Darwin-Free Fun for Creationists LOL | NYT

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Darwin-Free Fun for Creationists
By ABBY GOODNOUGH

Published: May 1, 2004

PENSACOLA, Fla., April 29 — Robert and Schön Passmore took their children to Disney World last fall and left bitterly disappointed. As Christians who reject evolutionary theory, the family scoffed at the park's dinosaur attractions, which date the apatosaurus, brachiosaurus and the like to prehistoric times.

"My kids kept recognizing flaws in the presentation," said Mrs. Passmore, of Jackson, Ala. "You know — the whole `millions of years ago dinosaurs ruled the earth' thing."

So this week, the Passmores sought out a lower-profile Florida attraction: Dinosaur Adventure Land, a creationist theme park and museum here that beckons children to "find out the truth about dinosaurs" with games that roll science and religion into one big funfest with the message that Genesis, not science, tells the real story of the creation.

Kent Hovind, the minister who opened the park in 2001, said his aim was to spread the message of creationism through a fixture of mainstream America — the theme park — instead of pleading its case at academic conferences and in courtrooms.

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What this article fails to mention until nearly the very end, is that the owner of this theme park, Hovind, is being investigated by the IRS for failing to file his taxes....

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1. i read that

one of the most stupid things I've read in a long time, probably since the NYT lied about the amount of soldiers who died on wednesday (IT WAS ELEVEN NOT TEN GOD DAMN IT).

[Ediacara]

2. The article is absurd

but strangely hilarious at the same time...

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4. The best part is...

The Nerve-Wracking Ball, a bowling ball tied to a rope. You're supposed to stand in front of this thing and not flinch while a park ranger flings a bowling ball at your face.

Which, of course, leads to the question: what happens when the park ranger didn't get any last night, is pissed off and flings the bowling ball so hard it whacks the kid in the forehead?

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3. Isn't Hovind...

Isn't Hovind also the owner of the "Curves" franchise of female-only gyms who funnels millions of dollars to misogynist anti-abortion groups, as well as Bush?

[Archae]

5. Nope, but Gary Heavin is far-right.

http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/curves.asp

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6. Duplicate topic

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