[meteorite-list] NEW 'NATURAL HISTORY' MUSEUM IS OPENING

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 07:12:50 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <4361.71.226.60.25.1180275170.squirrel_at_timber.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi Sterling:

Thanks for the information. I am always concerned that when I teach my
intro astronomy class that I may miss the latest discoveries. I will have
to revise what I say about the Grand Canyon.

Also since I do talk about units of measurement, if there are dinosaurs
getting on the Ark, is the cubit larger than I remember from Sunday
School? I did just look it up and there are several "cubits," ranging from
1.5 to 4 feet.

Again, thanks for the update, I will be sure to reference you in class!

Larry

On Sat, May 26, 2007 6:33 pm, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
> Hi, List,
>
>
> Yes, the entrance gates here are topped with metallic
> Stegosauruses. The grounds include a giant tyrannosaur
> standing amid the trees, and a stone-lined lobby sports varied sauropods.
> It could be like any other natural history
> museum, luring families with the promise of exciting and educational
> dinosaur adventures, but it's the brand new $27 million Creation Museum's
> Grand Opening this very
> holiday weekend, on 28th of May. http://www.creationmuseum.org/
> Located within a day's drive of two-thirds of the US
> population in Petersburg, KY, near Cincinnati, interstates and an
> international airport.
>
> In the dioramas, two prehistoric children play near a
> gurgling waterfall, while dinosaurs cavort nearby. Dinosaurs are also seen
> boarding Noah's Ark. Outside the museum, scientists may assert that the
> universe is billions of years old and fossils are the remains of animals
> living hundreds of millions of years ago, that life's diversity is the
> result of evolution by natural selection, but inside the museum, no, the
> Earth is barely 6,000 years old and the dinosaurs were
> created on the sixth day of Creation.
>
> The Creation Museum makes extensive use of the latest
> in scientific technology to convince you that Science is A Lie, with
> high-tech displays and animatronic dinosaurs:
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.creationist20may20,0,
> 7993512.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
> Especially impressive, I'm told is the interactive exhibit that
> shows how The Flood cut the Grand Canyon. Who knew?
>
> So, if you know of any children whose minds you'd like
> to rot, what better place to take them on vacation? Here's a virtual
> walk-through on-line: http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/walkthrough/
>
>
> More news...
>
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6549595.
> stm
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/26/AR2007052
> 600908.html
>
>
> http://uk.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUKN2621240720070526
>
>
> It does simplify some thorny issues. How old is this primitive
> achondrite? 6000 years. How old is the Sun? 6000 years. How old is the
> Universe? 6000 years. What's the maximum amount of time
> a meteorite can take to get to the Earth? 6000 years. Just fill in all the
> blanks with the same answer. How old is humanity? 6000 years. Dinosaurs?
> 6000 years. Single-celled life? 6000 years. See. it's
> easy... How long does it take photons to travel from the Big Bang to the
> Earth? 6000 years. See, nothing to it.
>
>
> I wonder if they've got a diorama where Adam wrastles The
> Raptor? That would be entertainment! I sure hope they've taken
> all the appropriate precautions to ensure those big animatronic dinosaurs
> don't escape their enclosures and eat the Christians.
>
> I'd say more, but I'm pretty much speechless. (Is that a first?)
>
>
>
> Sterling I. Webb
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