Creationist Museum Acquires 5,000-Year-Old T. Rex Skeleton

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » 2003-01-15 11:32am

http://www.theonion.com/onion3901/creat ... useum.html

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-01-15 11:39am

Every so often, I get headaches. Then I realize it's from smacking myself on the forehead while reacting to stupidity.

For the record, I realize this is a joke article, but it REALLY COULD be, word for word, on any creationist website in the world. I would bet that there are even some creationist sites that might recieve this article forwarded to them who wouldn't know of the Onion's rep and would put it up as real.

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2003-01-15 11:39am

Hmmm...for a moment I thought that it was true, I realised that the site was a satirical site. The satire isn't very obvious, though...

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-15 11:59am

The saddest part is while trying to be satrical they actually pointed out many Creationist things far too closely.

I know it's trying to make fun of them, but the saddest part is this what many creationist would do and say about said creature(the Noah's ark bit alone)

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2003-01-15 01:57pm

When the line between satire and reality is blured...it's never a good sign

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-01-15 03:05pm

Majin Gojira wrote:When the line between satire and reality is blured...it's never a good sign

That's good satire then on the level of Swift almost when saying to parliament that eating children was a good way of keeping orthanages clear etc.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-01-15 03:44pm

If anyone here is un-aquainted with the wonderfull "Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr." Carl Baugh, please enjoy the link below. He's the one who sent me on the quest for stupidity in the first place. His TV show can be seen on Trinity Broadcast Network on Thursday nights. Check your local listings, when it isn't pee your pants funny, it's incredibly offensive. If this article wasn't from The Onion, he might be gullible enough to swallow it.

http://www.creationevidence.org/

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-01-15 07:05pm

Ghost Rider wrote:The saddest part is while trying to be satrical they actually pointed out many Creationist things far too closely.

I know it's trying to make fun of them, but the saddest part is this what many creationist would do and say about said creature(the Noah's ark bit alone)

No, the saddest part would be when some shit-headded creationists coppies the article and starts publishing it as proof of creationism.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-15 07:47pm

"I have even received an exciting letter from a paleontologist at UCLA asserting that Methuselah could be even older than 5,000 years. Who knows, it might even date back to the Sixth Day of Creation."

Best line in the whole piece. They pulled off the fundie Creationist misinterpretation of others' objections perfectly.