You only have to go to one room in this particular museum [1] in order to get the gist of what’s going to be said in all the other rooms. How many museums, after all, have a (Room 12) Bible Authority Room?
The Bible is true. No doubt about it! Paul explains God’s authoritative Word, and everyone who rejects His history — including six-day creation and Noah’s Flood — is “willfully” ignorant.
You wonder why the folks at the Creation Museum bothered building any of the other displays.
I ought not poke fun at the sincerely held beliefs of others, but while I realize that the scientific community can be as political and pig-headed at any others, rarely will you find a room at an actual science and natural history museum dedicated to explaining why X is the unquestioned and perpetual authority on any given subject, and how anyone who rejects X is being “‘willfully’ ignorant.”
Though I have to admit I really want to visit Room 28:
How did they care for all those animals for over a year? Uncover clues to how Noah’s family did it.
(via BoingBoing [2])
12 Comments To "You will respect my authoritay!"
#1 Comment By Doyce On Mon 6-Dec-04 10:35am @ 10:35am
“Noah’s ark is a problem. We’ll have to call it early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit five thousand species of mammal on the same boat.”
–River Tam, Jaynestown
#2 Comment By *** Dave On Mon 6-Dec-04 10:39am @ 10:39am
Great. Nothing like a good coffee nose flushing to perk one up mid-morning … 🙂
#3 Comment By Boulder Dude On Mon 6-Dec-04 10:46am @ 10:46am
“Keep walking Preacher man…”;->
#4 Comment By Bill On Mon 6-Dec-04 10:54am @ 10:54am
Me, I love how they put dinosaurs in every frigging room.
#5 Comment By Les On Mon 6-Dec-04 11:10am @ 11:10am
“rarely will you find a room at an actual science … museum … explaining why X is the unquestioned and perpetual authority”
Rarely? I don’t think I’ve ever found such a room. Though I don’t rule out the possibility that one exists in some science museum someplace, I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of it. Have you? 😉
#6 Comment By *** Dave On Mon 6-Dec-04 11:29am @ 11:29am
No, I just hate to state absolutes.
The closest I can think of (in this context) is a bust in a museum rotunda of Scientist X — let’s say Charles Darwin — identifying him and and lauding him for “his contribution to our knowledge of the natural world through his Theory of Evolution.”
Some folks might see that as the same thing. I don’t.
#7 Comment By David Newman On Mon 6-Dec-04 6:52pm @ 6:52pm
Why do they put the quote marks around “willfully”?
#8 Comment By *** Dave On Mon 6-Dec-04 8:16pm @ 8:16pm
It surpasseth all understanding.
#9 Comment By Avocet On Mon 6-Dec-04 9:14pm @ 9:14pm
The ignorant often use quotation marks for emphasis. It amuses me to see somebody offer a “low” price, as the quotation marks make it look as if they are admitting that they know the price isn’t really low.
Dave, if that’s not a typo in the title, it must be a quote, but I’m not familiar with it. A quick Google search indicates that it might be from South Park (ick). Is that it?
#10 Comment By Joy On Tue 7-Dec-04 4:30am @ 4:30am
What a scary place! Especially room #36 Just For Kids: Everywhere you turn, science confirms the biblical account! WTH?
#11 Comment By *** Dave On Tue 7-Dec-04 5:38am @ 5:38am
Avocet: Yup. Not through personal watching, but absorbed through osmosis from others around me.
Joy: Yup. It would be interesting to follow up that assertion, but I suspect I’d rather visit there first than simply walk in with Kitten.
#12 Comment By Boulder Dude On Tue 7-Dec-04 8:25am @ 8:25am
Dave…
Yes, Rey and I have been a bad influence on you…
Avocet:
From the first season of South Park when Cartman becomes a deputy and riding around town pulling people over on his big wheel.