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pecuniumDid you know the Grand Canyon is an artifact of the Noachian flood? Me neither.
But if you want the details on how that glorious ditch was formed, you can read all about it in Grand Canyon: A Different View, by Tom Vail.
"Where," I hear your breathless cries, "can I get a copy of this wonderful tome, full of wit and wisdom?"
At the visitor centers of the National Park Service.
It seems it somehow ended up on the shelves, and in response to protest, according to Peer News... nothing happend.
"In August of 2003, Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Joe Alston attempted to block the sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View, by Tom Vail, a book explaining how the park’s central feature developed on a biblical rather than an evolutionary time scale. NPS Headquarters, however, intervened and overruled Alston. To quiet the resulting furor, NPS Chief of Communications David Barna told reporters that there would be a high-level policy review, distributing talking points stating: “We hope to have a final decision in February [2004].” In fact, the promised review never occurred
In an interview with The Baptist Press News NPS spokesperson Elaine Sevy said, “Now that the book has become quite popular, we don’t want to remove it.” Which is the sort of thing any author wants to hear.
Me, I happen to want to hear that the National Parks Service is teaching truth. Not "T"ruth, which is unknowable (are we to hear about the Lammanites in Zion? Shall the Elephants, standing on turtles; all the way down, also be taught?) but simple science. Theories, even hypothosies; things which can be tested, and falsified.
But nope... this is not going to happen. The link to PEER has other links to .pdfs of documents in the dispute., but for now... Your tax dollars are buying these books, so they can be resold, and save you money, on taxes. They are rubbish, but hey... we're saving money, and that's what it's all about, right?
But if you want the details on how that glorious ditch was formed, you can read all about it in Grand Canyon: A Different View, by Tom Vail.
"Where," I hear your breathless cries, "can I get a copy of this wonderful tome, full of wit and wisdom?"
At the visitor centers of the National Park Service.
It seems it somehow ended up on the shelves, and in response to protest, according to Peer News... nothing happend.
"In August of 2003, Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Joe Alston attempted to block the sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View, by Tom Vail, a book explaining how the park’s central feature developed on a biblical rather than an evolutionary time scale. NPS Headquarters, however, intervened and overruled Alston. To quiet the resulting furor, NPS Chief of Communications David Barna told reporters that there would be a high-level policy review, distributing talking points stating: “We hope to have a final decision in February [2004].” In fact, the promised review never occurred
In an interview with The Baptist Press News NPS spokesperson Elaine Sevy said, “Now that the book has become quite popular, we don’t want to remove it.” Which is the sort of thing any author wants to hear.
Me, I happen to want to hear that the National Parks Service is teaching truth. Not "T"ruth, which is unknowable (are we to hear about the Lammanites in Zion? Shall the Elephants, standing on turtles; all the way down, also be taught?) but simple science. Theories, even hypothosies; things which can be tested, and falsified.
But nope... this is not going to happen. The link to PEER has other links to .pdfs of documents in the dispute., but for now... Your tax dollars are buying these books, so they can be resold, and save you money, on taxes. They are rubbish, but hey... we're saving money, and that's what it's all about, right?
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Date: 2004-10-26 11:30 am (UTC)inge