Contrary to these bible thumpers’ beliefs, they are unable to quote any chapter and verse that says the world was created 6,000 years ago.  According to Geneses 1:1 (one of their favorite proof texts), “In the beginning, the Elohim created the heavens and the earth.” The term “Elohim” is plural indicating that the heavens and the earth were created by “gods”.  Those with a monotheistic agenda decided to translate “Elohim” as “God” rather than “gods”.
In any case, there is no indication that the “beginning” was 6,000 years ago.
The idea that the world was created 6,000 years ago probably is based on Moses when he traced his genealogy to Adam.  However, according to Genesis, Adam was not even created until after his God rested on the Sabbath Day.  Prior to the creation of Adam, as recorded in Genesis, people were already in existence having been created on the “Sixth Day”.
Furthermore, not every culture traces its roots to Adam.  There are cultures which trace their roots to ancient civilizations which existed prior to Adam.
There is also no Biblical evidence that dinosaurs coexisted with human beings.

Y’all can make fun of Kentucky and Kentuckians all you want, but they’ve evolved, too.

In the 20th century, they were all runnin’ around, marrying their sisters and brothers and cousins anytime they wanted.

But since 2000, they wait ‘till they’ve reached puberty.

The original plans for the Creation Museum included a diorama of Heaven. Unfortunately, when the museum opens, the heavenly diorama will be absent.

During last week’s rehearsal for the Grand Opening, the diorama looked quite beautiful, with giant floating clouds, a solid gold St. Peter’s Gate (paid for by a special TV plea by Robertson, claiming that God was gonna call him (Robertson) to his bosom immediately if the Golden Gate wasn’t fully funded by April 1), and a magnificent Throne of God, perched on an especially billowy cloud.

But when the rehearsal began, and Falwell, Robertson and Dobson, who were to play the parts of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), entered the diorama of Heaven, a fist fight broke out between the three of them, with cursing and shouting, about who was going to sit on the Throne of God, and play Father.

So, no Heaven in the Creation Museum.

Oh for crying out loud! The only theory in evolution is the progression of elaboration of animals and plants from the single cell. The observable proof is in the strata of fossils, held in layers that are measurable for time. It would be best if these bible nuts would realize that science just explains the process of how things developed. It doesn’t explain why this happens, but how.

The bible was written by people, looking for answers to explain the world and themselves at a time that the human race was beset by the forces of nature and had no real way to understand the natural force, or observe the processes. Science represents the growing body of knowledge of how these forces work.

It dosen’t necessarily preclude a creator god, but like religion it can’t prove the existence one way or the other of god. It should be the individuals right to decide if one or both are true, or none.

It is an illusion that any body believes in the bible word for word. It is best viewed as being written at a time that even the most learned person knew very little about the mechanics of nature. Those who claim to believe every word of the bible pick and chose what they wish to observe, just like the more liberally inclined. If they actually believed in their loudly proclaimed validation of every word, everyone of them would dress as an orthodox Jew and wouldn’t shave or use scents, or for that matter modern technology, which could not have been developed by people that believed the bible, every word “is true”. The easiest example of this is “Thou Shalt Not Kill” followed by story after story where God, apparently absent minded sends the Jews time and again to kill out of hand, not just other people, but the animals too. Do you really, really believe this. Do you really believe you respect life if you think this is possible for God to command, “thou shalt not kill” and than spend several thousand years commanding people to do just that? Get over yourself.

Some governments would prohibit the squandering of valuable resources on such nonsense but not good ol uncle sam!
It remains illegal for an individual to take a toke on some substance,(that uncle sam has deemed illegal),then kick back and admire the wonder of an ocean or the symphony that is created by the wind blowing through the trees. But, its perfectly fine with sam if a capitalist comes along and finds a new way to fleece the rubes, most of whom have probably never bothered to really watch a sunset as the colors subtly change.
It is best to let these dog people believe what they will as long as it is kept out of the public school system. Interfernece with their ‘beliefs’ would only give them a claim on martyrdom. If they want their own children to be disadvantaged by a lack of scientific knowledge, they are harming only their own.  However, I do not want my kids brainwashed by hogwash!

Creationism is always painted with a broad brush and the standard pejoratives. However, working scientists who hold to progressive creation or theistic evolution subscribe to the same science as naturalists. Their interpretations and conclusions about the data differ at many points, but they respect the scientific methodology and its findings.

Creationists who get most of the press, including the ones in this article, are the “Creation Science” people, i.e. Young Earthers. Feel sorry for them, if you will, but don’t generalize their views as representative of theism. They are like an embarrassing, distant relative who shows up at a family reunion.

And the ignorance goes forward! Clearly the U.S. is THE most ignorant nation on earth and we continue to teach our children false information right under the nose of scientific enlightenment! And to think that this is the 21st Century!

CREATION’S GRAND TOUR
by Indigent Riter
(jeu d’esprit)

Like the Louvre Museum in beautiful Paris where artifacts and art astonish from antiquity to Rome, from The Renaissance to van Gogh, the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky exhibits evidence of the ultimate experience… Creation. This editor’s team of skeptics got a rare, inside look at the museum before its ceremonial beginning. This is their account of its birth.

TOUR GUIDE: We showcase blessed events like the glorious moment God created the Heavens and the Earth to when He first breathed life into Adam in the perfect Garden of Eden. You can watch it all unfold right here on our HiDef big screen.

Tour Guide activates his BlackBerry and the Skeptics witness in brilliant clarity the moment of the Creation of the Universe. Then unfolds the mathematical Intelligent Design of simple plant and animal life, Adam then Eve appear in all their glory, history all the way to the incredible re-election of George W. Bush.

TOUR GUIDE: Irrefutable proof of Creation!

FOUR-EYED SKEPTIC: Uh, this is not evidence. It’s special effects video.

TOUR GUIDE: This waaay!

Tour Guide marches us toward an impressive forty-foot high replica of Noah’s Ark.

PALEONTOLOGIST SKEPTIC: Now you see, a tale dated a thousand years before the Bible titled ‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’. Besides, it would be absolutely impossible to board every living species of craniate, invertebrate, insectan and flora on such a modest vessel.

FOUR-EYED SKEPTIC: Much less manage the waste.

TOUR GUIDE: Unh-huh. Well, the Lord works in mysterious ways… like this waaays!

We halt before an impressive display depicting microscopic human anatomy.

DR. SKEPTIC: Yes, now here you have the Immune System and Blood Clotting Cascade. Perfect examples of organic evolution.

TOUR GUIDE: Please. These systems are far too complicated to be explained by Darwin’s step-by-step dilution. No. Only our one omnipotent God could create these complex problem solvers. Try living without them, for even a day.

FOUR-EYED SKEPTIC: Were I the Creator, I would not cause need for either immunity or clotting.

PALEONTOLOGIST SKEPTIC: And there at that display, your sign says, “Fossils from Cretaceous Rock Nearly 6,000 Years Old.” Those fossils are over 100-million years old!

TOUR GUIDE: Faithless Carbon Dating? How do you explain the human sandal-print found in the same rock?

PHYSICIST SKEPTIC: Hold on, these are not in your Bible. You cannot use medical and scientific terminology, processes and findings throughout your proofs for Creation. You cannot decry science then turn around and use science as substantiation.

TOUR GUIDE: Yes, I can.

PHYSICIST SKEPTIC: How so?

TOUR GUIDE: Because the Bible tells me so. And I know with divine certainty that God gave you the terminology along with your limited understanding of His work so that we might better praise Him and His glorious Creation.

Four Eyed Skeptic saunters toward an exit.

TOUR GUIDE: Umm, but your tour’s not over!

FOUR-EYED SKEPTIC: It was over before we arrived. Science is not a ‘political position’ or ‘way of thinking’. It is a method of incertitude, a provisional approach to understanding reality for one thing… to better our lives. It is true, you are surrounded by your creator. Your big screen presentations, your fossil evidence, stylish clothes and magnificent building, even your precious Blackberry would not exist today were it not for thousands of years of effort by mere mortals toiling, developing, teaching scientific discipline.

Physicist Skeptic glances at the exhibits, the building, looks Tour Guide up and down, then points at the BlackBerry and winks.

PHYSICIST SKEPTIC: Try living without them, for even a day.

When a Scientist comes up with an hypothesis, it falls to him to find a way to develop beyond the supposed and eventually prove the supposed. Sometimes that happens and sometimes the hypothesis becomes accepted as more or less correct and sometimes the scientist is led to another hypothesis by a discovery looking to prove the original, and the original is abandoned.

Scientists, like Biblical scholars have to operate on faith. A belief in their theory which keeps them digging for more knowledge and discovery. But seldom will a scientist create something based on his theory and put it out as fact. That would be an admission that there was no real faith in the theory.

Perhaps the problem with building a theme park represented as proof of the Bible is really a statement of weak faith.

We pick our leaders by their belief in these bronze age mythologies.  It is crazy but we intrust our nuclear stockpile to people who believe that something is there that isn’t.  Scares the hell out of me.

Suckers are not born, they are indocrinated.