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    Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?

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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    08/06/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    I grew up in a family business. Whenever we received a check that had a Jesus Fish on it we automatically demand COD and denied NET-30 or NET-60. Why? Because after a few years we recognized a pattern -- devout Christians (those so religious that they put Jesus Fish on their business checks) are horrible with money and if we gave them 30 or 60 says to pay they disproportionately would pay late or default. Our theory was that people who "put it all in the Lord's hands" tend to be bad with finance because, well, they put their lives in the hands of "the Lord" instead of actually making informed and careful decisions based on things like "facts" and "numbers" -- which are important things to base decisions on when you own a business.
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    Image of Michael Bauser Michael Bauser
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    I'd buy it, but I can't afford it, because working for real scientists doesn't pay that well.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Their Flume ride lasts 40 days.
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    Image of SeaBassTian SeaBassTian
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    "Saying he was employed by God and his ministers were not subject to payroll taxes, he claimed no income or property." Damn it to hell, if only I could channel my inner preacher, perhaps I could transform my massive tax debt into a personal collection plate. Or at least have the balls of steel that this Jesus freak seems to be packing. Maybe Wesley Snipes should have tried this defense.
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    Image of WhiteMan'sBourbon WhiteMan'sBourbon
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Everything was going fine until the velociraptors escaped their cages and began teaching bible-study classes in the pachycephalus preserve.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/05/09

    @antisocialite: See, the problem is that they filled in the gaps in their DNA with scientologist sequences.
    Idiocy finds a way.
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    Image of BigGayJay BigGayJay
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Is "29 Cummings" the address or one of the attractions?
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    Image of She_of_the_Socks She_of_the_Socks
    08/05/09

    @BigGayJay: Neither. Jesus has had something of a dry spell. The Rapture is going to be c r a z y sexy.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    My favorite dinosaur exhibit is the one about the New York Times.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Wait, wait! Is that the place that had Adam and Eve riding a Tyrannosaurus Rex in that one episode with that Duggar (Big Love) family?! They totally went to some creationist museum, and Lordy, it was some of the scariest stuff I've ever seen. It was like Sid and Marty Krofft go Evangelical. Sleestacks and Judas. Puff the Magic Dragon and Mary Magdalene.
    I’m going to hell for this. BUT in a Great Space Coaster!
    I’m so bad.
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    Image of muppet_baby muppet_baby
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Looks like the founders of the theme park should have checked their Book of Numbers a little more carefully!
    Eh?...Ehhhh?

    Sigh.

    And take out the Creationism aspect and...well, yes, I'd like to buy a theme park about dinosaurs.
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    Magister promoted this comment Edited by muppet_baby at 08/05/09 4:50 PM muppet_baby was starred muppet_baby was unstarred
    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    When I read the headline, I was hoping that the Creation Museum had gone under, but alas, not to be.

    The amusement park shysters are just suffering God's righteous wrath for calling prehistoric thunder-lizards dinosaurs instead of their proper name, Jesus horses.
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    Edited by Claire Buoyant at 08/05/09 4:37 PM Claire Buoyant was starred Claire Buoyant was unstarred
    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    I heard "The Devil Planted the Fossils" minecart ride is amazing.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    08/05/09

    @resipsaloquacious: As is "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Through the Book of Genesis."
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    Image of dragonhorse dragonhorse
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Maybe HL Mencken was WRONG! Seems like someone DID go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. And how nice for them!
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    08/05/09

    @dragonhorse: This would be true if the a-holes who built it didn't believe they were doing god's work. And even though the story doesn't specify, I suspect the founders are believers.
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    08/05/09

    In reply to Who Wants to Buy a Science-Denying Theme Park About Dinosaurs?
    Something tells me the guy who writes for Geekologie will be first in line to buy this place at auction.
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