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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2015, 09:26 PM Jul 2015

Creationist Museum Acquires 5,000-Year-Old T. Rex Skeleton

TULSA, OK—In a major coup for the growing field of creation science, the perfectly preserved remains of a 5,000-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex were delivered Monday to Tulsa's Creationist Museum of Natural History.

"The Good Lord has, in His benevolence, led us to an important breakthrough for scientific inquiry," Creationist Museum of Natural History curator Dr. Elijah Gill said. "Our museum has many valuable and exciting exhibits that testify to Creation and shine light on the Lord's divine plan. But none have been as exciting—or anywhere near as old—as this new T. Rex specimen named 'Methuselah.' This skeleton, which dates back to roughly 3,000 B.C., offers the most compelling proof yet that the Earth was made by God roughly 10,000 years ago."

Added Gill: "It's awe-inspiring to gaze on something that actually lived here on Earth, so very many years ago."

Methuselah was discovered last summer in northern Turkey by a team of Oral Roberts University archaeologists, who were on a dig searching for the Tower of Babel. According to Gill, the skeleton, which stands nearly 20 feet tall, possesses terrifying, razor-sharp teeth and claws, confirming that it was an evil beast in league with Satan, the Great Deceiver.

http://www.theonion.com/article/creationist-museum-acquires-5000-year-old-t-rex-sk-13

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Creationist Museum Acquires 5,000-Year-Old T. Rex Skeleton (Original Post) Zorro Jul 2015 OP
Onion. This was delightful! The Wielding Truth Jul 2015 #1
The part I found most compelling was the fragments of leather straps Methuselah was buried with. Half-Century Man Jul 2015 #2
I am always amazed how good the writers are at putting this kind of satire together. RGinNJ Jul 2015 #3
Real creationists make their job easy nxylas Jul 2015 #6
ROFL! n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #4
I love the onion Gothmog Jul 2015 #5

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
2. The part I found most compelling was the fragments of leather straps Methuselah was buried with.
Sun Jul 12, 2015, 09:36 PM
Jul 2015

They haven't determined if it was part of a riding rig, or a harness for a chariot.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
6. Real creationists make their job easy
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 09:35 AM
Jul 2015

Read a website like Answers in Genesis and it's easy to forget that it's not satire.

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