Creationist Museum: A God Delusion?
For those who live in Kentucky, USA you must have already know that there is a museum which support creationism. This 20 million-worth project has left a question which is "does it worth it?"
Well, for first, this museum adopts the idea of the Bible, mostly from the Genesis part. The creator believes that the world is created in six days. In the museum, there is a display that humans co-existed together with dinosaurs, since it’s been said in the Bible that in the sixth day, God creates humans and animals. I’m getting an image of the flintstone family when I saw this museum, since the humans play together with the dinosaurs, as though they were pets.
Moreover, they claim that the fossilize dinosaurs were aged 6000 years,which is against the modern science discoveries. Another controversial statement also comes when they claim that dinosaurs were also included in the Noah’s Ark. Let me get this straight, Noah included male and female T-Rex despite their carnivorous eating-habit? Wouldn’t they ate the other animals?
This creationist museum sends a message that the content of the bible is also a product of fact hard-proof science, despite the facts that are against them. Eventhough I believe in religion, interpreting the bible literally have its limits. You don’t put something from the bible and claim it as true before you have a scientific proof to back it up. Think about what the children might act if they believe in this museum. In fact, this is a petty attempt to lie to children, as petty as you tell your children that Santa Claus do exist.
There is nothing wrong about giving an opinion. But to treat it as a science-based, first you have to follow the rule of giving a theory. A theory that is debatable in a science seminar should have a scientific backup and most importantly, an evidence. These creationist museum literally interprets a bible, decided that it’s a fact without conducting long research.
Once you have the evidence, then by all means, please build your lovely museum. If not, then this museum is nothing more than a hollywood studio.
