Creation Museum needs a Geologist
A long time ago I thought I wanted to be a Geologist. You know, one of those guys to goes all over the mountains and valleys trying to better understand our planet, how it formed. And of course, while I was at it I could see really neat things like volcanos, or study things like ancient floods. But then I found out just how hard it was to get a job in the field and how much work it was with all the interdisciplinary training in chemistry, physics and so on (not to mention lousy pay). Frankly, I didn’t have the muster. But I still love looking at formations of solid basalt covered with sediment under another rock formation and pondering how it all happened. I could probably brush up and talk about it quite well… waxing over fossil records buried deep within sediment millions of years old. But with my recent discovery that the Creation Museum is looking for a geologist, I think I missed my calling. If I had just studied theology as my major with a minor in Geology I could be fully qualified to be a Creation Museum employee effectively skipping all that extra work with chemistry, physics… fortunately I got the critical thinking part down pat.
Speaker and Researcher of Geology
Reports to: Mark Looy (for the moment)Duties and Responsibilities
- Speak to layperson (and occasional science) groups across the country as requested through AiG Outreach Dept. Expected travel a minimum of 25%.
- Literature and field research.
- Write regular articles for web and other AiG publications.
- Produce books, DVDs, curriculum materials, etc.Education, Experience and Skill Requirements
- Doctorate in geology preferred, or some other related scientific discipline (e.g., paleontology).
- Minimum of 5 years’ field or teaching experience in study discipline.
- Extremely strong knowledge of creation – understanding both the biblical and scientific arguments.
- Articulate and engaging speaker is a must, along with the willingness to be mentored in order to become an even better speaker (i.e., to be “teachable”).
- Ability to express concepts in writingItems needed for possible employment
- Resume
- Salvation testimony
- Creation belief statement
- Confirmation of your agreement with the AiG Statement of Faith
(It’s just so full of fun I encourage you all to apply)
This is going to be a tough position to fill and I would really like to meet the person who gets this job. Possibly one of the most impossible professions to get on the payroll and somehow explain an ideology that is in direct opposition of the discipline. Forget the sedimentary record and general geologic records… I guess there was just one big flood afterall. Or radiocarbon dating where we can date fossil records [edit: I said millions and was corrected - see brushing up] up to 60,000 of years back. One of the most important qualifications is that you are “teachable”; or have previously been brainwashed, or are now willing to be so. Good luck with that because a Geology professional, with the diversity of disciplines that the profession requires, will be the toughest sell out there (my secret mind would just love an anonymous blogger/geologist to take the job and report back).
But to top it all off, to get the job, along with a salvation testimony, creation belief statment, you must comply with the “Confirmation of your agreement with the AiG Statement of Faith” (not exactly an equal opportunity employer) for which you must agree, amongst the other madness:
No apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record.
Just so it’s clear… er… I gotta go feed my Stegosaurus.
Update: It looks like the Creation Museum removed their employment page and are now, like the Bush Administration, recruiting directly from such admirable institutions as Bob Jones University and Pensacola Christian College.
waldteufel on June 6th, 2007
“Or radiocarbon dating where we can date fossil records millions of years back.”
“Radiocarbon” dating refers to carbon 14 dating, which because of the relatively short half-life of carbon 14, is only good for measuring dates less than about 50,000 years, not millions.
Other radiometric dating techniques, using isotopes with much longer half-lives, are good for measuring dates all the way back to the beginning of our earth and solar system (4.4-4.6 billion years or so.)