Quirky Creationism not just in the USA

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laresFri 08/04/11 15:25

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"Set in the glorious North Somerset countryside just outside Bristol is Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, a 'unique zoo and working farm'. The clue to what's 'unique' about it is in the name – it's a creationist zoo run by a Christian couple, Anthony and Christina Bush. At first sight the welcome gate, marked by a colourful sign featuring a pair of giraffes and a rainbow, looks innocuous enough. And judging by the scores of young families queuing to get in when I visited in mid-August, it certainly appeared to be living up to its claim to be 'one of the South West's top tourist attractions', without any overt proclamation of religion.

But the zoo's owner Anthony Bush seems in no doubt that there is a moral, didactic purpose to the enterprise. 'From the outside, our farm is not overtly Christian,' he once told the Church Times. 'But, from the inside, we are very strongly Christian. I am a Creationist, and we see the farm as a mission station to give people scientific permission to believe in God.'"


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maguaFri 08/04/11 15:39

 

weird... This is why complete freedom of religion is a bad thing.

we ought to seperate freedom of conscience (which is a human right) from freedom of religion (which in reality is the right to oppress and brain wash others with beliefs and superstitions that have no factual basis).

we all have a right to our own personal philosophy and moral stance on things. We dont have a right however, to pedal demostrable lies though, escpecially to children. The same as we dont have the right to slander people or miss sell products etc...

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