New Museum says Dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark

Creation Museum in Kentucky says Dinosaurs were on the ship, Noah's Ark.

Like many modern museums, the newest U.S. tourist attraction includes some awesome exhibits -- roaring dinosaurs and a life-sized ship. First, the Creation Museum said Dinosaur ate Coconuts, now they say it rode Noah’s Ark even. The Creation Museum was finally opened on Saturday, and hopes to draw as many as half a million people each year to it. It was built at a cost of $27 million dollars. While many the scientists and the media are criticizing this museum, those who believe that the God created the heavens and the Earth in six days about 6,000 years ago say their views are well represented by this museum.

"What we've done here is to give people an opportunity to hear information that is not readily available ... to challenge them that really you can believe the Bible's history," said Ken Ham, president of the group Answers in Genesis that founded the museum.

The exhibits in the museum display a variety of events like the creation of Grand Canyon took just days to form during Noah’s flood; even though it has been proven by scientists it took millions of years to form different layers in the Grand Canyon. It also displays Cain married his sister to populate the earth and many other Biblical wonders. Many are planning to protest the museum’s public opening on Monday, scientists, secularists and moderate Christians plan to participate. During the opening news conference, an airplane went buzzing by with the sign “Thou Shalt Not Lie” banner. Opponents argue that this museum will confuse the children, when they learn a different version in school that the Universe is 14 billion years old rather than 6,000 years.

"Teachers don't deserve a student coming into class saying 'Gee Mrs. Brown, I went to this fancy museum and it said you're teaching me a lie,"' Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, told reporters before the museum opened.

Three of 10 Republican presidential candidates said in a recent debate that they did not believe in evolution. Has this museum gone too far?