Evolution, Creationism, and Dinosaurs

I've been accumulating items of interest related to Christianity, the religion. Most Christians are alright, but there are some crazies out there. For example, all those people who don't want evolution taught in schools. Even the late Popes Pius XII and John Paul II recognized that evolution doesn't necessarily conflict with Christianity (read their thoughts here and here). But anyway, I guess if we're going to stop teaching children about the theory of evolution, maybe we should stop teaching them about the theory of gravity too. Or maybe let's just stop teaching them anything at all and let them figure everything out on their own. Wow, that would be great: then we could lower taxes.

I'm getting off topic. Behold! The ATHEIST'S WORST NIGHTMARE! The BANANA! You have got to watch this video. Words cannot describe it.

I also wanted to talk about this Creationist Museum (which is now open in Petersburg, Kentucky). I read this article on BBC News about it. It's pretty insane. They believe that the book of Genesis should be taken completely literally. They have exhibits with humans and dinosaurs playing together (click on exhibit #10). And yes, I typed that correctly. Children playing with dinosaurs. Based on my experience with dinosaurs, which comes mainly from scientifically infallible movies like Jurassic Park, this seems unlikely. This is my favorite part of the BBC article (in response to "But dinosaurs have sharp teeth!"):

'"So do bears", says Ken [founder of the museum and Answers in Genesis], "but they eat nuts and berries! Remember, before the sin of Adam, the world was perfect. All creatures were vegetarian." One of the dinosaurs lets out a rather contradictory roar.'

Yeah, some bears to eat berries, like the black bear. They also eat insects and young deer/elk/whatever. I've never heard of a polar bear eating berries, but I did see one on TV the other day trying to eat a walrus. A lot of bears eat fish. I don't think that counts as vegetarian.

These Answers in Genesis people are pretty... amazing. They manage to show that males having nipples and rabbits eating their own poop support creationism. Also, they explain that dinosaurs were actually on Noah's Arc and many probably survived the Flood. But, sadly, those that survived later died... "Due to (1) competition for food that was no longer in abundance, (2) other catastrophes, (3) man killing for food (and perhaps for fun), and (4) the destruction of habitats, etc." Their fossils were apparently made from all the mud from the flood. And seriously, you can't deny their point that the New York Times is a "secular evolutionary propaganda machine." Okay, I've ranted enough about that I think. More info on the Creation Museum.

But there are a lot of good things that come out of Christianity. Like Christmas, Easter, X-mas, Santa Claus, and the movie Sister Act starring Whoopi Goldberg (who has no eyebrows). But one thing that's really awesome is the Lego Bible. In it, stories from the bible are told in Lego form. Quite awesome. Another really cool thing is Bible Fight, a game from Adult Swim that allows you to fight as Jesus, Mary, Abraham, Noah, Eve, and even Satan (And God if you're really good). Of course they all have special moves, which are fantastic. It's basically just like Mortal Combat. So I guess it would be... Immortal Combat?

Finally, I read an article that a hammerhead shark in a zoo in Nebraska (wow, how do you get a shark to Nebraska?) had a virgin birth, but then they tried to rationalize it with all this science mumbo-jumbo. The first thing that came to my mind when I read it is, I'm sure, the same thing that just came to your mind: Shark Jesus? How great would it be if sharks became Christians? Maybe they would stop eating us. At least on Fridays.