National Trust reference creationism at Giant's Causeway
6th July 2012
The National Trust has defended its decision to include references to creationist theory at a new state-of-the-art visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
The move was hailed by a christian group which said the gesture "both respects and acknowledges an alternative viewpoint" on the origins of the earth.
But after facing criticism for including theories that the planet is only 6,000 years old, the Trust said it had merely acknowledged the presence of such views and was committed to scientific evidence on the origins of the Causeway.
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National Trust reference creationism at Giant's Causeway
6th July 2012
The National Trust has defended its decision to include references to creationist theory at a new state-of-the-art visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
The move was hailed by a christian group which said the gesture "both respects and acknowledges an alternative viewpoint" on the origins of the earth.
But after facing criticism for including theories that the planet is only 6,000 years old, the Trust said it had merely acknowledged the presence of such views and was committed to scientific evidence on the origins of the Causeway.
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