[FRIAM] HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON’'T SAY

[Douglas Roberts]

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On 12/29/06, J T Johnson <jtjohnson555 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This appears to be legit, I'm afraid.
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> HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON'T SAY
> http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=801
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> 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).
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> "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.'"
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