--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on > > Geology > > > > Washington, DC -- Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to > give > > an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, > due > > to pressure from Bush administration appointees. Despite promising > a > > prompt review of its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon > was > > created by Noah's flood rather than by geologic forces, more than > > three years later no review has ever been done and the book > remains on > > sale at the park, according to documents released today by Public > > Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). > > > > "In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our > National > > Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology," > stated > > PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. "It is disconcerting that the > > official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the > > Grand Canyon is 'no comment.'">> > > I know, I heard about this. Fucking unbelievable. Someone shoot sue > Bush and his cronies for this, and MDIXON their supporter. > > OffWorld >
****************** The official web site of the National Park Service dealing with the Grand Canyon does answer the question How old is it?: http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/grandcanyon/faq.htm#3
