| Reflections on the Opening of the Creation Museum |
The 27-million-dollar Answers in Genesis Creation Museum in northern
Kentucky near Cincinnati opened up Memorial Day with a crowd of over
4,000 paying customers. This museum has aroused emotions like few
other museums and has garnered attention not just nationwide but
from around the world.
Thumbs up to the museum for featuring Martin Luther nailing the 95
theses to the church door, apparently as part of an exhibit on church
history or perhaps as an illustration of how to use the truth to
successfully challenge the establishment. That should make Lutherans
feel more comfortable at the museum.
One report, however, said that visitors upon leaving were asked to
"make a decision for Christ." We would have preferred that the
museum would have avoided doctrinal issues over which Bible-
believing Christians disagree. While not trying to make too big a deal
over this point, we must mention that Lutherans on the basis of the
Bible believe natural man is unable to make a decision for Christ apart
from God's Word and the Holy Spirit. It was also surprising to see Adam
and Eve pictured as Caucasians. Since they were the original parents
of all humans, it probably would have been better to have shown them
as a blend of the various "races."
Some reports seemed to imply that the museum was designed to show
that the entire Creation account could be scientifically proven. Don't
think even Ken Ham, the founder of the museum, would suggest that we
could scientifically prove that Eve was formed from Adam's rib, or that
the creation took six days rather than six hours or six weeks, or that a
snake tempted Eve. These things must be accepted by faith. On the
other hand, more likely the museum's aim is to demonstrate that nothing
in science contradicts the Creation account. With this we would
wholeheartedly agree.
Demonstrators were on hand to protest the opening of the museum.
Estimates of the number of protesters varied from 50 to 100, but they
were accorded almost 50% of the coverage in many of the news reports.
Dinosaurs are big at the Creation Museum. Ham indicated that "we
(creationists) are taking dinosaurs back" from the scientific
establishment. But the anti-creationists were outraged to see people
pictured together with dinosaurs or to see dinosaurs on Noah's Ark.
Evolutionists believe dinosaurs died out millions of years before the
first humans. However, what do they have to say about that T-rex fossil
discovered a couple of years ago that still contains soft tissue?!!!!
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0325Dino_tissue.asp
One report out of Australia said this was the first creation museum to
ever open. Not true, of course. Among several other creation museums
is the Institute of Creation Research's museum in California that has
been open for years. Also, coincidentally, still another creation museum
will soon be opening its doors. The $300,000 Big Valley Creation
Science Museum in Big Valley, Alberta, is set to open on June 5.
The AiG Creation Museum would seem to be a very worthwhile place
for Christians (and non-Christians) to visit when in the area. First-day
visitors who were interviewed about their impressions overwhelmingly
gave the museum a "5" on a scale of 1 to 5. For more information on the
museum's opening, check out these sites:
http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=creationmuseum
http://www.creationmuseum.org/
Warren Krug, editor
(Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily those
of the Lutheran Science Institute.)
Kentucky near Cincinnati opened up Memorial Day with a crowd of over
4,000 paying customers. This museum has aroused emotions like few
other museums and has garnered attention not just nationwide but
from around the world.
Thumbs up to the museum for featuring Martin Luther nailing the 95
theses to the church door, apparently as part of an exhibit on church
history or perhaps as an illustration of how to use the truth to
successfully challenge the establishment. That should make Lutherans
feel more comfortable at the museum.
One report, however, said that visitors upon leaving were asked to
"make a decision for Christ." We would have preferred that the
museum would have avoided doctrinal issues over which Bible-
believing Christians disagree. While not trying to make too big a deal
over this point, we must mention that Lutherans on the basis of the
Bible believe natural man is unable to make a decision for Christ apart
from God's Word and the Holy Spirit. It was also surprising to see Adam
and Eve pictured as Caucasians. Since they were the original parents
of all humans, it probably would have been better to have shown them
as a blend of the various "races."
Some reports seemed to imply that the museum was designed to show
that the entire Creation account could be scientifically proven. Don't
think even Ken Ham, the founder of the museum, would suggest that we
could scientifically prove that Eve was formed from Adam's rib, or that
the creation took six days rather than six hours or six weeks, or that a
snake tempted Eve. These things must be accepted by faith. On the
other hand, more likely the museum's aim is to demonstrate that nothing
in science contradicts the Creation account. With this we would
wholeheartedly agree.
Demonstrators were on hand to protest the opening of the museum.
Estimates of the number of protesters varied from 50 to 100, but they
were accorded almost 50% of the coverage in many of the news reports.
Dinosaurs are big at the Creation Museum. Ham indicated that "we
(creationists) are taking dinosaurs back" from the scientific
establishment. But the anti-creationists were outraged to see people
pictured together with dinosaurs or to see dinosaurs on Noah's Ark.
Evolutionists believe dinosaurs died out millions of years before the
first humans. However, what do they have to say about that T-rex fossil
discovered a couple of years ago that still contains soft tissue?!!!!
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0325Dino_tissue.asp
One report out of Australia said this was the first creation museum to
ever open. Not true, of course. Among several other creation museums
is the Institute of Creation Research's museum in California that has
been open for years. Also, coincidentally, still another creation museum
will soon be opening its doors. The $300,000 Big Valley Creation
Science Museum in Big Valley, Alberta, is set to open on June 5.
The AiG Creation Museum would seem to be a very worthwhile place
for Christians (and non-Christians) to visit when in the area. First-day
visitors who were interviewed about their impressions overwhelmingly
gave the museum a "5" on a scale of 1 to 5. For more information on the
museum's opening, check out these sites:
http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=creationmuseum
http://www.creationmuseum.org/
Warren Krug, editor
(Opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily those
of the Lutheran Science Institute.)
AiG Founder Ken Ham and a friend.
The museum's main hall.
