Not that I needed to be told that I wouldn’t enjoy a trip to The Creation Museum outside of Cincinnati, but I’ve found out that I apparently won’t enjoy it. Shocking. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’d enjoy Cincinnati, but that’s for completely different reasons.

Thankfully, Christopher from Fabulously in the City took one for the team and went for the rest of us.

Among the things we learned and saw at The Creation Museum:

“I lost count of how many times I read claims such as, “The evidence suggests…”, yet none of the supporting evidence was shown. For example, a claim was that, “The Evidence suggests Lake Hopi was formed after The Great Flood”. Yet, after searching the whole museum, there wasn’t an inch of this so-called evidence, not even a reference!”

Also:

“In the entire museum, there was not a single fossil. There was a replica of one fossil, Archaeopteryx, but even that replica didn’t focus on the science–instead the supporting plaques spewed out the same hackneyed conspiracy of how this was a made up fossil.”

Also for your $8, you get:

“There was an entire room devoted to “same evidence, different perspectives”, saying that both creationists and scientists study the same evidence, but Creationists instead come with the belief that the bible is 100% accurate, and thus they make science fit its way into that mold. Unlike scientists, who continually question everything and do everything within their will to remain objective, these Christians admittedly are perfectly fine with their bias and would rather manipulate evidence than question a text written by cavemen. So much for that pesky scientific method.”

And in conclusion:

“Fellow atheists, learn from my mistake: there is absolutely, positively nothing about this debacle that is worth seeing. This is not like Expelled where you should see it just so you can say you know first hand how bad it is. No. Instead, The Creation Museum is kind of like choosing between a white wedding cake or one made entirely out of horse shit. Sure, people always like more options, but sometimes its better just to trust common sense and admit that you don’t have to test an idea to know it’s a bad one.”

Christopher, I’m sorry I quoted you so much, but I can’t do justice to the inhumanity of your trip with my words, having not been there and all. I don’t envy you, and I feel for the knowledge you surely lost on your trip.

I picked out a few quotes, but I suggest reading the whole thing to truly understand what this must have felt like.

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