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[Lena Struwe]

For scientists in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana (USA) only... (and please 
forward to your colleagues in these states)

Please consider signing this statement of concern about a new Creation 
"Museum" (see http://www.creationmuseum.org/ or 
http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/walkthrough/ ) that will open on 
May 28 in Kentucky.  An article in the Guardian included this quote 
about this new "Museum": 
"The Creation Museum - motto: "Prepare to Believe!" - will be the first 
institution in the world whose contents, with the exception of a few 
turtles swimming in an artificial pond, are entirely fake." (link: 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1946370,00.html )
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Here is some information from National Center for Science Education's 
website and their statement:


Parents, educators, scientists, clergy, and other citizens are concerned 
about scientifically inaccurate exhibits at the Creation Museum in 
Petersburg, KY, operated by Answers in Genesis, a fundamentalist 
Christian ministry. The statement below has been prepared by and for 
scientists in KY, OH, and IN. Please feel free to sign if you are a 
scientist from KY, OH, or IN. And please circulate this statement among 
your colleagues. The National Center for Science Education 
(http://ncseweb.org/ ) is administering the collection of signatures.

*Statement of Concern*
We, the undersigned scientists at universities and colleges in Kentucky, 
Ohio, and Indiana, are concerned about scientifically inaccurate 
materials at the Answers in Genesis museum. Students who accept this 
material as scientifically valid are unlikely to succeed in science 
courses at the college level. These students will need remedial 
instruction in the nature of science, as well as in the specific areas 
of science misrepresented by Answers in Genesis.

*Sign this statement on this web page:  http://www.sciohost.org/states/ ,
but *only ***you are a scientist (faculty or post-doctoral level) from 
IN, KY, or OH. *

Thanks!
Lena

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Dr. Lena Struwe
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources/ Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathology
Rutgers University 
237 Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551, USA
phone: (732) 932-9711 ext. 235, fax: (732) 932-9441
e-mail: struwe at aesop.rutgers.edu  
home page: www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe    
GENTIAN RESEARCH NETWORK: http://gentian.rutgers.edu 
Director, CHRYSLER HERBARIUM: http://herbarium.rutgers.edu