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Who's Afraid of the Museum of the Bible?
Mosaic ^ | Jan. 2 2018 | Diana Muir Appelbaum

Posted on 01/11/2018 6:17:46 AM PST by tbw2

Critics accuse it of threatening the separation of church and state; in truth, Washington’s new museum makes an invaluable contribution to American (and Jewish) cultural literacy.

(Excerpt) Read more at mosaicmagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: biblemuseum; dc; faithandphilosophy; hobbylobby; motb; museum; museumofthebible; religion

1 posted on 01/11/2018 6:17:46 AM PST by tbw2
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To: tbw2

I’m anxious to go down and see this, when the weather is better.


2 posted on 01/11/2018 6:24:57 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: tbw2
Oh my goodness...Ozzy Osbourne and his son Jack visited the Ark Encounter and it went well.

If the "Prince of Darkness" doesn't burst into flames at that museum, I don't think snowflakes will melt at the Museum of the Bible


3 posted on 01/11/2018 6:41:07 AM PST by DoodleBob
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To: tbw2
Who's Afraid of the Museum of the Bible?

Who?

Ignorant, unstable, angry, unaccomplished psychos, usually perverts, often violent type antifas.

Next question...

4 posted on 01/11/2018 6:42:52 AM PST by publius911 (CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
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To: tbw2

What’s a “separation of church and state” ?


5 posted on 01/11/2018 6:57:21 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: Jamestown1630

Excellent review.

I want to see the MOTB as well.


6 posted on 01/11/2018 6:59:53 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: DoodleBob

I took my family to the Ark Encounter last year. What a massive building. It was also pretty cool looking at some of the engineering ideas to solve some of the refuse, waste, air and water problems. Quite the visit and all seven seemed to like it.


7 posted on 01/11/2018 7:09:36 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: marktwain

I work just a few blocks away, but have not yet had a chance to visit. Waiting for spring!


8 posted on 01/11/2018 7:10:03 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: tbw2

islamists and their democrat cohorts.


9 posted on 01/11/2018 7:35:51 AM PST by onedoug
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To: wbarmy

Went to see Ark Encounter and Creation Museum last year. The Ark Encounter was interesting, especially in the explanations given for care of animals, etc. The Creation Museum was still under construction, or at least the parking lot. The grounds are beautiful but I found the exhibits to contain a lot of repetition with Ark Encounter. In addition, it is not constructed to handle heavy crowds like the Ark. Definitely would suggest going there on a non busy day.

If you make it to these attractions, I definitely recommend a trip to Bardstown, KY to visit some of the bourbon distilleries. We took in several and acted like bootleggers of old in bringing back our stashes of small batch bourbon.


10 posted on 01/11/2018 8:09:37 AM PST by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: Jamestown1630

We’re going on Saturday.


11 posted on 01/11/2018 9:15:43 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: SunkenCiv; SJackson

This is a long, but detailed review by an apparently Jewish historian; her notes about archaeology may interest you as well. The first half of the long article is devoted to refuting the many knee-jerk, biased criticisms that were leveled against this museum even before it opened.

But the entire second half is her review of how favorably she compares this museum against her familiarity with the best ancient history/Irael-focused collections in the world, and that the museum, although founded by evangelicals, has so much well researched and presented material to offer Jewish visitors.


12 posted on 01/11/2018 10:11:43 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Winning isn't as easy as I make it look. -- Donald J. Trump)
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To: cyclotic

They’ve had features about it on the local news, and it looks like quite an experience.


13 posted on 01/11/2018 10:53:02 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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