Even as Britain recently banned the teaching of creationism in free schools and academies as a scientific theory, the creationist Northwest Science Museum was inaugurated in Boise on June 14th. The museum, funded by a non-profit organization, claims to depict the history of the Earth, as stated in the Bible. The non-profit organization behind the setting up of the museum calls the structure a “vision center” and hopes to set up a larger creationist museum, as this one grows more popular and brings in more money.

“We want to show a lot of science that’s being censored and not shown to the public,” said Doug Bennett, executive director of the museum.

The museum, located inside a small building with some fossils and relics on display, clearly has its own take on the start of the universe.

While one of the displays at the museum reads, “Only a Biblical worldview can explain the existence of the moon and the uniqueness of its features,” another says, “All animals including dinosaurs began as herbivores (Gen 1:30), it wasn’t until sin and curse (Gen 3) that animals began to kill and eat meat.”

According to the museum, earth and all of its life was formed only 6,000 years ago. Bennett said his organization is simply trying to promote true science. Some YouTube users from Idaho have started criticizing the museum on the video’s comments section.

“Just because Idaho has quite a few intolerant, naïve citizens doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole generation of smart, dedicated people trying to change things like this. Sooo… #notallidahoans,” wrote one user.

The establishment of the creationist museum has led to debates about God, evolution and the nature of religion all over again. In 2007, a similar museum was set up in Kentucky and it managed to bring in more than $900,000 in ticket sales in three years.