>> ^brycewi19:

And yes, that's Tom Hanks at :34!


And ironically featuring the Adam and Eve of a Creationism "museum" at 0:33.

You had some good points in the Bill Nye video recently. The Creation Museum have responded with their own video http://videosift.com/video/Scientists-from-the-Creation-Museum-respond-to-Bill-Nye

You had some good points in the Bill Nye video recently. The Creation Museum have responded with their own video http://videosift.com/video/Scientists-from-the-Creation-Museum-respond-to-Bill-Nye

You posted the Bill Nye video recently. The Creation Museum has responded with their own video http://videosift.com/video/Scientists-from-the-Creation-Museum-respond-to-Bill-Nye

Not sure if this is a dupe!
1). the other one is dead so we can't compare.
2). Read the comments: Things that just don't even come up in this video:
a). History of Bush
b). Slavery
c). Talk about the Civil War in general
d). Creationism museum
e). "...this video starts off by attacking a creation museum, then goes off on a tangent about nations, crazy denials of various people and then... Bush lie-berry? Going on about Iraq? Winning the war on terror? Where to start? What connection do they have?" --user #9684

Just doesn't sound like the same video to me! *notdupe

i want to tell you about the creationist museum, which is funded by the same people who fund Don Mcleroy's campaigns and the other young earth creationist who have been elected to the board over the last decade.

so about 30 minutes south of my town is "dinosaur valley state park".
which is awesome. on the paluxy river and full of fossils.

just outside of the park however, is the creationist museum.
run by a man who awarded himself a phd from his own unaccredited university.
this man claims to have found proof that dinosaurs and man walked together along the banks of the paluxy river.
he fancies himself a jr paleontologist.

you can purchase replicas of his "proof" for $25, he of course can't display the ACTUAL proof because that's locked away in a safe deposit box somewhere.

the creation museum is housed in a small trailer filled with beautiful art work of the 6 day "creation" event. there is also a giant piranha in small, dirty fish tank. the existence of this giant piranha is supposed to prove that under certain conditions (special lights i think) that things can grow giant sized, and somehow that proves the earth was created in 6 day.

the main feature of the museum is an hour long video which details the creation and how the flood caused the continents to split, sent beautiful pink lights into the atmosphere, changed the climate and killed off the dinosaurs. in the video, mr. dr. phd, uses extremely large scientific sounding words rapidly and in succession. this causes some confusion. it caused my friend and i too look at each other and raise eyebrows to confirm that what was just said didn't actually make any sense. it made the family in the front row nod in understanding. we could tell by looking at them they'd never actually bothered to find out what words meant before seeing this video.

the museum also contained some plants. and i think what was supposed to be a replica of a hyperberic oxygen chamber, but i don't know why this was there. and i don't really remember now anyway.

at the front desk there are all kinds of books for sale. books written by mr. dr. phd explaining how dinosaurs walked with man, and how he discovered the proof along the banks of the paluxy river in the late 70's or something. we attempted to browse the books without laughing hysterically. but i had to go after we overheard the family talking to the volunteers at the counter about how someone found pterodactyls alive and well in south america recently. and the wife proclaimed that she often prays to god for an explanation of dinosaurs and how mr. dr. phd answered her prayers. after that i about lost it and had to go out to the parking lot so i could laugh a lot.

oh, also on the property is a large glass building that is the future of home of the new and updated creation museum. before mr dr phd decided to build that, he was going to build a huge biosphere and pump it full of pure O3. because if O2 is good for you, O3 must be really good for you, he was attempting to prove that it would turn him into a giant. But then, someone informed that O2 is actually mixed with heavy amounts of nitrogen before you inhale it, and that O3 is actually ozone and would kill him.

in conclusion,
please, please start messing with Texas.
though i'm sure if you do at least 26% of the population will just demand that we succeed from the union again.

EDIT: so it's been about 2 years since i've been to the museum, they apparently have a website now.
http://www.creationevidence.org/

then call it what it is..agnostic.
which literal translation means "not-knowing".
i am not attacking sam harris's premise.
it's his execution that is lacking.

ok,let me try it this way.
i am a man of faith.nothing you say or do will change that.
the only problem you would ever have with me is if i tried to convince you my faith should be yours also.
but i never try.i never attempt to impose my belief on you.
that by itself should suffice,but what if i am a reputable scientist?
would you feel obligated to help me see the light of reason?
would the fact i am a man a faith color or cloud my theories and conclusions in your eyes?
could you still be objective about my work knowing i had a belief system entirely different from your own?
or would you villify my work as false and unreasonable due to the fact i was a man of faith?
make it your mission to help me see reason,see the light of logic and abandon my silly,childish ways?
what tools would you use to accomplish that goal?
there is a name for that.
we call them evangelicals.
truth is a relative perception.
i agree with sam harris on many things,but when militant atheists use the same tools of the very entity they abhor,they become the thing they despise.
narrow and close-minded.
atheists core problem is with dogma and the church.as it should be,these are tangible texts,documents and written addendums.
they should be debated and argued ad nauseum,and all contradictory points should be brought to light for the hypocritical nonsense they are.
there is honor is rebuking a doctrinal system that stunts the imagination and excretes fear.
but to be just as absolute in righteousness as a fundamentalists.
can breed the same stagnation of mind as any biblical fundamentalist.
any form of absolutist thinking is dangerous,not only for the individual but for society as a whole.which is what i believe atheists are against,but so are people of faith against.
we have been tolerant long enough,and while we slept,holding our philosophy of tolerance and understanding,those with an agenda using dogma and doctrine have exploited the weak and ill educated to foment a massive fundamentalist movement.
based on bad theology and even worse theosophy.
we all need to stand against that,because if we dont we may find ourselves in another "dark ages".
this,in my opinion,is the real crux for atheists.
it is the same crux for many people of faith.
do you think a person of faith,who is not a fundamentalist, can look at the "creation museum" and not cringe when they see jesus riding a dinosaur?
it is preposterous and silly and not a little frightening that 30% of america believe that the earth is only 6000 yrs old.
but that is the charlatans,the used car salesmen of salvation abusing the fear,and ignorance to perpetuate their own devices.
atheists see that,but so do people of faith.
dr kenneth miller of brown university destroyed the latest I.D and creationists attempt to put creationism into the science class.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Is-Hearing-Both-Sides-Fair
he is a roman catholic.
my point to all this is simple.
call it what it really is=agnostic.
because when it comes right down to it,
you dont know,and neither do i.
and as long as i am not imposing my beliefs on you,nor you me.
there should never be a problem.
the real problem is fundamentalism and the manipulation of religious dogma to influence and control the weak and ill educated to perpetuate a system of papal dominance that lost its relevance a long time ago.
in that respect,we are the same.

>> ^robdot:
i think the feds are seizing this place,tax fraud.


Nope, that would be Kent Hovinds park "Dinosaur Adventure Land" Just as loony, of course, but atleast they dont abuse the word "museum" as much.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'creationism, museum, evolution, atheists, visit, bible' to 'creationism, museum, evolution, atheists, visit, bible, goddidit' - edited by ponceleon

It wudn't made over millions of yars. It wus made by God 6000 yers ago for use by Jesus. But the heretic bastards kill'im they did. Yesseree. Uh hum.

There be a display at the creation museum. I suggest ya see it.

>> ^campionidelmondo:
Then how did the world get repopulated? Way to glorify incest, taking the bible literally is pretty gross!


That's saying a "Lot."

>> ^ponceleon: I'm not sure commandeering is the right word... what the word for "shitting all over?"


Well, that's the thing. If they were just insulting or discrediting science that wouldn't bother me nearly as much. Instead they're putting on the labcoats, so to speak, and trying to speak from a position of authority that they don't deserve.

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>> ^rychan:
Ugh. Their belief system doesn't bother me. The fact that they're commandeering science to prop it up does.


I'm not sure commandeering is the right word... what the word for "shitting all over?"

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