Here is an article from the Guardian in the UK. Another punch in the face to rationalism and serious science in supposedly the most advanced country in the world. Can’t someone put a stop to this rabid stupidity?
Creationists plan yet another museum for northern Kentucky
Creation Science Hall of Fame plans to honor scientists who further the idea that God created the world 6,000 years ago
A stretch of interstate in northern Kentucky may soon be the official capital for creationism fans across the globe.
Online-only institution the Creation Science Hall of Fame hopes to establish a real-life creationism center located between the Creation Museum and planned creationism theme park Ark Encounter.
The hall of fame website was launched in February and honors “those who honored God’s word as literally written in Genesis.” Any scientist who the institution believes furthers the scientifically inaccurate idea that God created the world 6,000 years ago can be included.
“We honor these people, not because we believe everything they say, but because they made critical contributions to creation science and to the explanation of the Genesis story,” secretary/treasurer of the hall of fame Terry Hurlbut told the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There are several creationism institutions in the US, including another creation museum in Texas and a mobile museum that takes fossil exhibits to churches and schools. The hall of fame would solidify northern Kentucky as the center for creation-tourism.
The Creation Museum opened in May 2007 and was built by Answers in Genesis, the Australian ministry that is also behind Ark Encounter.
Ark Encounter – which would feature a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark – was supposed to break ground in Kentucky in 2011, but has been unable to reach its $24.5m fundraising goal.
Creation Science Hall of Fame organizers are asking for between $2m and $3m and would feature biographies, pictures, and artifacts of inductees.
Continue reading here, from the Guardian.
Within the context of a recent post about Creationism and lying, it is quite interesting that the museum looks to laud the work of Creation “scientists” whose work at best can be seen as shoddy, and at worst, lying, either to themselves or to others.
Good to see there are no women Creation scientists being lauded. One thing feminists can be glad that they are not on a par with their male counterparts. Possibly a good indication that women most certainly are cleverer than men!
