Daffodil Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Ugh! Found out that while we were on vacation in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone earlier this month, my brother and his wife and four homeschooled kids spent their vacation at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. ???? I seriously did not think that they were that into creationism. They're college educated! Well, so am I and I only got out a few years ago, but still! Even as a Christian I knew that stuff was bunk. I'm so disappointed! I shared that with hubby and he went into a long philosophical/psychological spiel on anxiety abatement and stuff. I know I know I know, but these are people I love and want them to be free! Gah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qadeshet Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Daffodyl, I share your annoyance. Their time would have been much better spent at the beach. *Rolls eyes at hubby: "Whatever".* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue elephant Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 At first I thought you were going to say that they took YOUR kids to that creation museum! You just have to wait for people to change sometimes, but yeah - I feel for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
★ Citsonga ★ Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 From the thread title, I expected that you were asking for suggestions on what to do for vacation. I was actually going to suggest going to the creation museum, but I was going to say to put a bunch of post-it notes on the exhibits detailing their errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffodil Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 There is no way I could keep a straight face walking through that place! I would be thrown out for disrespect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjn Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Too bad you couldn't make up some secular tracts and leave them around just to annoy the creationists...LOL! Like Chick tracts? How would they end though? I mean, Jack Chick has a pretty rad thing going for him, with every comic strip ending with a sinner being thrown into Hell while the Christians rejoice. What would a secular tract be like? "Look Timmy, the former Christian got a PhD in evolutionary biology!"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qadeshet Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Too bad you couldn't make up some secular tracts and leave them around just to annoy the creationists...LOL! Like Chick tracts? How would they end though? I mean, Jack Chick has a pretty rad thing going for him, with every comic strip ending with a sinner being thrown into Hell while the Christians rejoice. What would a secular tract be like? "Look Timmy, the former Christian got a PhD in evolutionary biology!"? Burnedout and rjn: This actually sounds like a great plan! We can print some up; maybe someone will volunteer to enter their Lion's Den-dangerous work. Know Thyself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichotomy Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 From the thread title, I expected that you were asking for suggestions on what to do for vacation. I was actually going to suggest going to the creation museum, but I was going to say to put a bunch of post-it notes on the exhibits detailing their errors. Totally this! Are you sure they went and *believed* it all? They may just have been interested.... I remember we went to the a christian zoo once, that had a bit of a creationist element to it and even as christians, at the time we giggled away at the ridiculousness of some of the "facts". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjn Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 From the thread title, I expected that you were asking for suggestions on what to do for vacation. I was actually going to suggest going to the creation museum, but I was going to say to put a bunch of post-it notes on the exhibits detailing their errors. Totally this! Are you sure they went and *believed* it all? They may just have been interested.... I remember we went to the a christian zoo once, that had a bit of a creationist element to it and even as christians, at the time we giggled away at the ridiculousness of some of the "facts". What makes a Zoo Christian? Are there Christian Circuses? Christian NASCAR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichotomy Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 It was like a small, privately owned/run zoo/animal sanctuary, and they had an underlying creationist tone to it. So much of the information wasn't about evolution etc. They even had a large model of Noah's ark and how they really believed it would have looked etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffodil Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 From the thread title, I expected that you were asking for suggestions on what to do for vacation. I was actually going to suggest going to the creation museum, but I was going to say to put a bunch of post-it notes on the exhibits detailing their errors. Totally this! Are you sure they went and *believed* it all? They may just have been interested.... I remember we went to the a christian zoo once, that had a bit of a creationist element to it and even as christians, at the time we giggled away at the ridiculousness of some of the "facts". I can't imagine them spending the money and time to drive out there (6.5 hour drive) just for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffodil Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Woohoo! Just found out they didn't go after all! They checked into it and decided it was too expensive and boring for the kids. Not the best reasons to skip it, but still! They went to Cincinnati instead, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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