Not Quite Jurassic Park

If there’s one debate that has no chance of ending any time soon it is whether or not humans, the Earth, and life as we know it were products of creationism, or an act of evolutionism. Obviously, there are arguments for and against both these ideas. Whether man came from a big old hairy thing dripping in drool, or a concoction from the earliest form of mad scientist, but less emphasis on the ‘mad’ and ‘science’ part.

However, according to a study done by NEWSWEEK at the end of last month found that 91% of Americans believe that God exists, and 87% do not accept the evolution as fact. I think I hear a bunch of scientists’ heads exploding.

I suppose if natural history museums illustrate the creation of man through the ages and into the human form then it would be fair to give believers of creationism a similar area of expression. A Creation Museum, to be exact. The museum, located in Kentucky, focuses mainly on the events that take place in the Book of Genesis. The museum provides an overview of the events in the Bible in a visual presentation that is probably equivalent to Jurassic Park, minus the re-creation of the flesh and blood man-eating dinosaurs.

I’m not sure whether it is better to be skeptical about the scientific basis of how things came to be, or to believe that everything was created for a specific reason with the use of divine religious powers. But I do wonder, whether it makes people feel better in believing that everything was pre-ordained from the get-go. If so, does creationism foster a sense of entitlement because you were created ‘as-is’ without having to evolve from any other being? Personally, I find it a wee-bit self-centered.