Today's WTF? moment. . .
From the "just when you thought you'd heard it all" department:Due to pressure from Bush Administration officials, the National Park Service is not permitted to give an official age for the Grand Canyon. Additionally, a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's flood is for sale at the National Park's bookstore.
The sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View was scheduled for review over three years ago, but no such review has been schedule or even requested. The creationist book was the only item approved for sale in 2003 (22 other items were rejected).
posted by John Good @ 5:51 PM
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I emailed the link to the PEER newsletter on this to everyone I know.
Total BS, no ifs ands or butts.
No wonder this country is sliding so far behind others in math & sciences!!!!
The major consensus of geologist place the age of the Canyon basin to between 2 and 6 million years. They the Vishnu Schist at the bottom of the Inner Gorge is 2 BILLION years of age and the relatively spry Kaibab Limestone on the Rim is only 230 million years young. Of course, this is all bunk, because the dinosaur riding cowboys of 6,000 years ago made the canyons by holding dino-rodeos in the area.
That second sentence should read . . . "They BELIEVE the Vishnu Schist at the bottom of the Inner Gorge . . . " And now back to your regularly scheduled evangelical mind programming.
Oh yes and a blonde, blue-eyed Jesus rode an ass into the Canyon on his way to the temple. They forgot that part.
Peacechick Mary-
He road an ass into the canyon?
Wow, didn't realize Bush was that old!!
The old joke goes, "The Bible has proof that Jesus' mother Mary was a real nag. It is said that she rode Joseph's ass all the way to Bethlehem."
On my last visit to the Grand Canyon, I learned that the present consensus was that most of the erosion was due to cataclysmic flooding and not as gradual as once thought. This was from perusing the books in the shop and from listening in on a Ranger guided tour. So if one is to believe that "Noah's Flood" took place, it is safe to assume that in part, some of the erosion was due to that particular flood.
Our visit was five years ago. So in the meantime, the Bushshites have probably cleansed the store of Science.
It would be interesting to see what 22 books were rejects.
Everyone should see the Grand Canyon in their life. A natural and humbling shock and awe.
Tip - Stay at the east (so. rim) campground. I thinks it's called Desert View. It's a smaller campground that's usually away from the crowds. For those with a lot of time and wanting to rough it a bit more, No. rim it.
Never done the No. rim, but maybe someday........
Peace.
Science. International law. The Constitution. It seems Bush has done away with everything that made us a great country.
Seriously, wtf?!
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