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[[Image:CMpix1.JPG|thumb|300px|The front of the Creation Museum while under construction in 2005.]]
The Creation Museum is a multi million dollar museum in the United States designed to promote [[Young Earth Creationism]]. It will open its doors to the public on May 28, 2007.
The Creation Museum is a multi million dollar museum in the United States designed to promote [[Young Earth Creationism]]. It will open its doors to the public on May 28, 2007.
Controversy has raged since the enterprise was first announced with [[Lawrence Krauss]], director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case Western Reserve University stating that the museum is both a "fraud" and "hypocritical" because it:
Controversy has raged since the enterprise was first announced with [[Lawrence Krauss]], director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case Western Reserve University stating that the museum is both a "fraud" and "hypocritical" because it:
<blockquote>"... repeatedly misrepresents the process and results of science and distorts the scientific record. Yet in every case it takes advantage of the technical wizardry of science to get its point across, with a series of dazzling animatronic displays and explanations" <ref> Kraus, L, 2007 quoted in "Museum of Misinformation", New Scientist, May 26th 2007, p24 </ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"... repeatedly misrepresents the process and results of science and distorts the scientific record. Yet in every case it takes advantage of the technical wizardry of science to get its point across, with a series of dazzling animatronic displays and explanations" <ref> Kraus, L, 2007 quoted in "Museum of Misinformation", New Scientist, May 26th 2007, p24 </ref></blockquote>
Ken Ham will defend the Museum against these criticisms on The FOX News Channel’s TV program The O’Reilly Factor on 28th May <ref> http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2007/05/28/museum-news-oreilly </ref>
Ken Ham will defend the Museum against these criticisms on The FOX News Channel’s TV program The O’Reilly Factor on 28th May <ref> http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2007/05/28/museum-news-oreilly </ref>
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