Jan 30, 2011
Creationism may seem like a joke to most atheists. After all, how
could the universe and everything in it be only 6000 years old,
when the light from galaxies 10 billion light years away takes (you
guessed it) 10 billion years to get here from there? That was the
question I had initially asked when I heard that there are serious
people who insist that the Biblical story of creation should be
taken literally in all ways. I was using Man's Reason on which to
base my beliefs that the universe is old. I wasn't going to the
"true source" of all knowledge to get the straight dope on
Creation. Creationism is no joke. Creationists consider it
essential to the cause of converting people to evangelical
Christianity, and they spend a lot of money promoting creationism,
and a great deal of effort to oppose the teaching and understanding
of "atheistic evolution." Jessie and Casey Clausen were in Indiana
on a vacation, and realized that they were close to the Creation
Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Who would refuse the opportunity to
see a $27 million monument to biblical inerrancy? Jessie and Casey
have developed an entertaining presentation based on their
experience and will talk about what they learned from the museum as
guests on today's show.