"...should the NPS be 'honoring' this aspect of religion?"

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"...should the NPS be 'honoring' this aspect of religion?"

Tom Brosz — 11/20/2004 1:12:29 AM (archived)

Check out the Devil's Tower NPS site. There are no less than five creation stories described there.

Here's the bookstore page.

There are geology books, and books describing creation myths.

Indian religious rituals are still actively practiced on park land, including prayer offerings, sweatlodge ceremonies, vision quests, and the Sun Dance.

I have attended Christian church services at National Park chapels a number of times.

Should this be illegal? Why, or why not?

Are some religions more equal than others? You don't think a certain hostility toward fundamentalist Judeo-Christian traditions on the part of the Left just might have a bit more to do with this issue than any real concern for the Constitution?

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expect more crap like this under our 'god fearing' president... - R.L. - 11/19/2004 9:32:48 PM
- Yeah It Really Sucks - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:15:46 PM
  - Man, you really buy the negative campaign ads. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/22/2004 4:42:49 PM
    - Where were you during the last two Democratic admins? - ID - 11/23/2004 7:12:35 PM
      - Your 20/20 hindsight is at once both remarkable and revisionist. Keep it up! (n/t) - PPD - 11/23/2004 9:00:09 PM
        
        Really? - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 4:07:10 AM
      - Right here, enjoying the absence of foreign adventures. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/23/2004 7:25:36 PM
        
        So You Enjoyed 911? - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 4:09:02 AM
        
        Ah. Back to the invasion-of-Iraq-equals-revenge-for-911 silliness. Get a leg to stand on, guy. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/24/2004 4:32:29 PM
        
        Get A Clue - ID - 11/25/2004 11:42:23 AM
  - "Weak Foreign Policy"?? - Lindy - 11/21/2004 6:19:40 PM
    - It's Simple Lindy - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 9:57:08 PM
  - And this is related to 9-11 in what way? - R.L. - 11/21/2004 5:47:47 PM
    - As For You In Post Comments - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 6:02:31 PM
      - As for the issue of "political ignorance"............... - Publius - 11/22/2004 12:26:10 AM
        
        Blah Blah Blah - Mark Eby - 11/22/2004 2:02:12 AM
    - Nominate A Decent Candidate Next Time - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:54:19 PM
- Our True Believers believe anything. Their "reality" is based on precisely that sort of underpinning. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/20/2004 6:04:13 AM
  - The Ones That Believe The World Is A Sunnny Place If The US Would Just Leave It Alone? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:16:46 PM
  - And they don't believe Islam and the communist economic system should be taught in schools. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/20/2004 6:07:37 AM
    - On the contrary... - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:00:41 AM
      - Oh, Tom, get honest. - Bowser - 11/20/2004 7:29:35 AM
        
        Teaching and advocating - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:44:42 PM
        
        Where do you get these impressions? - FrankC - 11/20/2004 6:53:46 PM
        
        And TB screams when it's mentioned. Short memories. Convenient memories. - Bowser - 11/22/2004 8:13:47 AM
        
        If a tenth as many academics advocated Christianity in colleges as advocate Marxism, you'd have a cow. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 5:34:20 PM
- Is the fundie creation myth less valid than the Indian creation myth? - ebnelson - 11/20/2004 4:04:43 AM
  - If the fundie creation myth were taught in literature and in anthropology where it belongs, no. - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 12:43:31 PM
    - I'm not so sure... - FrankC - 11/20/2004 7:28:48 PM
      - Similar to the lack of communist indoctrination - alcaray - 11/22/2004 4:46:16 PM
        
        What were/are your majors in college? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 5:59:50 PM
        
        re: What were/are your majors in college? - alcaray - 11/22/2004 6:18:16 PM
        
        Is Art History - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 4:12:30 AM
        
        For all you know he might have degrees in all those subjects. - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 6:57:03 AM
        
        My Actual Assumption - Mark Eby - 11/25/2004 6:43:42 PM
      - I'm not so sure thorough is accurate. - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:37:05 PM
        
        Bad choice of words - FrankC - 11/21/2004 7:25:37 PM
  - No, they are both equally invalid- the difference is.... - RL. - 11/20/2004 5:21:56 AM
    - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 5:35:18 AM
    - Cripes...did you live in Matherville where Mary Anne lives? - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 5:31:43 AM
      - Do You Go To Church? - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:48:26 PM
        
        Tom has mentioned the Lutheran church. - Mary Anne - 11/21/2004 9:26:54 PM
      - It's a pretty safe bet that people whose careers are intimately associated with science won't meet the Mathervillians - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 7:17:10 PM
        
        Methinks that should be spelled "Mathervillains" (n/t) - Fox - 11/21/2004 4:02:36 PM
- Geez, so don't buy the damn book. - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2004 10:30:42 PM
  - Damn the book. DAMN IT! - et - 11/19/2004 11:40:00 PM
    - "...should the NPS be 'honoring' this aspect of religion?" - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 1:12:29 AM
      - False advertizing - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 1:04:36 PM
        
        re: False advertising - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:57:15 PM
        
        False Motive - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:53:21 PM
        
        re: False Motive - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 12:03:40 AM
        
        Can I Have Another Softball? - Mark Eby - 11/22/2004 2:13:00 AM
        
        I agree - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 4:17:18 AM
        
        Beyond obession- war against Christianity - REB - 11/22/2004 6:44:25 PM
        
        re: ***Fundamentalism*** is a threat to the Liberal way of life. - Mary Anne - 11/23/2004 1:16:02 AM
        
        re: ***Fundamentalism*** is a threat to the Liberal way of life. - REB - 11/23/2004 2:19:46 PM
        
        And not just fundamentalist Christianity - Fox - 11/23/2004 2:22:52 AM
        
        Don't forget fundamentalist socialism. 100 million dead this century. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 3:35:37 AM
        
        re: fundamentalist socialism - Fox - 11/23/2004 3:12:48 PM
        
        Very good way to put it. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 4:52:02 PM
        
        Hope there is a rebroadcast of "The Ascent of Man" some day - LJ - 11/23/2004 6:48:20 PM
        
        DVDs - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 7:39:13 PM
        
        Thanks, Tom! - LJ - 11/23/2004 8:59:43 PM
- re:Ah, memories!! - Raoul - 11/19/2004 9:57:44 PM

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