Creation Evidence Museum

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Creation Evidence Museum

The Creation Evidence Museum (German about: Proof-for-the-Creation Museum ), originally the Creation Evidences Museum (German about: Proof-for-the-Creation Museum ), is a museum that offers visitors one of creationism corresponding worldview shows. It is located in Glen Rose in Somervell County in central Texas , USA .

It was founded in 1984 by the young earth creationist Carl Baugh with the aim of presenting exhibits that present evidence for creation and against the theory of evolution. It also tries to prove that the earth is 6,000 years old and that humans and dinosaurs coexisted.

These statements contradict the scientific belief that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old and that the dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago.

History and projects

The Creation Evidence Museum was founded by Carl Baugh, who wanted to investigate the claim that evidence had been found on the banks of the Paluxy River that humans and dinosaurs lived together. He claimed to have found 475 dinosaur footprints alongside 86 human footprints there. Baugh, who has no academic degree, is to this day director and speaker of the CEM.

In 2001, Baugh and the Creation Evidence Museum were featured on The Daily Show . In this context, Baugh was referring to The Flintstones regarding the coexistence of humans and dinosaurs .

Exhibits

All exhibits were heavily criticized and accused of being fakes or of creating a false impression.

Examples of exhibits:

  • The " London hammer " is a hammer of the shape used in America in the 18th or 19th century. It was found in 1934 in a chunk of limestone near London, Texas . The limestone is said to come from the Ordovician or the Cretaceous Period . It was examined by scientists who came to the conclusion that the limestone lump did not necessarily have to have been part of the rock in the area, but could have formed around the hammer in a relatively recent time: "The stone is real and can impress someone who is not familiar with geological processes [...] Dissolved minerals can accumulate around a foreign body that falls into a crack or is simply left on the ground, provided that the original rock (in this case determined as Ordovician) is chemically soluble. "
  • The "Burdick Track" (Eng. The Burdick Track): A human footprint in a rock from the Cretaceous period . Geologist Gregg Wilkerson wrote that the footprint had anatomical flaws and was therefore most likely scratched into the chalk cliff, like other prints in Glen Rose.
  • The "Fossilized Human Finger", (petrified human finger): A petrified human finger that is said to have been found next to a rock from the Cretaceous period. There are doubts here as it was not found in situ and therefore cannot necessarily be linked to the chalk cliff formation.
  • Two trilobites that give the impression of having been trodden on by a sandal.
  • The handprint in stone, an impression in a chalk cliff that gives the impression of being made by a human hand.
    Baugh has presented no evidence that this was found in situ in a Cretaceous Pit. In addition, it does not allow experts to examine this print.
  • The Alvis Delk Cretaceous Footprint, a human footprint that is found within an Acrocanthosaurus footprint in Glen Rose chalk. The biologist Glen J. Kuban called this evidence dubious. PZ Myers called it a gross fake.

In 2008, a descendant of the family who found the Paluxy River footprints confessed that her grandfather forged many of the footprints, including the Alvis Delk Cretaceous Footprint.

Between 1982 and 1984, several scientists including JR Cole, LR Godfrey, RJ Hastings and D. Schafersman examined the footprints in Glen Rose. During the investigation, Baugh corrected the locations of the footprints and became entangled in contradictions. After several years of investigation, the scientists found that there was no evidence to prove the authenticity of Baugh's evidence.

Web links

Commons : Creation Evidence Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Footprints of Fantasy," by Kaylois Henry, Dallas Observer , December 12, 1996. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  2. ^ A b "Creationism Alive and Kicking in Glen Rose," by Greg Beets, Aug 5, 2005, Austin Chronicle .
  3. ^ Finding the Evolution in Medicine ( Memento November 22, 2008 on the Internet Archive ), Cynthia Delgado, NIH July 28, 2006.
  4. ↑ Larry Martz & Ann McDaniel, Newsweek CIX (26): 23-24, June 29, 1987, ISSN  0028-9604
  5. ↑ IAP STATEMENT ON THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION (PDF) Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved on October 2, 2007.
  6. ^ "Creation Evidence Museum, Glen Rose, Texas" , Roadside America . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  7. ↑ a b "Rock solid proof?" ( Memento of April 17, 2009 in the web archive archive.today ), by David Mai, Weatherford Democrat , July 28, 2008. Also printed as https://web.archive.org/web/20080831104011/http://mineralwellsindex.com /homepage/local_story_210093256.html , in Mineral Wells Index , July 28, 2008.
  8. ↑ Brett Vickers: Some Questionable Creationist Credentials , talk.origins . May 31, 2002. Retrieved February 19, 2007. 
  9. ^ Tyrannosaurus Redux , The Daily Show . November 14, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2007. 
  10. ↑ "Lone Star Adventure: Creation Evidence Museum" ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KDFW , a local affiliate of Fox TV , in Dallas Fort Worth aired on March 11, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.myfoxdfw.com
  11. ↑ a b "Creation Science Rebuttals - Creation Evidence Museum Lacks Evidence!" , by Greg Neyman, Answers in Creation . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  12. ↑ Seeking Ancient Paths , John R. Armstrong, PSCF 41 (March 1989): 33-35, American Scientific Affiliation . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  13. ^ "The Rise and Fall of the Paluxy Mantracks," by Ronnie J. Hastings, PSCF 40 (September 1988): 144-154. American Scientific Affiliation . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  14. ^ If I Had a Hammer , National Center for Science Education . Issue 15 (Volume 5, No. 1 - Winter 1985). Retrieved February 19, 2007. 
  15. ↑ "The stone is real, and it looks impressive to someone unfamiliar with geological processes ... Minerals in solution can harden around an intrusive object dropped in a crack or simply left on the ground if the source rock (in this case, reportedly Ordovician ) is chemically soluble. " The London Hammer: An Alleged Out-of-Place Artifact , The Paluxy Dinosaur / "Man Track" Controversy. July 14, 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2007. 
  16. ↑ Glen Kuban: The "Burdick Print" , The Paluxy Dinosaur / "Man Track" Controversy. Retrieved August 19, 2008. 
  17. ↑ Claim CC120: Baugh's Cretaceous fossil finger , talk.origins . February 18, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2008. 
  18. ↑ Conrad, Ernest C. 1981. "Tripping Over a Trilobite," Creation / Evolution Issue VI, pp. 30-33. ( Online )
  19. ↑ Stokes, William Lee. 1986. "Alleged Human Footprint from the Middle Cambrian Strata, Millard County, Utah." Journal of Geologic Education Vol. 34, pp. 187-90.
  20. ^ Strahler, Arthur N. 1987. Science and Earth History Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. Pp. 459-461. ISBN 1-57392-717-1
  21. ^ The "Meister Print" , talk.origins . Retrieved February 19, 2008. 
  22. ^ "Creation Evidence Museum Online - Museum Displays" ( Memento from August 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), official site. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  23. ↑ Alleged Human Hand Print in Cretaceous Rock , talk.origins . Retrieved February 19, 2008. 
  24. ^ "Creation Evidence Museum Online - Alvis Delk Cretaceous Footprint" ( Memento June 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), official site. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  25. ^ "One step at a time" ( Memento of September 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), by David May, August 11, 2008, Mineral Wells Index . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  26. ↑ "Rock's finders discovering celebrity not always pleasant" ( Memento from January 11, 2010 in the web archive archive.today ), by David Mai, August 12, 2008, Mineral Wells Index . Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  27. ↑ Transparent fakery , Pharyngula (blog) . July 28, 2008. Archived from the original on July 29, 2008. Retrieved on February 19, 2007. 
  28. ^ "Human footprints along with dinosaur tracks?"  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , by Bud Kennedy, Aug 10, 2008, Fort Worth Star-Telegram .@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.star-telegram.com  
  29. ^ Creation / Evolution , National Center for Science Education . Issue 15 (Volume 5, Number 1 - Winter 1985). Retrieved February 19, 2007. 

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