Genesis Expo
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The Genesis Expo is a permanent exhibition and shop dedicated to the creationist belief that life on earth originated by design, not by Darwinian natural selection
. It is located in the former National Provincial Bank in Portsmouth
, UK. It is financed by the Creation Science Movement
(formerly known as the Evolution Protest Movement).
The exhibition itself consists of twelve dioramas containing artifacts such as fossil
s and model animals. The accompanying text centres on raising objections to aspects of the theory of evolution and promoting the role of a deliberate designer in creating life. There are also some large model dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs. From the association with the Creation Science Movement, the implied designer in question may be the Judeo-Christian god, although this is not stated overtly anywhere in the exhibition.
Charles Darwin
's famous quote on the human eye
from 'On the Origin of Species', where Darwin's omission that the development of something as intricate as the human eye can seem 'absurd'. However, later attempts by developmental biologists to hypothesize on how such evolution may have taken place are not included in the display. The theory of evolution itself is presented as a theory of random chance, with a presentation of arguments against evolution. One example apparently mocks the idea of abiogenesis
out of the primordial 'soup' as it shows an actual soup can with a human hand emerging from the top.
Natural selection
Natural selection is the nonrandom process by which biologic traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of differential reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism of evolution....
. It is located in the former National Provincial Bank in Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
, UK. It is financed by the Creation Science Movement
Creation Science Movement
The Creation Science Movement is a British Creationist organisation which lays claim to the title "the oldest creationist movement in the world"...
(formerly known as the Evolution Protest Movement).
The exhibition itself consists of twelve dioramas containing artifacts such as fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s and model animals. The accompanying text centres on raising objections to aspects of the theory of evolution and promoting the role of a deliberate designer in creating life. There are also some large model dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs. From the association with the Creation Science Movement, the implied designer in question may be the Judeo-Christian god, although this is not stated overtly anywhere in the exhibition.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
's famous quote on the human eye
Eye
Eyes are organs that detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. The simplest photoreceptors in conscious vision connect light to movement...
from 'On the Origin of Species', where Darwin's omission that the development of something as intricate as the human eye can seem 'absurd'. However, later attempts by developmental biologists to hypothesize on how such evolution may have taken place are not included in the display. The theory of evolution itself is presented as a theory of random chance, with a presentation of arguments against evolution. One example apparently mocks the idea of abiogenesis
Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis or biopoesis is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose...
out of the primordial 'soup' as it shows an actual soup can with a human hand emerging from the top.
External links
- Creation Science Movement webpage
- Creation Science Movement — British Centre for Science EducationBritish Centre for Science EducationThe British Centre for Science Education is a volunteer-run organization in the United Kingdom that has the goal of "countering creationism within the UK" and was formed to campaign against the teaching of creationism in schools.- Activities :...