His name is Edgar Nernberg, and when he’s not sitting on the board of directors of Big Valley’s Creationist Museum or actively lobbying for the inclusion of creationism in Alberta’s school curriculum, Nernberg operates a backhoe in Calgary.
It was in the seat of that machine that Nernberg made the discovery being hailed by scientists in Alberta as one of the most important fossil finds in decades, helping to solve an evolutionary puzzle dating back 60 million years.
Not that Nernberg is buying that date for a second: To him, the five perfectly preserved fossil fish, found while excavating a basement in northwest Calgary, are just more proof of a world created by God only a few thousand years ago.
“No, it hasn’t changed my mind. We all have the same evidence, and it’s just a matter of how you interpret it,” says Nernberg.
In response to the evidence that disputes his claim that the earth is only about 6,000 years old Nernberg had this to say:
“There’s no dates stamped on these thing."
And that my friends is why there is no arguing with people like this.
And the frightening part is that the museum that this guy contributes to, and others all around the world like it, are actively teaching young children lies in order to protect their religious faith from being undermined by actual scientific evidence.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
ReplyDeleteDont be a hater, Gryphen!
ReplyDeleteWere you there when God wrinkled his omnipotent nose and begatted the Universe? Were you? WERE YOU THERE???
How can anybody write about something that happened when they weren't even there? Who does that????? At least the Bible Thumperers have the fact-filled Scripture to tell them precisely what went on. But you?? You got NOTHING!! YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE!!
(And that explains why religulous institutions pay no property taxes even tho they occupy large tracts of real - and unreal - estate and consume mass quantities of government resources.)
Praise Jeebus!
Hi Beldar!
DeleteWere you there when they wrote the Bible or when God Created?
DeleteJesus wept. I wish God existed so He would smite this idiot down for bearing false witness.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a play about something just like this (a satire) but no one will produce it. Science funding is a political minefield and it needs to be addressed.
ReplyDeleteGive it up, Anon. We're indisputably living in a post-satirical age. Nothing you can imagine in your undoubtedly creative mind compares to the stupidity of today's reality. Even Beldar J Conehead has given up satire and now works as a driver for Bark 'N Bowl, that new web-based service that delivers food and removes dead animal carcasses from your home with the click of an app.
DeleteI have heard a Baptist preacher state that when God created the earth, God hid dinosaur fossils in the ground in order to test people's faith when the fossils were eventually found.
ReplyDeleteMalicious bastard, that God is.
Not to mention petty and vain.
Deletewow. Gotta admit, that's pretty clever of the preacher to dream up such nonsense. If only that kind of brain power could be used for good.
DeleteWhat a dumb mother f*cker he is!
ReplyDeleteUnshakable belief in things that just aren't true is a red-flag symptom of a sick mind.
ReplyDeleteHe should know. He aid big bucks for his relic of Jesus' cross, but he knows beyond a doubt that it is the real cross. It has the date 33AD chiseled on its base.
ReplyDeleteWhat a maroon! How does a fish become a fossil in some basement in Canada, if it doesn't make sense (to him) it's not true, because he want's a date stamped on the thing. That Bible you thump, does it have days and dates and times as proof? That being said, having just redone my kitchen, they'd make some kickass backsplashes and countertops if they were sealed and polished. Since this ass doesn't believe the numbers, wonder if he'd sell them on ebay? So some Science Museum could share them with the public as proof of evolution?
ReplyDeleteWhen people believe they see images of Jesus, Mary or some saints, and they get two or more in agreement, then it's a holy relic, a sign from god.
“There’s no dates stamped on these thing."
ReplyDeleteWell, he's wrong. Oh, the date isn't visible, but it can be gotten. There's only one problem. He would have to accept the concept of Carbon 14 and carbon dating. And you just KNOW he would die first before accepting that.
I can no longer find them, but a few years ago a geologist posted two videos on Youtube that he made at the NE Kentucky site of the Creation Museum, showing and giving a lot of background on the two 20+ million-year-old fossil layers that were excavated during the site prep. Their museum, dedicated to the proposition that the earth is 5000 yrs old, literally has its foundation set in ancient fossil layers deposited when the area was covered by an inland sea. A pretty good metaphor for how deeply their heads are rooted in their asses. Yeah, Ken Ham, I'm looking at you.
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