Such prosaic and eccentric folk-intellectualism as represented by the Museum
of Earth History in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, might not deserve attention
were it not for the aggressive national marketing of related organizations
such the Discovery Institute, and the pandering validation for
ID/Creationist beliefs by President Bush. With an enterprise such as this
soon to expand into an even larger version in Dallas, along the way
besmirching the public's understanding of legitimate scholarship and
museology, this is indeed a matter of relevance to our community.
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The museum, housed in a gutted chapel on the grounds of the Great Passion
Play, is the fulfillment of a dream of G. Thomas Sharp, president of
Creation Truth Foundation, headquartered in Noble. A former science teacher,
Sharp has traveled for several years with a mobile museum as he spoke at
churches and conventions."I realized that the Christian community did not
have 'cultural centers' that represented their world view," said Sharp, in
discussing why he opened the museum. "They were only offered the state
museums' approach and philosophy of dinosaurs leaving the scene 65 million
years ago, when, in fact, 60 percent of Oklahomans believe in a literal
six-day creation week and a world that is less than 10,000 years old."
Sharp said to date, more than 700,000 people have seen his mobile museum and
presentation "The Truth about Dinosaurs."
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Sharp added that plans are being developed to establish a Museum of Earth
History in Dallas.
"This project will be five times larger that the one in Eureka Springs with
more than 15 full skeletons and a 650-seat special effects theater," he
said.
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Full article:
http://www.baptistmessenger.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48
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