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Prepare to Believe?
It was a two hour journey south to visit the brand-new Creation Museum in Petersburg Kentucky. I traveled down there with a few friends not in support, but in protest of this slap in the face of science.
We all realized that this $27,000,000 "museum" wasn't going anywhere, however we had to partake in this Rally for Reason. How could we just sit around and let this place that is deeming itself to be a place of science slide? It is trying to tell children that the Earth is only around 6,000 years old, and dating fossils that are millions of years old only 3,000 to 5,000 years. They throw all that we know today as science out the window, and disreguard the scientific method. (I could cover more on this topic alone, however I will save that for my next entry.)
The rally itself was an excellent turnout! Many recognizable names, such as Edwin Kagin (American Atheists Kentucky - he ran the event), Herb Silverman, Lawrence Krauss (keynote speaker), Frank Zindler, Nicole Smalkowski (and her family's band Blue Rose Rocket), and Hemant Mehta attended and spoke at the event. There were about 200 protesters (possibly more), theist and nontheist alike, full of energy, holding their signs while cars passed by. Most cars in passing tried not to look our way, while others yelled, or shook their heads.
Things went great, and we didn't have any trouble... except for one irate woman, and her much calmer husband. They came to bother all the protesters yelling (well the woman was yelling at least) "Jesus loves you!" while handing out certificates "signed" by Jesus, and dumdum pops. These dumdums had a little piece of paper attached that stated:
If there is no God……
A believer loses nothing at death.
If there is a God……
An Atheist loses everything at death.
Who, then, is being a dum dum?
Got to love Pascal's Wager.
I was out at the protest from about 9am-3pm... then went to the museum to see what all the hype was about, and exactly the 'science' that I was protesting against.
I will cover the detail of this "museum" in my next entry. Until then, check out this video footage of the Rally for Reason.
