Creationist Zoo In Somerset

[Zacs-Master]

I'm sure the regular R&S posters will be able to have fun with this
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/wont-go-back-to-creationist-zoo-bristol

[naomi24]

Oh my!

http://www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk/pages/about-us/earth-history/earth-history.php

[Frank97]

That place should come with some sort of health warning, imo!

[douglas9401]

Well I'll be damned!

Wait a minute, no I won't.

[mikey4444]

This doesn't surprise me one little bit. Everything about these fundamentalist Christians is daft. In America its even worse, with millions of people actually believing this nonsense.

[mushroom25]

there are some holding views like this who occupy powerful positions, or are very well connected.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/05/national-trust-creationism-giants-causeway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Foundation

[Zacs-Master]

I stopped reading when I got to the dinosaurs co existing with people bit.

[mikey4444]

The way to deal with this is to use logic, rational, debate, and big dollop of ridicule.

[jno]

so the National Trust is under fire for even daring toquote[ mention] other viewpoints about the Giants Causeway? Typical evolutionary correctness

[emmie]

does everything come up in two's, think on that, oh dear oh dear, what will they think of next to bewilder our children with.

[emmie]

zacs, dinosaurs didn't live with people, really.... ha ha ha

[naomi24]

//Typical evolutionary correctness//

Not at all. There’s nothing wrong in teaching children that for which we have evidence – but there’s everything wrong in teaching children that for which we have none.

[LazyGun]

Just read it the article. I would be very interested to know just how busy this place is, and would be more concerned if their was evidence to suggest that local schools actually used it as a place for "field trips".

There was a suggestion in the article that animal welfare might be an issue too - does this place keep animals?

Other than that though- it is just an absurdity. Its a mistaken effort of Canute-ian proportions to continue to reject or twist or deny the evidence in favour of scriptural literalism.Quite sad really.

[woofgang]

well they seem to be expecting elephants.....which they are going to confine using electrified fencing :(