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EXHIBIT #1: SCIENCE AND FAITH
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Various wall plaques. A few read:
Science and Religion
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"Religion and science are not separate spheres of study, as some say. Both involve the real world of human life and observation. If both are true, they must agree.
"In fact, true science supports the Biblical worldview. There are many facts of science revealed in the Bible and no proven scientific errors.
"However, science does not support false religions (e.g. atheism, evolutionism, pantheism, humanism, etc.)"
Importance of the Origins Issue
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"...The tree of evolutionism bears only corrupt fruits; Creationism bears good fruits...It is vitally important that we and our children believe and obey the Biblical teachings on Creation." [This is a repeated theme in the museum.]
The plaque then goes on to quote the National Science Foundation's resolution on the freedom of scientific inquiry, followed by their comment: "With remarkable inconsistency, however, the National Academy opposes the teaching of scientific creation!" [This, also, is a repeated theme.]
Creationist Religions
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The plaque states that there are only three "real" creationist religions:
1. Orthodox Judaism
2. Orthodox Islam
3. Biblical Christianity
It adds: "`Liberal' branches accept `theistic evolution.'"
Evolutionary Religions
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Examples listed: "Atheism, Humanism, New Age-ism, Occultism, Liberalism, Marxism, Fascism." [The fact that these are "evolutionary religions" is yet another repeated theme of the museum.]
EXHIBIT #2: SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION
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This exhibit, among many other things, answers the question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" The answer is the "chicken," of course! Just read Genesis 1:11-12. :-)
For the first days of creation (heaven, earth, etc.), the exhibit features impressive pictures of the planets and stars with dramatic lighting and backgrounds. For the creation of animals, they actually have several small live animals in cages behind glass windows. These include a bird, some fish, a tarantula, a cricket, a lizard, a rat, and a snake. There were also some
empty cages. Overall, the live animal exhibits were pretty pathetic, especially the "cricket exhibit" and the empty cages.
Creation of Functional Maturity
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This plaque described how fruit trees were created mature and able to produce fruit (so they presumably already contained rings), and how Adam was created as a full-grown man. It concludes that, "...If one denies the true revealed history of the world, and attempts to date the object or the world, this functional maturity could be mistaken for age."
EXHIBIT #3: THE FALL OF MAN
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Nothing I found interesting, except that supposedly no animals died until Adam sinned by eating the apple. The first animals to die were those used to make skins to cover Adam and Eve's nakedness.
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