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Tall creationist tales from the Grand Canyon

10 January 2007

THE Grand Canyon was formed a few thousand years ago by Noah’s flood, and not a few million years ago by geological forces, right? So says a glossy book still on sale in Grand Canyon National Park, despite scientists’ protests.

The National Park Service has been promising to reconsider whether to sell the book since 2003 (Âé¶¹´«Ã½, 9 July 2005, p 8), but an investigation by the Washington DC-based pressure group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility discovered that the review hasn’t happened. PEER also charges the NPS with blocking the publication of a pamphlet which describes creationism as…

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