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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>One area where religious dogma has encroached into science can be found in public museums:<br />
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==New Orleans Audubon Aquarium of the Americas==<br />
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[[Image:Audubon aquarium.jpg|center]]<br />
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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 />
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[[Image:Audubon aquarium2.jpg|center]]<br />
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Imagine my surprise when I came upon this prestigious aquarium's educational material on sharks:<br />
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[[Image:Sharks in culture.jpg|center]]<br />
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As part of their "sharks in popular culture" display there was an interesting blurb about the account of Jonah from the Bible:<br />
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[[Image:Jonah and whale.jpg|center]]<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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