I'd like to believe that tourists will know that the Museum is the work and instrument of fundamentalist evangelicals with literal views of scripture. But, such is the religious illiteracy of Americans (added to the Museum's self-validating location near the Mall) that many will see this as the "official" view of Holy Writ. Will the culture warriors in your church, good RC, do a partial disclaimer? Will they say the Hobby L.folks are allies in the wars but be careful how they determine the canon or read the text?

The Bible as lit. course of study in public education could be OK where the curriculum carefully places the book within a secular history of the ancient world, makes no claims on the historical validity or literalism of the text and scrupulously avoids anything approaching religious proselytism. Does anyone think the proponents would agree to that? Therein lies the problem.