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Science & Alternative Science / The Creation Museum
« on: March 01, 2015, 10:45:20 PM »
Stopped by the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY just outside Cincinnati a couple of days ago. It was what I expected which was not bad. It's a scientific oriented relic of Protestant faith which was more widespread 100 years ago. The Institute For Creation Research and Bible Science Association (now renamed Creation Moments) have been around since the 1950's and 1960's, but they do not have museums of this size.
Ken Ham's organization is more well funded and more mainstream although not as robust nor as tight knit as Gerhardus Bouw's geocentric Association For Biblical Astronomy which is also creationist. Funny how the heliocentric creationists shun and scorn geocentrism somewhat similar to how many evolutionists shun them - albeit not quite so badly. What's funny and absurd is how they try to claim the Bible supports heliocentrism which arguments say more about them than anything else. I knew this stubborn aspect about them going in and avoided astronomical subjects because I went because of those subjects with which I agree with them - not their conformity with NASA and modern astronomy.
To be fair, I am not certain that the Bible Science Association routinely stigmatizes people with beliefs even more traditional than their own like Henry Morris and Ken Ham's followers have done. And the good practical effect of that is you can have civilized, interesting conversations about certain important or controversial topics with people whom with you may in whole or part disagree.
Ken Ham's organization is more well funded and more mainstream although not as robust nor as tight knit as Gerhardus Bouw's geocentric Association For Biblical Astronomy which is also creationist. Funny how the heliocentric creationists shun and scorn geocentrism somewhat similar to how many evolutionists shun them - albeit not quite so badly. What's funny and absurd is how they try to claim the Bible supports heliocentrism which arguments say more about them than anything else. I knew this stubborn aspect about them going in and avoided astronomical subjects because I went because of those subjects with which I agree with them - not their conformity with NASA and modern astronomy.
To be fair, I am not certain that the Bible Science Association routinely stigmatizes people with beliefs even more traditional than their own like Henry Morris and Ken Ham's followers have done. And the good practical effect of that is you can have civilized, interesting conversations about certain important or controversial topics with people whom with you may in whole or part disagree.