A Response to Rev. Jonathon Weyer's article "A Christian Stands Alone at the Creation Museum"

At the ending of reading Rev. Jonathon Weyer's article, I was a little disappointment over how the Rev. summed up his experience at the Creation Museum. In the beginning, I was surprised and actually glad when the Rev. dismissed the museum and spoke of how as a Christian who believed in evolution, he was stuck by how much of the museum was built to attack the faithful who also had scientific leanings, not atheists. This perfectly illustrated the discussion we had on class Friday, when it was illustrated how some theists and atheists are "closed minded". This Rev., although a Christian, realized that this museum was not even scientific, and he also realized that the museum was only for very conservative Christians, not all Christians. In a way, it is funny to see the divided even in Christianity. The idea that atheists cannot even agree with one another lends not a lot of hope to the atheist v. theist debate.

What mad me upset about the end of the article was how the Rev, prayed to God after he realized he was acting to pompous towards both Christians and atheists. He writes, "My issue had become that my pride had taken over against both Christians and atheists. I had become perfectly treacherous to two groups of people and had grown to love the feeling. This had been the real part of my reluctance to attend the Creation Museum. I had been afraid that I would have to pick a side and lose my superior status". Now I do not mind that he recognized his shortcomings. I just was taken back when he said he was looking down at other atheists. By this part, the Rev. had changed from an open-minded theist back to just a theist. I think he was right in the beginning to shoot down the museum. I also think he should not have to forgive himself for believing in what he believes. If being "open-minded" makes him a bad Christian, it is better then being strictly Christian.

Q: Should creationism be taught alongside evolution in schools?

Here's the ariticle if anyone needs to reference it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-jonathan-weyer/alone-at-the-creation-mus_b_840540.html