the word with its current meaning. “To fill with wonder : astound” does fit the context of the quotation from the DAL. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/17 "2009-08-06T15:25:53Z")
> [@](#): > > From the trial of Kent Hovind, On October 21, 2006: > …the trial began in which he hoped to convince a jury that his amusement park admission and merchandise sales belonged to God and cannot be taxed. I must keep an eye out for the result of this. It could come handy in the future. “What do you mean I didn’t pay taxes? I spent it on the sacred texts of Cecil, blessed beer, consecrated lobster and other religious things.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-horse-museum-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaurs/505294/18 "2009-08-06T18:32:59Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I think you are confusing the etymology of the word with its current meaning. “To fill with wonder : astound” does fit the context of the quotation from the DAL. But they were using an obsolete definition of the word “[amuse](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amuse)”: > [@](#): > > Main Entry: **amuse** > > Pronunciation:\ə-ˈmyüz\ Function:_verb_ Inflected Form(s):amused; amus·ingEtymology:Middle French _amuser,_ from Old French, from _a-_ (from Latin _ad-_) + _muser_ to museDate:15th century > > _transitive verb_ > 1 a_archaic_ **:** to divert the attention of so as to deceive b > _obsolete_ **:** to occupy the attention of **:** [absorb](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absorb) c_obsolete_ **:** [distract](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distract), [bewilder](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bewilder) > 2 a\*\*:\*\* to entertain or occupy in a light, playful, or pleasant manner \<_amuse_ the child with a story\> b\*\*:\*\* to appeal to the sense of humor of \ > > _intransitive verb_ > _obsolete_ **:** [muse](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muse) > > — **amus·ed·ly** -ˈmyü-zəd-lē\ _adverb_ > — **amus·er** _noun_ So it is appropriate to call them on it.