http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Museums_and_religion&feed=atom&action=history Museums and religion - Revision history 2024-03-28T20:31:12Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.5 http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Museums_and_religion&diff=5433&oldid=prev Pile at 19:53, 9 June 2008 2008-06-09T19:53:28Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>One area where religious dogma has encroached into science can be found in public museums:<br /> <br /> ==New Orleans Audubon Aquarium of the Americas==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Audubon aquarium.jpg|center]]<br /> <br /> Founded by the Audubon Institute, the [[Museums and religion|Aquarium of the Americas]] is one of the newest and most impressive aquariums in the United States. It contains many exhibits including several large shark tanks, a re-creation of an underwater reef at a rig in the Gulf of Mexico, an Amazon rainforest exhibit and more.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Audubon aquarium2.jpg|center]]<br /> <br /> Imagine my surprise when I came upon this prestigious aquarium's educational material on sharks:<br /> <br /> [[Image:Sharks in culture.jpg|center]]<br /> <br /> As part of their &quot;sharks in popular culture&quot; display there was an interesting blurb about the account of Jonah from the Bible:<br /> <br /> [[Image:Jonah and whale.jpg|center]]<br /> <br /> I'm not sure what a scientific museum is doing suggesting that the parable of Jonah and the whale is historically (or scientifically) accurate. Is there any scientific evidence to suggest a human being could survive three days inside the stomach of either a whale or a shark??<br /> <br /> If you would like to express your thoughts on this issue, you can contact the Aquarium of the Americas via [http://www.auduboninstitute.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Contact_Us_Survey this web form] or via e-mail to air@auduboninstitute.org.<br /> <br /> [[category:ignorance &amp; Misinformation]]<br /> [[category:scientific arguments]]</div> Pile