Are You Ready for This Massive Bible Museum Being Planned for Washington, D.C.?
- Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:25pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Fans of history — and theology — will be delighted to know that a massive Bible museum is slated to open in the nation’s capitol. Planners of the large-scale undertaking claim that the project will be complete and ready for Washington, D.C. residents and visitors, alike, within a four-year time frame.
The group behind the project, The Museum of the Bible, is a non-profit that represents the collection owned by the billionaire Green family, writes Religion News Service (RNS). The Greens, as we’ve previously reported, are well-known Christians who own a craft store chain called Hobby Lobby. While the location of the actual museum hasn’t been leaked — and an official name is yet to be released — some details are known.
To begin, let’s look at some of the elements that visitors can expect to encounter while at the museum. RNS has more:
A sampling of the Bible museum’s offerings — from the collection of more than 40,000 artifacts — have been displayed in the Passages Exhibit at the Vatican and in Oklahoma City and Atlanta and will soon appear in Charlotte, N.C.
Summers said the traveling exhibit recreates at 80 percent scale the chamber of London’s Westminster Abbey where the King James Version of the Bible was written. A full-scale recreation is planned for the museum.
Steve Green, president of the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts chain and a Southern Baptist, said the museum will feature the history, contents and influence of the Bible but will leave it up to visitors to decide whether to believe the holy book.
St. Jerome's Cave from the Passages Exhibit (Image Credit: ExplorePassages.com)
The museum’s planners initially sought out other cities for its location as well, including Dallas and New York, but Washington was inevitably strategically chosen. Organizers conducted research and found that people with interest in the museum were more likely to travel to D.C. than to other cities.
“In reality, the population base within that eight-to-10 hour drive of D.C. represents half of the U.S. or two-thirds and there’s a lot of Christians in that group,” explained Cary Summers, chief operating officer of The Museum of the Bible.
Here‘s more about the family’s collection:
While the experience will very clearly have Christian influence, it will be interesting to see how it facilitates an environment in which people make their own determinations about the holy book’s authenticity. Once completed, the Bible museum will charge an admission.
(H/T: Religion News Service)
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DexterMorgan
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 10:45amWow Njbarfly links to Wikipedia. That’s a trustworthy plethora of “facts” and hard evidence. Your link was a poorly written and childishly designed “website”.
Report Post »65Plus
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:24pmPut 40,000 bible artifacts in…Sodom and Gomorrah? Pick another place folks – there will be a wrathful God on this city.
Report Post »FAITH47
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 5:27pmAmen to that.People are sinning and God is mad to all the sinners.In Revelation God says, he will bring a drought, firestorm,earthquake, hunger and flood.I am always ready when Jesus come back for Judgement Day, and all the sinners will be in Hell to join Satan.Hell is real.
Report Post »SanDiegoJulia
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:18amWhile I agree that if there is any place where the white marble of what was once freedom now covers the black slime of corruption, it is Washington DC, I would argue that a museum relegates the Bible to a relic, rather than the living Word of God. Relics belong in museums. The living Word belongs in our hearts and on our lips. To show those who do not know the Bible examples from the Word of God, or recreate those events and people which molded our faith and our world, however, is sorely needed and a wonderful undertaking. I wish them all success.
Report Post »freddyjoe
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:29pm@PurrPurr,
AMEN
Report Post »Passerby
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 7:33pmUntil the turn of the century, the Congress used to print at government expense, and hand out to members, the Jefferson Bible.
And Jefferson edited out all of Paul, and most of everything else in the Christian Bible, and said it was a “Dunghill’.
A follower of Jesus, but hated Paul and wasn’t impressed by the Old Testament.
Report Post »Occupy_The_Blaze_FORWARD2012
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 7:45pmand not so hip with Jesus and his magickal powers, either. Totally cool with Slave-rape tho. What an icon.
Report Post »Passerby
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 7:53pmYeah, he thought Jesus was a man, but the greatest man that ever lived.
And yeah, Jefferson is over-rated.
Report Post »MASSACHUSETTS MORMON
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:37pmJefferson never referred to his work as a Bible. He took the words of Jesus from the New Testament, creating a gospel harmony. You are either uninformed or disingenuous.
I recommend you read The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson by David Barton before posting again on this topic.
Report Post »teaisstronger
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:00pmI cannot wait to be there. Its late but all good things are worth the wait.
Report Post »Passerby
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:08pmNOT, Mass..Mormon.
The Jefferson Bible and what Jefferson thought of the rest of the Christian Bible isn’t exactly exotic knowledge….
In extracting the pure principles which he taught, we should have to strip off the artificial vestments in which they have been muffled by priests, who have travestied them into various forms, as instruments of riches and power to themselves. We must dismiss the Platonists and Plotinists, the Stagyrites and Gamalielites, the Eclectics, the Gnostics and Scholastics, their essences and emanations, their logos and demiurges, aeons and daemons, male and female, with a long train of … or, shall I say at once, of nonsense. We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus, paring off the amphibologisms into which they have been led, by forgetting often, or not understanding, what had fallen from him, by giving their own misconceptions as his dicta, and expressing unintelligibly for others what they had not understood themselves. There will be found remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. I have performed this operation for my own use, by cutting verse by verse out of the printed book, and arranging the matter which is evidently his, and which is as easily distinguishable as diamonds in a dunghill. The result is an octavo of forty-six pages, of pure and unsophisticated doctrines.[5]
Report Post »http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible
Passerby
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:12pmJefferson considered much of the New Testament of the Bible to be false. He described the stories as “so much untruth, charlatanism and imposture.”[34] …describing Paul as the “first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus”, and wrote of “palpable interpolations and falsifications.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_religion
Not exotic knowledge.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:17pmIf you‘ve seen on massive bible you’ve seen them all.
Report Post »January24
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:36pmAhh, Mr. “Having a Fit.“ Presumably you meant to say ”one.”
But the question is, What are you doing commenting here. You don’t have any interest in a Bible museum? Don’t go.
It’s a facility which is being funded solely by private money. Is there some reason you God-haters just can’t resist the snarky comment when ANYTHING is published about the Bible?
Go make your own museum, but please keep your boring, irrelevant comments to yourself.
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:31pmAny biblical artifacts should be as far away from D.C. as possible. That is a disaster waiting to happen.
Report Post »January24
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:29pmI had that exact same thought, ThoreauHD.
Putting valuable artifacts in Washington, D.C. is placing them in harm’s way. We all know that the crazy Muslims will eventually target the nation’s capitol.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:48pmA Bible museum in Washington d.c.???? That is like putting a Jewish temple in downtown gaza.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:28pmInteresting, Jewish artifacts from the Catholic Church. Oh yeah that’s right, they spent centuries murdering Jews and (everyone else that wasn’t Catholic) and took them.
Report Post »PurrPurr
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:05pmWow. what was the purpose of that defamatory statement? Do you really believe it or is it just for shock value? If you don’t bother to do your own research then either could be true. Your statement is so hateful, vulgar and pathetically untrue. Why do individuals insist on spreading their ignorance when the current media outlets are doing such a bang-up job all by themselves. They don’t need your help. And you should not believe what secularists say without your own research. “Father, forgive them; they know not what they do”.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:14pmSave your hate for the Commie-Crats there Zenga! At least wait until obama opens his dog eating muslim museum.
Report Post »Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:17pmWhy do the public call Catholics Christian? Christians embraced Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
Report Post »Catholics say Jesus Christ is not enough and they have to work their way to Salvation. Catholic teaching makes Jesus Christ to weak to save with His own payment in death on the cross. Catholics are not real Christians. Real Christians accept Jesus Christ as the sole payment for our sins if we accept His gift.
PurrPurr
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:51pmDear Prosecute…
Report Post »You seem to imply that you are Christian so most likely hold the belief that the bible is the sole authority on the Christian faith. With that in mind, your scriptural knowledge is lacking. In 2Timothy4:7, Paul writes “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;” Sounds like work to me. And how about James2:14-17? “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” My knowledge of scripture is adequate, but could be better. Apparently I am more knowledgeable than you. Ironically, I AM Catholic!!! And Catholics do NOT believe that we have to “work” our way to heaven. We believe that faith and good works are 2 sides of the same coin; Neither has value apart from the other. Again; someone spreading ignorance. Sigh.
antrancher
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 7:41pmCatholics murdered Jews?? Man there are some real putz’ on this blog!
Report Post »January24
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:33pmPur,
I agree with you that good works are EVIDENCE of a person’s having been saved by the sacrifice of Jesus. Where I cannot agree with you is on the Catholic Church’s pernicious insistence that only Catholic Christians go directly to Heaven. There is NOTHING Scriptural about that. It’s just an unbiblical doctrine invented by your leaders in the past to keep Catholics in line. Very destructive and very heretical.
Report Post »PurrPurr
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:05pmJanuary 24.
Report Post »Actually, the Catholic Church does not teach that only Catholics go straight to heaven. In fact, it doesn’t teach that anyone, Catholic or otherwise, is guaranteed of going straight to heaven or even going to heaven at all. Look around; how many “Catholics in name only” can you name? Virtually every politician who calls him or herself “Catholic”. If you do not believe in the tenets of any faith, how can you consider yourself a member? Keep in mind that the tenets of the Catholic faith have been in place for centuries, well before the protestant schism. Who do you think compiled the bible, preserved it, copied it BY HAND for centuries? The Catholic Church! Who decided what books would be included? The Magisterium of the Church at the time, about 1700 years ago. Then after 1200 years had gone by, Martin Luther, ALL BY HIMSELF, decided that 7 of the books were not “inspired” and threw them out and compiled his own version of the bible. I leave final judgement of heaven or hell to God the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit. So does my Church. If the Catholic Church is in error, then it has been so for 2000 years and Christ is a liar, “for He has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you”,” in Hebrews 13:5. Would He leave his children without the truth for 1500 years until Luther? Think. Where in scripture does it say that the bible itself is the sole authority? You won’t find it. The bible cannot translate itself, so under who’s authority can any
hillbillyinny
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:25amRead, “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist,” by Brant Pitre and learn something!
The Catholic church, originally called “The Church” or “The Way,” was originally made of of Jews who believe in the diety, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Only several years into its development, did the Church become “overrun” by Gentiles!
If properly educated in both Covenants, Christian, especially Catholics should be “Baptized” Israelites generally, understand and following the Laws (Ten Commandments as explained using two Commandments by Jesus), with those Laws written no on stone but on their hearts!
Love God with your all, and love neighbor as self. . .
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:29amSorry for the numerous misspellings, incorrect small words, etc., in my original post. It somehow got posted way ahead of my editing. Content is still complete!
Report Post »romadave
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:11pmI live in Oklahoma City and my wife is an archival librarian. Her take on the ‘artifacts’ in the exhibit is that they are more like ‘souvenirs’. They aren’t archeologically significant, but cheap stuff like aAunt Edna can purchase on a guided tour of the holylands.
Our family is Christian, and I applaud the idea of showing exhibits that give evidence of the Bible’s historical accuracy. Take for instance the panels in the British Museum that state the name of King Sennacherib, a king mentioned in the Bible but long thought by scholars to be an invention by the writer of Daniel. These carved relief panels proved there was such a king.
But the exhibits gathered here are cartoonish in comparison. They are not David Barton quality, more like walmart made in china replicas. Stuff you could buy at Hobby Lobby. The video presentations even star members of the family instead of paid profession actors.
It is like some Christian music. Why does it have to be so cheesy? Why can’t the stuff presented by our side be relevent and cool. We have to take the culture fight to them.
I stinking tired of being mocked.
Report Post »romadave
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:21pmWell, crud, I made a mistake.
The king in Daniel was Belshazzar. Sennecherib was in 2 Kings. However, both of these Kings are mentioned in the Bible and attested to by archeological evidence.
But you get what I’m saying.
Report Post »steelpanther
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:10pmYou can buy at Hobby Lobby? The people making it own Hobby Lobby. Ironic.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:52pmThe Capital of the United States Of America is the appropriate place for a Bible museum.
How wonderful !
“IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. …”-Declaration of Independence
:^> Amen !
Report Post »commoncents5
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:23pmThis should be interesting. I like that it will be in DC.
Report Post »binge_thinker
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:36pmI love that this will be in D.C.
Report Post »Chalk one up for the good guys.
SumoMoses
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:18pmIt’ll go out of business in no time, if it’s even built at all, that is.
With so many quality museums in DC that aren’t dedicated to silly mythologies, why would anyone waste their time and money here?
Report Post »NJBarFly
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:28pmIf the Creation Museum can stay in business, then I’m sure this will have no problem making tons of money. There’s a large demographic that likes this sort of thing. The Bible sells.
Report Post »Hollywoodron
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:39pmI prefer the Bible and God over you and your lil anon quip on Blaze anytime, anywhere, and I’ll pay for it.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:49pmReligion is the best way to make money.
Dollar bills yo!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:10pm@Sumomoses
“With so many quality museums in DC that aren’t dedicated to silly mythologies,”
Clearly, you’ve never been to DC. Almost all the museums there are dedicated to the fairy tale of evolution, the biggest fraud in human history. Even Darwin said, if you can’t find millions of transitional fossils, then my theory is bunk. Well, not only have we not found millions of transitional fossils, we haven’t found ONE! I know, I know, you guys only recently changed your minds and now say we’re all transitional forms…well how convenient.
Listen to Darwin, and move forward in life. God created all life. He created science. He is the Author of all science. You reject the Bible, because you don’t want to be accountable for your transgessions against God. That’s the only reason.
Report Post »SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:14pm@ MODERATION ….or simply be part of a left wing socialist leaning govenrment…they make trillions and trillions…
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:20pm@GOODSTUFF
You made a claim about evolution and something that Charles Darwin, yet you didn‘t actually quote him and you didn’t provide a reference where I could check the veracity of your claim.
Why do I continually have to point this out on The Blaze?
If you’re going to make a claim, at least attempt to provide some kind of proof or evidence.
Report Post »NJBarFly
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:33pmGoodstuff- There are a ridiculous number of transitional fossils. Why do you creationists keep saying this nonsense when it’s clearly false? Here’s a small sample of them:
http://www.transitionalfossils.com/
Report Post »rafa2design
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:38amMany don’t realize that if it were not for the Bible, we wouldn’t even be here typing these comments. The invention of the letterpress, the reason for print (which later translates into web type and fonts, words, letters, literacy) came from Johannes Gutenberg and his press. Look it up for those who do not know history … The Bible was the reason why man learn to read and write.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:27am@RAFA2DESIGN
Hahaha, now I’ve heard it all.
Report Post »TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:18pmIf this was a Koran museum the hypcritical right wing christians would be furious.
Report Post »munacra
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:20pm@ TROLLMONGER – your DARNED TOOTIN’ as the KORAN has no historical value in the USA… None of the founding fathers referenced anything in the Koran right?
Report Post »binge_thinker
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:31pmHere’s a thought. Maybe you can create your very own Koran museum in your momma’s basement.
Right next to your tissue box and your bottle of Jergens.
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:52pmToo bad the most influential book ever written is still only seen by many as a book of history and by others as false stories and fables.
Thank God there is a witness for the authenticity of the Bible and the messages it shares.
The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph are One Stick in God’s hands (Ezekial 37:19).
Report Post »VoteBushIn12
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:24pmThe museum better limit itself to historical artifacts and not dive into “evidence” for the scenarios proposed in the Bible.
Report Post »Randyco02
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:57pm@MCSLEDGE Aren’t you cute with your little Mormon reference, like a dog whistle to other Mormons, the fundamental Christians on this site probably didn’t even notice
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:32pmThe Mormons were going to build their own museum like this one, but sadly had to abandon the project due to the lack of even a single artifact or other shred of evidence that any of the people or events described in their holy book had any basis in reality.
Report Post »Randyco02
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:48pmNo they weren’t going to build a museum, they were too busy building a $5 billion mall in downtown SLC
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:50pmLooks neat. I love D.C.
I didn’t get to see trhe national archives because the line was so long. But THIS museum is going to have people lined up out the yin yang!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:44pmUnder obama you can guarantee there will be messages saying the bible supports the social justice garbage; and all the nonsense of his self annointed, narcissistic, god complex as the lord of the universe.
Report Post »oldduffer
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:43pmThere’ll be prayer rugs at the front door before long and a string of ACLU lawyers.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:42pmI’m surprised the Demoncraps are even allowing this to go forward!! Now, if it were a Mosque, that wouldn’t surprise me, but this does….
Report Post »NJBarFly
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:10pmThis is a private organization, they can build what they want on privately owned land. Same with the Muslims.
Report Post »jman-6
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:21pmNJ- you have to remember we own nothing in America anymore we just lease it long term. If they don‘t want it built they’ll come up with a zoning issue or technicality and withhold permits.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:33pmOf all places to build it…
Report Post »jman-6
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:17pmWhat better place to be in the enemies own turf!
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:15pmYou have a point…
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