Adam & Eve lived among the dinosaurs... in the Grand Canyon
EDIT: Of course, it's bs. Debunk here
Like a lot of small online publications, the one below is weak on citing sources and rather light fare. I'm passing it on to point out what I think is the important point, that the National Park bookstores are not like libraries, but like classrooms. I would hope that any book with factual errors would be culled from the NPS bookstores. Books of myths, folktale, and folklore should be presented as such. Creationism is not based on fact, and won't consider itself folklore. A "different interpretation" isn't a local legend about the Grand Canyon... so I don't see that having a place on the book table.
However -- this is the book. I looked it up, since the article did not provide a link. It's a coffeetable style book. For a book with lots of photographs, it's relatively cheap at $17. The article doesn't mention that, either.
P.E.E.R. article here
( Creationist books being sold at National Park stores; rangers not allowed to state the age of the Grand Canyon )
Park officials have defended the decision to approve the sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View, claiming that park bookstores are like libraries, where the broadest range of views are displayed. In fact, however, both law and park policies make it clear that the park bookstores are more like schoolrooms rather than libraries. As such, materials are only to reflect the highest quality science and are supposed to closely support approved interpretive themes. Moreover, unlike a library the approval process is very selective. Records released to PEER show that during 2003, Grand Canyon officials rejected 22 books and other products for bookstore placement while approving only one new sale item — the creationist book.
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8.4.2 Historical and Scientific Research. Superintendents, historians, scientists, and interpretive staff are responsible for ensuring that park interpretive and educational programs and media are accurate and reflect current scholarship…Questions often arise round the presentation of geological, biological, and evolutionary processes. The interpretive and educational treatment used to explain the natural processes and history of the Earth must be based on the best scientific evidence available, as found in scholarly sources that have stood the test of scientific peer review and criticism. The facts, theories, and interpretations to be used will reflect the thinking of the scientific community in such fields as biology, geology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, and paleontology. Interpretive and educational programs must refrain from appearing to endorse religious beliefs explaining natural processes. Programs, however, may acknowledge or explain other explanations of natural processes and events.
Like a lot of small online publications, the one below is weak on citing sources and rather light fare. I'm passing it on to point out what I think is the important point, that the National Park bookstores are not like libraries, but like classrooms. I would hope that any book with factual errors would be culled from the NPS bookstores. Books of myths, folktale, and folklore should be presented as such. Creationism is not based on fact, and won't consider itself folklore. A "different interpretation" isn't a local legend about the Grand Canyon... so I don't see that having a place on the book table.
However -- this is the book. I looked it up, since the article did not provide a link. It's a coffeetable style book. For a book with lots of photographs, it's relatively cheap at $17. The article doesn't mention that, either.
P.E.E.R. article here
( Creationist books being sold at National Park stores; rangers not allowed to state the age of the Grand Canyon )
Park officials have defended the decision to approve the sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View, claiming that park bookstores are like libraries, where the broadest range of views are displayed. In fact, however, both law and park policies make it clear that the park bookstores are more like schoolrooms rather than libraries. As such, materials are only to reflect the highest quality science and are supposed to closely support approved interpretive themes. Moreover, unlike a library the approval process is very selective. Records released to PEER show that during 2003, Grand Canyon officials rejected 22 books and other products for bookstore placement while approving only one new sale item — the creationist book.
( The rest of the article )
8.4.2 Historical and Scientific Research. Superintendents, historians, scientists, and interpretive staff are responsible for ensuring that park interpretive and educational programs and media are accurate and reflect current scholarship…Questions often arise round the presentation of geological, biological, and evolutionary processes. The interpretive and educational treatment used to explain the natural processes and history of the Earth must be based on the best scientific evidence available, as found in scholarly sources that have stood the test of scientific peer review and criticism. The facts, theories, and interpretations to be used will reflect the thinking of the scientific community in such fields as biology, geology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, and paleontology. Interpretive and educational programs must refrain from appearing to endorse religious beliefs explaining natural processes. Programs, however, may acknowledge or explain other explanations of natural processes and events.