Museum Slideshow Action

Hey everyone. Here is a quick slideshow I threw together of the images of the Creation Museum. They are cropped and sized small so quality is down. I have also put the pictures in the "Picture Viewer" (just above the "ASQ Music" box) on your right so you can see the better quality images. (Now, not all the pictures I took made it in the viewer and slideshow, but I have to be choosey when starting out with 145 images.)

*Click "Picture Viewer" and it will pop-up a flash image viewer. Click on the images in the "Creation Museum" section and the full sized image will pop-up.

Looking back at history...

So my overall thought on the Museum is that it was well worth the drive time, gas, hotel, achy feet, speeding ticket (lol, yea I got one), and any other trouble incurred to see this place. It is a titan of Christianity shouting the gospel out against the changing winds of this world. I know that it meant a lot to me to take part in this as I had waited for some time now and it seemed to mean just as much to my friend.

Places like this are a rare commodity in a world where many Christians see the terms "Creationist" and "Christian" as two separate topics. As if a Christian can be so without a biblical Creation. That would be the equivalent of saying "I'm Christian but I don't believe in Christ" or "I'm Christian but I don't believe in the resurrection" or "I'm Christian but I don't believe in the Bible." These are the pillars that Christianity stands on. They will never crack or break, but if you don't use them you are without stability, without Gods grace given anchors and ultimately without reason for excluding them.

Anyway, this place which amounts to more than 27 Million (built on donations) is a beacon of reason and hope though you may hear otherwise for some time to come. It is a shame that so many came that day and likely the days that followed just to scoff and speak of "reason" as their true motivations. While the truth is reason is far from their motivations and I wonder how many standing their shouting are aware of that. They are shouting and picketing for autonomy and rebellion of authority. Anyhow, I wonder how many atheists will come to mock and find truth. How many weakened Christians will come looking for answers to old age and evolutionary ideologies and find renewed hope in the form of answers and rebukings.

While the museum certainly provides a rich and heart tugging experience to those who go even more answers and hope can be found at AiGs web ministry. It is all text and pictures, but until you get to the museum this is a wonderful place to educate and strengthen your faiths. It was for me. So, I wonder what is next on the horizon for this ministry if anything. Another museum overseas? A theme park of similar quality? An online school of sorts? Who knows, but I hope this titan keeps building and moving over the lands, doing the work God would have it do.

Images will be coming next...hang in there.

Sailing the 7 Cs

A text walkthrough of the Creation Museum...

On the 28th my friend and I took a long road trip to Kentucky to see the opening of the Creation Museum there. I like road trips but it was a bit too long to do in a day so we left early on Sunday and stayed in Gove City Ohio to ease the drive time. On Monday morning we took of for the museum and got to it about 11:00am. Out front were stone walls and black steel gates and standing guard over the entrance were two metal stegosauruses. Of course it would not have been opening day without the picketers, news teams, and police officers scattered about.

As we rolled in, all kinds of excited, we took notice to the lines and the traffic and yep, more media and police. It took some time to park the car behind the complex and get into line. We must have stood in line for almost 3 hours before it was all said and done. All kinds of people had come including people from overseas and some rather proud atheists who wanted to take part in it all. During that time period their was a balloon animal maker roaming about, camera crews doing on the spot interviews, and a pavilion tent set up where a musician (Buddy Davis) was singing creationist songs (he was pretty good and entertaining).

After getting into the building and getting our tickets we made our way into the actual museum which has quite an entrance. Full of sights and sounds and atmosphere. On the left was the "Dragon Hall" book/gift store and on the right was the Cafe area which has very tasty and affordable food. Dead center though was the entrance to the museum. The room held several animatronic dinos and people, display cases, plant life, and quite a few nature sounds. The line moved rather slowly, but it gave everyone plenty of time to drink in all the information and sights that were presented. Before really getting into the bulk of creation history several rooms were devoted to separating evolution from creation, why they don't mix and the differences between them (as well as the many examples of false truths held by popular sciences). How all people see the same evidences in the world and somehow come to those two very opposing viewpoints of history. It needed to be done first and I can understand why. Then just before moving on two rooms were shown; the first was devoted to revealing why Gods Word is the correct starting point to find truth and history. The second room was about what happens when we chose wrong in where we go to find truth and history. Revealing topics like societal breakdown and the scopes trial. Each room was rich in sights and sounds as well as information; nothing looked like it was last minute or out of place.

After making the point of presuppositions and world views to the public it moved on to a biblical view of creation. First up was a short movie about each of the first 6-days of creation. It was quite a beautiful movie and after it we stepped into a bright and very well designed room full of vibrant pictures and video displays. It was their to reveal Gods design in both nature and scripture. An amazing room and if I ever go back I'd spend more time there for sure. As I moved on I couldn't help but be pleased with how well each room transitioned seamlessly into the next, revealing our history to the public.

After the design room we moved on to the first of the 7Cs, Creation. Here we walked through a small Eden where Adam named the animals and the animals stood around grazing. Very beautiful room lined with readable plaques that explained the situation. At the far end of the room Adam and Eve sat enjoying their lives while a dinosaur ate from a tree a few feet away. Through the doorway was a room where Adam and Eve were swimming or bathing and above them in the tree sat the Serpent. These rooms were all non-animated but were very well made. Very beautiful to look at and at a glance might have passed for real. As we moved on down the rooms you could see the serpent, the temptation, the first sin, and then the second. Each one more full of sadness, panic, and fear in the mannequins than the last. Once through these smaller rooms it opened up into a room depicting the changes that took place on earth when God was not holding it all together. The plagues talked about poisons, death, pain, carnivorous eaters, and other various topics which just came on to the scene while an animated dinosaur feasted on its prey.

After The Fall came a room where Adam could be seen working the cursed earth while the children argued and Eve was pregnant. The little plaques along it again explained the differences between life in Eden and life after it for Adam. How Adam had to work very hard for food, how Eve had birthing pains, and how the family felt conflict. At the far end of this room was a depiction of the moment after Cain slew Able, the first death. Moving past that room leads into a large ark room, both animated and not. On one side is an outside view of the ark where workers built. On the other side was the interior of the ark like a cutaway section of the boat was sitting in the big room. Just past this room was a set of several depictions of the arks first use and it's last moment before coming to rest as well as several structural depictions. The next room to see was lined with wall mounted diagrams and images of the floods evidences around the world. Geology, geography, and how the arks passengers repopulated the lands.

The following room was on the fourth C, Confusion. Here we see the second rise of man on earth and how they were very impressive but not watching or seeking God, choosing instead to build the Tower of Babel and the rise of religion. Here several points were made including, how all languages trace back to the Tower at which point more than the original language was created. It was also detailed as to how we are all from one bloodline ultimately and remarks on the topics of genocide and racism in that light.

Being through biblical history up to that point, we made our way into a waiting room to see a movie about the last 3Cs, Christ, The Cross, and Consummation. The video was awesome and rounded out the tour perfectly. It, as the names of the last 3Cs imply, did not talk about evidences but instead talked about Gods plan for mankind which includes a spotless lamb to be sacrificed and take away sin. It was not only history but also an evangelism effort. Excellently done.

From their were had to run like mad to get to our 4:00 showing of the Planetarium. It is just what it sounds like, planetarium with reclining seats. The show was so very awesome. Possibly my favorite of it all, though all of it was wonderful. It talked about what we do know and what we do not know. It showed the scale of the cosmos in relation to earth, the concepts of light years, star charting, as well as many more abstract and lesser considered thoughts.

After the 20 minute plaetarium show we ate at the cafe which was very affordable and tasty before leaving for the road. I made sure to stop at the garden area on the way to the car and get some pictures because it is a very nice place about the length of the building. From there we simply headed home all wound up from the experiance.