Creationist Pests in Science Museums
• Miseducation
I used to debate with Christian fundagelicals. Many, many years ago. Hearing them parrot the same illogic repeatedly was too wearing to continue.
What a thankless task for someone working in a science museum. Civilly debating ignorant people who believe a silly patchwork of folklore and legend. Better them that me.
"Just telling them they are wrong is not going to be effective," he said.
Instead, he told the volunteers that when they encounter religious fundamentalists they should emphasize that science museums live by the rules of science. They seek answers in nature to questions about nature, they look for explanations that can be tested by experiment and observation in the material world, and they understand that all scientific knowledge is provisional - capable of being overturned when better answers are discovered.
"Is it against all religion?" he asked. "No. But it is against some religions."