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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jay Heuman
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:22 PM
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Subject: Re: ID Movie at Smithsonian

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 . . . “God” created the universe in seven days with an astounding array of variation because “He” is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent and has determined the destiny of everyone and everything everywhere for all eternity, until the moment of “Armageddon” or “Judgment Day,” when the world ceases to exist and all the good “souls” go to “Heaven” an the bad “souls” go to “Hell.”

Frankly, I can’t 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

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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
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