Comments on: Creation Museum Pics

By: Siamang

Siamang — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:42:17 +0000

If you mean this one.

I don’t think it proves anything… it just asserts separate lines of descent for apes and humans.

Kind of wierd, as K said, it’s an accurate enough illustration on the evolution side. I wouldn’t put it there if I were them… they really don’t want the “branching tree of life” metaphor to get out there… it’s really elegant and kind of has a memetic quality to it.

By: grazatt

grazatt — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:08:13 +0000

What was that display with the orang supposed to prove?

By: marty

marty — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:35:37 +0000

Author John Scalzi also went to the Creation Museum, his photos are on Flickr, a lot of which are similar to these.

He’s also been running a LOLcreashunist competition at Whateveresque, his forum. These are pretty good

By: Old Beezle

Old Beezle — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:16:49 +0000

The fundies were right. I AM speechless. I have nothing. My brain is frozen.

By: Elsin Ann Perry

Elsin Ann Perry — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:30:04 +0000

This is the first time I’ve seen these exhibits up-close. Two questions:

How can people be this ignorant? (I guess that’s rhetorical.)

and

Who paid for this exhibit?

(Great photos, BTW!)

By: K

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:21:11 +0000

Now ask any fundie about evolution and they will say that we believe that man came from apes. They don’t grasp it at all, yet picture 8 gets it right, that we believe there was this early primate and that apes went one way and humans went the other.
So, ok, I don’t get it. Secretly they really DO understand science and are just pretending? Trying to make evolution look ludicrous by saying evolution means we all came from apes? Actually, I was amazed at how well done, “man’s version,” was in the photos plus, no spelling errors. You know a fundie can’t communicate with the written word to save their lives! Impressed by that, amused by the rest.
Next time anyone goes to one of those places please use a Where’s George dollar or one of those, “Atheist money,” stamps, ok?
http://www.wheresgeorge.com
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/igwt1.htm

By: Karolis Ramanauskas

Karolis Ramanauskas — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:41:02 +0000

My brain was in pain and at the same time laughing… Wow, doesn’t this so called “museum” look awesome? Look at the quality of the exhibits! I’m a little afraid that it may have a great impact on the hapless kids…

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:57:55 +0000

I like how they make bald assertions like, “Archaeology has repeatedly confirmed that the Bible’s historical details are accurate.” I mean, what do you even say to that besides… no? There’s no archaeological evidence that a bunch of Hebrews went traipsing all across the Middle East, that’s for sure.