Creationists claim that science and research have it wrong. Two young earth creationists educate their tour group from the biblical point of view, a view that doesn’t need to be explained by science. The museum does contain dinosaur fossils, but tour guides present them as either remnants of the Great Flood or pure decoration.
ABC Nightline films portions of a creationist tour through the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and sits down with two of the tour guides as well as the museum’s curator. Brian Rooney reports.
According To The Creationist tour guides in the video above…
1. About 7 generations of people lived for about 800 years, but they ‘could be wrong’. If they’re not, that’s 5,600 years of 800-year old life spans. According to creationists, the earth is only 6,000 to 10,000 years old. Doesn’t leave much time for recorded history, does it?
2. There is an exhibit explaining the process of radio and carbon dating, but it’s not part of the tour. “We can’t cover everything” claims one tour guide. He goes on to claim that all dating methods are based on assumptions.
3. Science that doesn’t support their faith is not good science
4. Many people on the tour seek reinforcement for what they already believe. Ok, that one’s obvious.
The museum’s curator believes in evolution and studies fossils for a living (understandably). He doesn’t agree with the creationist tours, but he tolerates them.
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