Hi Mandi, The news reports have all stated clearly the screening is by invitation only, presumably a guest list drawn up by the Discovery Institute. So, I assume a crowd of right-wing, Moral Majority, Christian fundamentalist Republicans. So, they will sit through the film, applaud at the end, and continue thinking exactly what they already think . . . ³God² created the universe in seven days with an astounding array of variation because ³He² is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent and has determined the destiny of everyone and everything everywhere for all eternity, until the moment of ³Armageddon² or ³Judgment Day,² when the world ceases to exist and all the good ³souls² go to ³Heaven² an the bad ³souls² go to ³Hell.² Frankly, I can¹t wait to retire to the tropics for eternity . . . provided the daiquiris and margueritas are chilled. <smirk> Is it feeling warm in here . . . ? Best, Jay Jay Heuman Curator of Education Salt Lake Art Center 20 South West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84101 tel: 801-328-4201 | fax: 801-322-4323 web: www.slartcenter.org On 6/1/05 9:51 AM, "Mandi Berry" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > All I want to say about this is that if the general public could (or are) > reading these listings, it would sound like a bunch of people trying to say > what the public wants. Has anyone thought about what kind of audience might > come in to see the ID movie, and that they might benefit from seeing the rest > of the museum? That they may believe in ID or Creationism, but will be in a > place where they can learn about evolution as well? > > After all of this "high-talk," lets get back to the basics of what is > happening. Is having different viewpoints in one museum so bad? Isn't museum > education supposed to spark discussion, imagination, and open one's mind to > other things? I'm just a student, and haven't had much experience in the > museum field (yet), but is it just that bad to have the movie there? Also, > the NMNH had jazz evenings last summer, where does that fit in the mission? > Did that spark so much debate on this list-serv? > > ***As a side note, I interned at SI last summer, and there was a lot of > unhappiness about the business-like quality SI has adopted. Everything at the > Smithsonian is slowly becoming commercialized, and the general public probably > has no idea.*** > > Mandi > Baylor University > Graduate Student > ========================================================= Important Subscriber > Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ > . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a > one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).