Paleontologists amused & offended during trip to Creation Museum

[groovedaddy]

PETERSBURG – “Praise God,” the official at the Creation Museum told the tour group, “we are excited to have you here.”

For the 80 paleontologists, taking a break from their convention at the University of Cincinnati to tour the museum, some were skeptical, some were amused, some were offended.

But they all seemed interested to see the museum, built to tell a Creationist view of the origins of man and to rebut the theory of evolution that many of the scientists hold dear.

“I think it’s a very professional outfit and they put on a good show,” said Jason Rosenhouse, a math professor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., and manager of a blog on evolution. “If you can sort of suspend disbelief, you can see why people get caught up in it.

“I hate the fact that this exists,” he added. “But given that it exists, I can see why people would find it compelling.”

Compelling it is. The museum hosted 1,200 people Tuesday and has hosted nearly 750,000 since it opened in May 2007. By the time the doors opened

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[redqueen]

1. "they put on a good show"

And there's a sucker born every minute.

[Towlie]

2. How did that math professor get counted among the 80 paleontologists?

[Wildewolfe]

4. I would imagine

...the same way you count the earth as only 6000 years old... it's that NEW math.

[Tikki]

3. Sometimes I need to remind my 7 year old grandson that...

the movies he watches aren't really real but that most every story
will be told.

His new superhero is Dr. Hans Larsson from McGill University in Montreal..
http://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/larsson/personalpages/hans_larsson/hans_larsson.htm


Tikki

[Lost Jaguar]

5. As Lewis Black has said...

..."I don't think my body could stand the amount of pot I'd have to smoke to go there."

[Enthusiast]

6. I would not like

to give the museum my $20 for one thing. Going to the museum kind of validates them in a way. And that is not good.