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Christian creationists won too much of a victory for their own good in Tulsa, where the local zoo was ordered to balance its evolution science exhibit with a display extolling the Genesis account of God's creating the universe from nothing in six days. A determined creationist somehow talked three of the four zoo directors, including Mayor Bill LaFortune, into the addition by arguing that a statue of the elephant-headed god Ganesh at the elephant house amounted to an anti-Christian bias toward Hinduism.
After the inevitable backlash from bewildered taxpayers warning that Tulsa would be dismissed as a science backwater, the directors "clarified" their vote to say they intended no monopoly for the Adam and Eve tale but rather wanted "six or seven" creation myths afforded equal time. There was the rub: there are hundreds of creation tales properly honored by the world's multifarious cultures, starting with the American Indian tribes around Tulsa. - New York Times -
1 Comments:
Does this Zoo get taxpayer support? If so, promoting creationism nonsense violates the separation clause and should be strictly forbidden. Religion, mythology and anything spiritual falls under the catagory of metaphysics and has NO PLACE in science! While I do believe in a Higher Power/Great Spirit etc. I would NOT want any of that taught as science, because it's not!! Ps...I think the statue of Ganesha at the elephant house is kinda cool! Do they have a statue of Hanuman at the monkey-house? Gary (NJ)
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7/11/2005 11:37 AM
