Whether your beliefs are private, public, well-formed or well-argued - they will not permit any challenge of their 'junk science'. No. Evolutionists are right - always! We know this because they have told us so ad nauseam.'A zoo that promotes creationism and believes that the story of Noah’s Ark is supported by science has become an approved school trip destination.
The move has provoked a war of words between the Christians who run Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm and those who believe it will expose children to ‘dogma’.
Visitors to the attraction are invited to question the traditional view of evolution and consider instead ‘the case for a Creator’ – with information boards challenging established science such as fossil records, carbon dating and the speed of light.
A tiger from Noah's Ark Zoo farm, which is now an approved school trip destination
Critics say the decision to award it a Government kitemark is ‘entirely inappropriate’.
But bosses at the family-run zoo, in Wraxall, near Bristol, insist that workshops for children merely cover the national science curriculum and do not include discussion of religion.
They admit that youngsters visiting the centre are free to go to an area where posters and charts advance its religious beliefs.
James Gray, education officer at the British Humanist Association, condemned the award of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom ‘quality badge’ – a scheme devised by the last government.
He told the Times Educational Supplement: ‘It is entirely inappropriate that it should support an establishment that advances creationism and seeks to discredit a wide variety of established scientific facts that challenge their religious views.’
The move has provoked a war of words between the Christians who run Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm and those who believe it will expose children to ‘dogma’.
Visitors to the attraction are invited to question the traditional view of evolution and consider instead ‘the case for a Creator’ – with information boards challenging established science such as fossil records, carbon dating and the speed of light.
A tiger from Noah's Ark Zoo farm, which is now an approved school trip destination
Critics say the decision to award it a Government kitemark is ‘entirely inappropriate’.
But bosses at the family-run zoo, in Wraxall, near Bristol, insist that workshops for children merely cover the national science curriculum and do not include discussion of religion.
They admit that youngsters visiting the centre are free to go to an area where posters and charts advance its religious beliefs.
James Gray, education officer at the British Humanist Association, condemned the award of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom ‘quality badge’ – a scheme devised by the last government.
He told the Times Educational Supplement: ‘It is entirely inappropriate that it should support an establishment that advances creationism and seeks to discredit a wide variety of established scientific facts that challenge their religious views.’
