{"id":6899,"date":"2004-12-06T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2004-12-06T17:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/12\/06\/you-will-respect-my-authoritay.html"},"modified":"2004-12-06T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2004-12-06T17:25:11","slug":"you_will_respec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/12\/06\/you_will_respec.html","title":{"rendered":"You will respect my authoritay!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You only have to go to one room in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.answersingenesis.org\/museum\/walkthrough\/\" target=\"_blank\"> this particular museum<\/a> in order to get the gist of what&#8217;s going to be said in all the other rooms.  How many museums, after all, have a (Room 12) Bible Authority Room?<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">The Bible is true. No doubt about it! Paul explains God&#8217;s authoritative Word, and everyone who rejects His history &#8212; including six-day creation and Noah&#8217;s Flood &#8212; is &#8220;willfully&#8221; ignorant.<\/p>\n<p>You wonder why the folks at the Creation Museum bothered building any of the other displays.<\/p>\n<p>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 <em>X is the unquestioned and perpetual authority<\/em> on any given subject, and how anyone who rejects X is being &#8220;&#8216;willfully&#8217; ignorant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though I have to admit I really want to visit Room 28:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">How did they care for all those animals for over a year? Uncover clues to how Noah&#8217;s family did it.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2004\/12\/06\/kentucky_creationist.html\" target=\"_blank\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You only have to go to one room in this particular museum in order to get the gist of what&#8217;s going to be said in all the other rooms. 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