Comments on: Kentucky’s Creation Museum, a young Earth propaganda tool

By: John Wheaton

John Wheaton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:09:00 +0000

I am sure they chose the museum's location deliberately for that reason.

By: Joel Hunt

Joel Hunt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:46:00 +0000

It makes me especially sad that the Creation Museum is located near Big Bone Lick State Park, which of course is the "birthplace of North American paleontology."

By: eljefe

eljefe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:08:03 +0000

From my Facebook comments:

Joel Hunt at 6:46am June 23
It makes me especially sad that the Creation Museum is located near Big Bone Lick State Park, which of course is the “birthplace of North American paleontology.”

By: eljefe

eljefe — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:53:11 +0000

While I consider the museum to be anti-science, because it inherently misunderstands (or misrepresents) what science is and does, I also understand YECs’ beliefs are deeply rooted in their theology. Coming from a branch of Christianity that has does not interpret Genesis literally, I find YEC theology to be very weird and overly reliant on the words, and not the spirit of the Bible. The insistence that Cain had to marry his sister, for example, is taking Genesis a tad too literally, for example.

My comments about sex and corruption stem from an anti-sex bias among conservative Christians that dates back to at least Paul’s time. I am reading between the lines of the museum’s comments about procreation being necessary after the Fall, as well.

For that matter, I find it also a little weird that death is considered part of corruption. Genesis never mentions Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Eternal Life. So it seems they still would have died if they had managed to stay in Eden.

The museum’s anti-science bias (or misrepresentation) is bit more subtle, so I need to address it in another post. The short version is that creationism is not a science, any more that astrology is, for example. It is a belief system that purports to be “scientific” by bending evidence to fit its predetermined rules. The museum also creates a false dichotomy between religious belief and science. Of course, insisting the universe was created within a week probably requires belief in such a dichotomy.

By: Adiel O. Corchado

Adiel O. Corchado — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:38:10 +0000

Hi,

I thought I would clear up a misconception…

According to the Bible sex was ordained by God before the Fall. In Genesis 1:28, before the Fall, God said to our first forefathers, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it”.

I’m still reading through your article. So far I appreciate how it seems like you are trying to understand what they are saying (most other articles of this nature just call them ugly names).

God bless you