A creationism “museum” in Texas is apparently about to fold, so they are attempting to sell a large Mastadon skull to avoid going under. The skull is estimated to be about 40,000 years old. I wonder how creationists like selling an artifact that is advertised as being much older than their beliefs allow? Personally, I think it’s poetic justice.
Creation Museum Selling Mastadon Skull
Taylor said he would love to keep the skull of the elephant-like mammal as the centerpiece of his tiny museum just outside Lubbock, which includes creationist exhibits.
Claims on the museum’s Web site include that Noah took dinosaurs aboard his ark. The prevailing scientific wisdom is that humans and dinosaurs missed each other by tens of millions of years.
Of course, my hope is that nobody buys the skull, the museum goes under, and then people can buy out their inventory. Preferably people who will actually use such artifacts as scientific displays, not superstitious nonsense.
If a creation museum can’t survive in Texas, of all places, then maybe the creation movement is in more trouble than I thought. It couldn’t come any sooner for my taste.
That would have to be some huge ark to fit a pair of every dinosaur on board.