Creationism Museum

silentstriker · 18-01-2009, 05:03 PM

I knew such a thing existed, but seriously?

From the Guardian

Rumor has it that one of their exhibits is a caveman riding dinosaurs.

Top_Cat · 18-01-2009, 05:11 PM

I tend to look at such things in the same way I do KKK bookstores in the south with t-shirts of white people urinating on black people; they're a bit niche, a curiosity and a close eye should be kept on them but should never be taken seriously. That article is pretty old, the attention about it has died-down somewhat. I'm guessing because people have actually attended it and found it to be bollocks.

This sort of stuff is always going to be around but targeting them like some are, to me, confers legitimacy on them they don't deserve.

Uppercut · 18-01-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Top_Cat

I tend to look at such things in the same way I do KKK bookstores in the south with t-shirts of white people urinating on black people; they're a bit niche, a curiosity and a close eye should be kept on them but should never be taken seriously. That article is pretty old, the attention about it has died-down somewhat. I'm guessing because people have actually attended it and found it to be bollocks.

This sort of stuff is always going to be around but targeting them like some are, to me, confers legitimacy on them they don't deserve.

Yeah that's pretty much it. There's not a lot you can do to challenge religiously-held conceptions. I try to just look at it, cringe a bit and laugh it off.

Precambrian · 18-01-2009, 06:37 PM

Lol, dire attempt. Funny though.

pasag · 19-01-2009, 12:46 AM

Wasn't this in the news a couple years back?

silentstriker · 19-01-2009, 09:37 AM

Yea, it was. Apparently over a million people have visited it so far.

Samuel_Vimes · 19-01-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by silentstriker

Yea, it was. Apparently over a million people have visited it so far.

Most of them science students who go for a laugh, imo.

PhoenixFire · 19-01-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Vimes

Most of them science students who go for a laugh, imo.

Nah they go to Norway for a laugh TBH.

Samuel_Vimes · 19-01-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixFire

Nah they go to Norway for a laugh TBH.

Only because Yorkshire makes them cry.

PhoenixFire · 19-01-2009, 03:11 PM

Crying at the beauty of the landcape O<O

cpr · 19-01-2009, 03:18 PM

You mean the view west from the top of the Pennines?

PhoenixFire · 19-01-2009, 03:19 PM

That isn't Yorkshire :/

Though that view would make them cry, but for other reasons.

cpr · 19-01-2009, 03:34 PM

Aye, the breeze from Sellafield blows that way for a reason

Reason being the populace are already fugly enough for mutations to go unnoticed

Uppercut · 19-01-2009, 06:03 PM

On a side note, when I read the title of the thread i imagined a museum about Creationism where people went to see what the fools of yesteryear actually believed.

Sanz · 19-01-2009, 06:16 PM

It is all in the belief. If we can believe in Jesus, Allah, Ram , hell, heaven etc then why not creationism ?

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18-01-2009, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Precambrian Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rahmaniverse Posts: 7,358	Lol, dire attempt. Funny though.

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silentstriker The Wheel is Forever Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Posts: 36,529	Yea, it was. Apparently over a million people have visited it so far.

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PhoenixFire International Coach Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bitch please, I'm from West Yorkshire Posts: 14,986	Crying at the beauty of the landcape O<O

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PhoenixFire International Coach Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bitch please, I'm from West Yorkshire Posts: 14,986	That isn't Yorkshire :/ Though that view would make them cry, but for other reasons.

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cpr Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,728	Aye, the breeze from Sellafield blows that way for a reason Reason being the populace are already fugly enough for mutations to go unnoticed

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Uppercut Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Norn Iron Posts: 21,789	On a side note, when I read the title of the thread i imagined a museum about Creationism where people went to see what the fools of yesteryear actually believed.

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