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[patgund]

Furious evolution debate hits Kenyan museum

"When museums put it out there that man evolved from apes, theologically they are affecting many people who are Christians, who believe God created us," says Bishop Boniface Adoyo, who is leading a campaign against the exhibit.

"It's creating a big weapon against Christians that's killing our faith," he told AFP, calling evolution theory an "insult" and dangerous to youths. "When children go to museums they'll start believing we evolved from these apes.

"This is not the truth," said Adoyo, pastor of Nairobi's "Christ is the Answer Ministries" and chairman of the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, which claims to represent churches of 35 denominations with nine million members.

"I can't stand it, neither can other Christians," he said."

Comments

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

Science museums are for science. Religions museums are for religions. Nothing is stopping anyone from opening a church-centric, pro-Creationist museum.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Actaully someone did, sadly enough.

Link: http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/

[duckflambe.livejournal.com]

If you want to keep your child ignorant, you better keep them away from museums. Otherwise they may develop free will or, worse, critical thinking.

[henglaar.livejournal.com]

This Desmond Tutu don't-wannabe doesn't want a debate. He wants to silence all opposing voices.

It's a good thing that the principles of evolution weren't first espoused when Galileo was alive. Galileo barely escaped burning alive; Darwin's analog in that century certain would not have.

Too bad there isn't an address where this person can be contacted; I have done this particular debate so often, I could do it in my sleep now.