RELEASE: Over 250 Atheists to Visit Creation Museum
July 30, 2009
For release: immediately upon receipt
Contact: Lyz Liddell, (614) 441-9588
For release: immediately upon receipt
Contact: Lyz Liddell, (614) 441-9588
Lyz(AT)secularstudents(DOT)org
Over 250 Atheists to Visit Creation Museum
COLUMBUS, OH - Over 250 atheists, including popular atheist blogger PZ Myers, are set to descend on the biblically-inspired Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY.
On Friday, August 7, the Secular Student Alliance will lead the nonbelievers through the Creation Museum as part of its 9th Annual National Conference, with the intent of exploring a worldview with which they largely disagree.
"It should be great fun. I've got a long list of questions to ask," said PZ Myers, author of the blog Pharyngula and vocal opponent of the Museum's teachings. "I'm going to have to prune it down a lot."
Myers was already scheduled to speak at the conference when the SSA offered the opportunity to visit the Museum. "They suggested that I adjust my travel schedule a tiny bit and come down a day early, and we'd take a little side trip," said Myers.
The Secular Student Alliance sees the trip as an opportunity to learn first-hand what biblical creationists are teaching. SSA Senior Campus Organizer Lyz Liddell, the organizer for this event, explains, "We're visiting the museum to show that we aren't afraid of challenges to our worldview."
Although the group of nonbelievers at the Museum will be large in number, their intent is not to cause a disturbance or disrupt the museum's usual operation. "We are guests, and we will behave in a respectful and courteous manner," Liddell states.
The Secular Student Alliance supports a network of over 145 student groups composed of atheists, agnostics and other nonbelievers. Leaders of these groups will be converging on Columbus, OH for training and networking during the weekend conference, where Myers will deliver a keynote address.
The Secular Student Alliance is an educational nonprofit whose mission is to organize, unite, educate and serve students and student communities that promote the ideals of scientific rationality, secularism, democracy, and human-based ethics. Learn more at http://www.secularstudents.org.
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Over 250 Atheists to Visit Creation Museum
COLUMBUS, OH - Over 250 atheists, including popular atheist blogger PZ Myers, are set to descend on the biblically-inspired Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY.On Friday, August 7, the Secular Student Alliance will lead the nonbelievers through the Creation Museum as part of its 9th Annual National Conference, with the intent of exploring a worldview with which they largely disagree.
"It should be great fun. I've got a long list of questions to ask," said PZ Myers, author of the blog Pharyngula and vocal opponent of the Museum's teachings. "I'm going to have to prune it down a lot."
Myers was already scheduled to speak at the conference when the SSA offered the opportunity to visit the Museum. "They suggested that I adjust my travel schedule a tiny bit and come down a day early, and we'd take a little side trip," said Myers.
The Secular Student Alliance sees the trip as an opportunity to learn first-hand what biblical creationists are teaching. SSA Senior Campus Organizer Lyz Liddell, the organizer for this event, explains, "We're visiting the museum to show that we aren't afraid of challenges to our worldview."
Although the group of nonbelievers at the Museum will be large in number, their intent is not to cause a disturbance or disrupt the museum's usual operation. "We are guests, and we will behave in a respectful and courteous manner," Liddell states.
The Secular Student Alliance supports a network of over 145 student groups composed of atheists, agnostics and other nonbelievers. Leaders of these groups will be converging on Columbus, OH for training and networking during the weekend conference, where Myers will deliver a keynote address.
The Secular Student Alliance is an educational nonprofit whose mission is to organize, unite, educate and serve students and student communities that promote the ideals of scientific rationality, secularism, democracy, and human-based ethics. Learn more at http://www.secularstudents.org.
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Submitted by Lyz on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 01:27
