BBC Natural History Unit becomes Supernatural “History” Unit

16 May 2008

Thanks to a letter sent to the National Secular Society, I’ve been made aware of BBC (i.e. taxpayer) provided webcams at the creationist Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm near Bristol.

Obviously, the BBC has moved on from the need to report on reality, and can now comfortably spend the licence fee on supporting the unverifed (and unverifiable) claims of special interest groups.

Oddly enough, these webcams are still advertised within the “nature features” part of the BBC Bristol web site. I guess they haven’t got around to re-organising the web site since the supernatural became a part of everyday existence.

Oh, the zoo farm also kindly offers educational resources, in topics like evolution, geology, solar astronomy and history.

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4365 Responses2008-05-16+13%3A12%3A22nullifidian to “BBC Natural History Unit becomes Supernatural “History” Unit”

Ted Goas on May 16th, 2008 4:56 pm

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm??? Jeez. I browsed their site, though, and it seems like a regular zoo (no mention of Christianity or religion (except for that page on evolution).

Did I miss something? What is this place?
nullifidian on May 16th, 2008 5:23 pm

Didn’t you read the last link: “history“?

We donâ€™t know exactly, because we were not there. But the conception, gestation and birth of a human baby and the processes whereby seeds turn into plants, caterpillars into butterflies, eggs into chicks, donâ€™t look like things that came about by chance. Intricate design points to a designer, life requires a life-giver, and the information in every cell needs an intelligence to put it there. They point to an awesome Power.

If, after honest inquiry, you find that you cannot explain such things as made by the world itself, it may then be reasonable to ask whether there exists a Creator.

Here, we suggest that the most important facts to consider are not scientific ones but the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ â€“ the facts that show that he came from God, and came to reveal God. One New Testament writer, John, describes him as the Word made flesh. He had authority to tell us about life because he was the Son who executed the commands of his Father at Creation. â€˜All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.â€™

My emphasis. I think that pretty much sums it up, really.
Ted Goas on May 17th, 2008 8:54 pm

Eww, didn’t read that one. Also clicked around a bit more today and found references to creationresearch.com and this gem:

“While we do not agree that Earth history can be condensed into 6,000 years or that this is the timescale required by Genesis, it does seem fair to conclude that the ages produced by radioisotope dating are greatly inflated.”

Initially the site seemed straight forward. But you’re right, that section on education seems to be off.

One more link I found that sums it up for me:
http://www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk/education/was-it-a-true-story/
heather on May 19th, 2008 8:48 pm

I see their Links page links to an anti- BCSE webshite as well.

I must be too naive. I am pretty shocked to see such a thing in the UK.
jdc325 on May 30th, 2008 10:42 am

The BBC have a pretty poor track record it seems. Their alternative medicine pages were removed from the health section of the website (presumably due to complaints about the inaccurate information) Improbable Science reports on the removal here: http://dcscience.net/?p=224. The BBC also link to JABS when reporting on the MMR vaccine.

If there’s anything on the BBC website that you wish to complain about, the ECU is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/