Sunday, May 27, 2007
Honesty
In a guest post over at Panda's Thumb, Martha Heil, a publicist for the American Physical Society, notes that just down the road from Ken Ham's Creation Museum there's a "roadside attraction that scientists aren't worried about.
"The Living Word Outdoor Drama promises plays from biblical times, staged for religious education and information. It has live animals in its shows, invites concert performers to sing, and causes no ire in the scientific community.
"Why?
"Because it's honest. It aims to renew or inspire your faith, but it doesn't try to deliberately mislead people using scientific terms that many people find confusing even while they're in school and have the job of learning those terms."
Tellingly, Heil notes that Answers in Genesis barred scientists from the Creation Museum's grand opening.
"The Living Word Outdoor Drama promises plays from biblical times, staged for religious education and information. It has live animals in its shows, invites concert performers to sing, and causes no ire in the scientific community.
"Why?
"Because it's honest. It aims to renew or inspire your faith, but it doesn't try to deliberately mislead people using scientific terms that many people find confusing even while they're in school and have the job of learning those terms."
Tellingly, Heil notes that Answers in Genesis barred scientists from the Creation Museum's grand opening.
