# What would you have said to creation museum guy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607 "2006-05-21T03:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/21 "2006-05-22T16:35:36Z")
Can you still get these dark chocolate M&Ms? I’d like to try them. StG ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/22 "2006-06-19T17:04:17Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Well, no doubt he thinks they were created by an intelligent designer, and not evolved from regular M&Ms. Wouldn’t he be correct or did they just come from an explosion in a sugar factory? And if so, where did the sugar factory come from, HMMMM? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/23 "2006-06-19T17:12:06Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Can you still get these dark chocolate M&Ms? I’d like to try them. Last time I saw them, they were a promotion with the latest Star Wars movie – Dark Side : dark chocolate (har har). They were fabulous, and I haven’t seen them since, damn them. Although I’ve been taunted by friend-of-a-friend rumors that they’re supposed to come back. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/24 "2006-06-19T17:29:09Z")
I totally have to go to Florence, KY, in 2007. I can imagine few things more enjoyable than a jaunt through a creation museum. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/25 "2006-06-20T16:47:47Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > He told me about how some executive at Universal quit his job to do special effects for the creation museum But, if Creationism was so obvious, why would you need special effects? I’m surprised you didn’t say “The God I believe in doesn’t need a lightsaber, mister…!” > [@jsgoddess](#): > > he switched over to talking about dark chocolate M&Ms :dubious: So, they serve ‘special’ M&Ms there, eh? Guess that tears it about which hors doeuvres to turn down while there, if you want to keep from induction into the cult. But really, the spiked M&Ms are just the gateway drug: [RobinWilliams]Go for the M&Ms…stay for the KOOL-AID® ! [/RobinWilliams] ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/26 "2006-06-20T17:16:13Z")
> [@Count Blucher](#): > > But, if Creationism was so obvious, why would you need special effects? I’m surprised you didn’t say “The God I believe in doesn’t need a lightsaber, mister…!” But…what…does…God…need…with…a…lightsaber! 😉 (y’know, for a _nonexistent_ movie, we sure get a _lot_ of mileage out of that old gag, after all, it’s really funny, they should use it in a Star Trek movie or something, it’d fit right in…) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/27 "2006-06-20T20:11:15Z")
**jsgoddess** : The clerk noticed your shirt and made a relevant comment without resorting to rudeness, so you were right to be polite without lying about your beliefs concerning the matter at hand. Had he said something like “you know that evolution crap is all Satanic bullshit, right?”, however, you’d have been justified in disabusing him of that notion. [Here is an article](http://www.dispatch.com/news/religion/faith-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/02/10/20060210-C1-01.html) about the museum scheduled to open in Florence next year. Included are a few photos of portions of the slated exhibits. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/28 "2006-06-20T20:19:47Z")
> [@Count Blucher](#): > > But, if Creationism was so obvious, why would you need special effects? I’m surprised you didn’t say “The God I believe in doesn’t need a lightsaber, mister…!” If God needs a lightsaber, he’d have the wrong guy running his museum then. Since _Universal_ turned down Star Wars, the executive He’s got running His Creation Museum wouldn’t have been able to do that special effect, anyway. Maybe God needed a phaser. ---
**Author:** ![Sofaspud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sofaspud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofaspud)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/29 "2006-06-20T21:00:36Z")
I’m a bit of an idiot about self-censorship, at times. I pictured the scenario as described, with myself in it, and realized that the first words out of my mouth probably would have been, “Wait, you’re telling me enough nutjobs out there believe in that crap to build a _museum_ about it?!” Perhaps it’s a good thing I don’t get talked to much by clerks…? (My wife says I tend to look like I’m brooding most of the time, and two of my best friends have independently described me by saying, “You look like a rapist!” So, I, uh, don’t get much in the way of casual conversation with strangers/checkout clerks/small children. Heh.) ## –sofaspud ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/30 "2006-06-20T22:35:38Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > …the executive He’s got running His Creation Museum… Would that be Satan, or just one of his televangelist minions? Also, I can’t say if God needs a phaser. But, based on the people who keep preaching at me in his name, however, he certainly needs an enema. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/31 "2006-06-20T22:36:53Z")
- last post should reflect that the people preaching at me are not on the SMDB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/32 "2006-06-21T01:23:20Z")
I would have asked if he’s been to [Bedrock City](http://www.flintstonesbedrockcity.com/) - which is another place which depicts man and dinosaurs living together. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/33 "2006-06-21T13:37:27Z")
I would have said “Oh, so it’s like one of those Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not’ museums.” ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/34 "2006-06-21T22:08:56Z")
> [@Wonko The Sane](#): > > I’ve seen the Mütter museum, and it is awesome! Indeed. When my (now ex) wife visited Philly for her first and only time, she didn’t give a rat’s ass about the Liberty Bell or anything else the city had to offer. [Mütter](http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp) was the only thing on her mind; she was practically obsessed. It certainly didn’t let her down, either. I loved it, too, even though I’m not at all interested in medicine. I had a blast pawing through all of those drawers of bizarre objects that people had swallowed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/35 "2006-06-21T23:17:13Z")
Politely ignoring it is totally fine, and you shouldn’t feel bad about it. If I’m in a similar spot, though, I hope I’ll say something like “Sorry, I like my museums to be about real things.” Or maybe I’ll be wearing my DAMNED ATHEIST shirt that day. I’d love to see the face of a guy like that when he read it. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/36 "2006-06-22T02:08:28Z")
He might call you a heathen. If he’s a follower of Robert Tilton, he might start speaking in tongues and try to heal you then and there. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/37 "2006-06-22T03:06:29Z")
I’d have asked him if they had an exhibit showing God (that sly prankster) planting dinosaur bones to test our faith. [The Creation Museum site](http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/walkthrough/) ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/38 "2006-06-22T12:53:09Z")
“Thanks, but I believe in science. It’s what separates us from the lower animals.” ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/39 "2006-06-22T14:04:06Z")
I would have said “it sounds interesting.” Really, it does. After going to the two links provided in this thread, I think that if and when this place does open, it will be like a 3D walkthrough Chick Tract. With animatronic dinosaurs. Unfortunately, I’m not one of the 170 million Americans who can drive to Cincinnati in one day, so I guess I’ll never get to go. On the other hand, I’ll never have to see children learn that Adam had to hide from a T. Rex, so maybe I’ll be better off not going. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607/40 "2006-06-22T14:25:25Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I would have said “it sounds interesting.” > > Really, it does. After going to the two links provided in this thread, I think that if and when this place does open, it will be like a 3D walkthrough Chick Tract. With animatronic dinosaurs. From the website [walkthrough](http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/walkthrough/): “#12 Bible Authority Room. The Bible is true. No doubt about it! Paul explains God’s authoritative Word, and everyone who rejects His history-including six-day creation and Noah’s Flood-is ‘willfully’ ignorant.” Tee-hee. They really need the Fire and Brimstone Cafe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-said-to-creation-museum-guy/357607.md?page=3)