Bible Museum

[Thoughtful Monk]

In today's mail I got a solicitation from the Bible Museum. Apparently they want to build a museum dedicated to the history and influence of the Bible in the world. My feeling is I have better things to do with my money than support such a museum.

What do you think?

[KingsGambit]

I would be interested in visiting such a museum if I happened to be in town, but I don't see myself giving any money.

[Cow Poke]

Maybe they could save money and put the Bible Museum in the Confederate Flag Museum.

[KingsGambit]

My understanding is that the museum is being operated by evangelical Christians, right?

[Thoughtful Monk]

My understanding is that the museum is being operated by evangelical Christians, right?

Website http://museumofthebible.org/ is a little murky to me. I only recognize one of the Board of Directors. Conservative-Evangelically is probably a better description.

[heartablaze]

It looks like the Hobby Lobby owners are behind it. Steve Green is the chairman of the Museum of the Bible and also the President of Hobby Lobby. They acquired a lot of Biblical artifacts that have already been on tour and will be housed at the museum. According to their website, they have 200 million dollars of assets and are planning on finishing the museum in 2017. Somehow they spent 10 million dollars last year. It is near the Capitol, so it could be accessible to a lot of people in DC.

Whether or not to fund it? Depends on what you think would be a good use of your money.

[Papa Zoom]

It is Hobby lobby. They were on the Eric Metexas show. And excellent program IMO. http://ericmetaxas.com. That is his website. The talk program is here: http://www.metaxastalk.com/podcast/thursday-may-7-2015/ This one is on the Museum of the Bible. It answers lots of questions.