# Planetarium in Key West **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532 "2012-01-24T20:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/1 "2012-01-24T20:35:13Z")
While on a 1 day layover in Key West from a Carnival Cruise, My wife and I visited a Free planetarium near the trolly bus. We learned the reason planets do not run into each other ALL THE TIME is God keeps them from doing so. There were a bunch of other ID stuff in the narative but this one stuck out to me as so absurd as to make me get up in the dark and find the exit door. They should put up a warning sign of some kind. Maybe " Free Creation Planetarim". ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/2 "2012-01-24T20:45:24Z")
I was thinking recently about a tactic for calling attention to nonsense, political or otherwise - showing up en masse and laughing. That might work really well at a place like this. Get a group of friends together, behave very politely and friendly, but react to every nonsensical suggestion with good-hearted laughter. Not in a sneering, sarcastic manner, but as if you were watching a stand-up comedian or really funny movie. I’d like to see that tried at a planetarium like that, or a Rick Santorum speech. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/3 "2012-01-25T11:56:05Z")
Did they have a coin-operated [“Jesus horse”](http://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/files/2011/01/jesus_dinosaur.jpg) ride out front? I can’t believe I’m moving back to Florida… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/4 "2012-01-25T12:53:55Z")
"My name is God I work a traffic beat out at Sol system. It’s not a glamorous job, and nobody thanks me for it, but if I didn’t do it, it would ruin everybody’s day. I do it because that’s the kind of guy I am." (Sparrow falls in background) “I saw that!” ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/5 "2012-01-25T15:44:11Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > Did they have a coin-operated [“Jesus horse”](http://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/files/2011/01/jesus_dinosaur.jpg) ride out front? Damn, Jesus is one huge mother– (Shut your mouth) But I’m talkin’ about Jesus (Then we can dig it) He’s a complicated man, but no one understands him but the good folk at [Key West Nature Theatre & Planetarium](http://www.akeyencounter.org/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/6 "2012-01-25T15:49:12Z")
All hail our God, Gravity! ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/7 "2012-01-25T15:50:26Z")
Oh, I _must_ go to this now. I’ll be there next week and I need pictures of all of that crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/8 "2012-01-25T16:46:49Z")
From their website: _Nature Theater See God’s creation in the Florida Keys! Twenty minutes of footage projected on three large screens. ‘It’s like snorkeling without getting wet.’_ It’s like learning without all the critical thinking! The gift shop looks nice, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/9 "2012-01-25T18:45:16Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > From their website: > > _Nature Theater > See God’s creation in the Florida Keys! Twenty minutes of footage projected on three large screens. ‘It’s like snorkeling without getting wet.’_ > > It’s like learning without all the critical thinking! > > The gift shop looks nice, though. Teach me to go without getting a review first. There were only 3 people in it when I was there. The guy running the place stopped me as I left and we had a short conversation that ended with him telling me that “Science take a lot more faith than God does”.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planetarium-in-key-west/610532/10 "2012-01-25T20:27:00Z")
Hahah! I think I would have stayed anyway though. Planetariums are great places to sit in a comfy air-conditioned recliner and look up at some pretty stars. It’s the ultimate relaxing, meditative environment. If I ever have a billion dollars, I’d like to install a mini-planetarium room (with seats for up to 20 or so people) in my house.