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Creation Museum Opens! Field Trips Everywhere Evolve

I love teasing kids. Not in a cruel, vicious way, like telling them Dora fell of a cliff and died. But in softer, gentler way, like telling them she only suffered minor injuries. OK, OK, so not like that either. I just like to play little word tricks, like asking them if they're holding an ice cream cone when clearly they're clutching a toy car. See? Harmless.

The best part is seeing their wee little brain cogs turning, most likely wondering whether the man in front of them is crazy. But still, I think it makes for a fun game and helps them build strong reasoning skills.

Which is why the new Creation Musuem (dig the segue!) is probably the best thing to ever happen to small children. Sure, any sane adult would think anyone who believes dinosaurs lived beside man and even had a first class ticket on Noah's Ark is ready for a new wardrobe that includes plenty of white jackets adorned with buckles. But children will have a great time sorting through what's truth and what's not.

I can just imagine science classes throughout the country using the cult brainwashing lab museum as a perfect foible for their studied analysis.

"Now children, scientific carbon dating tells us the earth is billions of year old, but there's this book that says different ..." I can just hear the kids cracking up, as their wee little brain cogs turn and their reasoning skills solidify. Thanks Creation Museum!


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Comments

 

Alisyn said:

I like the positive spin you've put on this crackpot bullshit, Mike.  Personally, I wouldn't have been able to write about this without acid sarcasm dripping from the page.  You've got mad skillz.  :)

May 31, 2007 4:50 PM
 

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) said:

This is draft 32. The first 31 secured my place in hell.

May 31, 2007 5:02 PM
 

Shaylynn said:

You are entitled to your opinion - too bad you had to sound like such a leftist sarcastic dipstick.

Sunscreen won't help where you're going buddy.

I have really respected babble until this entry. It was fun while it lasted.

May 31, 2007 6:57 PM
 

CCBerry said:

I LOL'd :)

May 31, 2007 7:58 PM
 

RachelZ said:

Man, some people have no sense of humor.  I'll save you a seat in my handbasket, Mike!

May 31, 2007 8:12 PM
 

ZeeZoo said:

Yes, it's so hilarious to slam a whole group's religious beliefs. F'ng hilarity!

May 31, 2007 11:32 PM
 

SomeGuy said:

A whole group's religious beliefs? Wait, I missed the part in the Bible where man and dinosaurs co-existed.

June 1, 2007 8:16 AM
 

firstfeeding said:

Love the post, cryitout! When logic is not your master, anything goes. I honestly think the brains (and I use the term loosely) behind this "museum" made much of it up as they went along.

June 1, 2007 8:36 AM
 

RachelZ said:

Yeah, I'm not sure that the majority of the world's Judeo-Christian population believes that dinosaurs and people were co-existing.  I'd say it's a small percentage of total whack-jobs, and yes, THOSE people are totally hilarious.

Lighten up - the platypus is proof that God has a sense of humor, so why don't you have one?

June 1, 2007 9:56 AM
 

Jenande said:

Given the power these whack-jobs have over so many public school curricula -- utterly appalling, dismally depressing to me -- I really enjoyed the levity in the original post.  

June 3, 2007 4:14 AM
 

Strollerderby said:

I feel like Strollerderby has been too hard-hitting lately, what with taking on fundamentalist museums and writing beautiful letters to congresswomen and so on. We need some sort of diversion, a fluff piece that takes our minds off our troubles and just

June 3, 2007 9:02 PM
 

TippyLongstocking said:

Really?  Do you really think God sends people to Hell for questioning the veracity of a museum that says people and dinosaurs lived together?  Wow... what a limited view of God you have... you know God doesn't dole out punishment to people who disagree with you, Shaylynn... right?  God doesn't work for you.  He isn't your personal henchman.  But good luck with that world view.

June 4, 2007 3:37 PM
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