New Theme Park announced in Germany!

[ivi707]

Hi all,

 

I was quite surprised if I read the news in a swiss newspaper:

http://www.blick.ch/news/wissenschaftundtechnik/mit-der-achterbahn-in-die-holle-90174

 

So basicly they say that the park would be called "Genesis-Land" and should be placed near the Holiday Park (Area Rhein-Main / Heidelberg).

They are actually looking for investors, 300 Millionen Swiss Francs should be invested!

 

Take a look at the official site which is already online (also in english):

http://www.genesis-land.ch

 

Greetings

Ivi

[steel]

This park reminds me of Ned Flanders' "Praiseland." I'm not sure what I think of it yet.

[ivi707]

Yeah,

 

sounds kind of weird with all that religion stuff they want to include...

[sam06pr]

ugh!

[Beeja]

The text says that Genesis-land will be the place "where angels, apostles and dinosaurs invite you to ride a roller coaster trip in hell"...

 

Okay, since when did the apostles and dinosaurs lived at the same time on earth?!

 

I don't know what to say but I have this feeling that this isn't gonna work... Most kids are not interested in religion these days and they are not going to a theme park that's based on Genesis! I already hear them laughing "Ha! You went to Genesis-land! Dork!"

 

Although it would be cool to ride in "hell", I really hope this is a joke...

[Team Thriller]

Looks amazing just because of the size of the park, plus. that coaster looks fun.

 

But do you think it will really last being built after a religion.

 

--James

[sam06pr]

I can just imagine a prayer done each morning before opening the park, with guest and employees. guest cussing,I mean praising, out a ride attendant for not letting his little kid go through hell. I can see some evangelicals speaking in tongues after a ceremony, i mean show. lol

[Simon Baynham]

Hi all

 

Woo hoo! FREE bread! FREE wine!

 

Simon B

[k_peek_2000]

Theres something about European Parks, that just doesn't appeal to me. Still looks like a fun park.

[Tanks4me05]

Hmmm, would Jews (like me) be allowed in the park? I assume it would be open to everyone from a business standpoint, but these biblical parks are not exactly common and I have absolutely no idea how they run. Then again, with the whole Christian thing, I would probably feel slightly uncomfortable being there, and kind of an outsider.

 

What I am about to say is in NO WAY intended to insult anyone that is Christian. I am simply stating my views on Christianity and potentially starting up a discussion point, even though this is kinda off topic.

 

The messages that Christianity is trying to bring about in being all nice and stuff I agree with, but IMO for the people who have the "Praise Jesus for everything! Jesus will help us and save us and do everything for us and he is the creator of this world and evolution is a lie and I'm so worried about my afterlife I have absolutely no idea how to live in this one and you should convert!" mentality are kind of... unsettling. Besides, especially with the whole crusades thing and missionaries, it seems to me that Christianity is a little militaristic. I'm not saying that Christianity is bad, as it's the dominant religion on this planet (beats out Islam by about 700 million people) but with their extensive history of... for a lack of a better term... forcing people to convert to Christianity and "showing them the light" or whatever term is used is IMO disrespectful of their own culture and their own religion. Let them live how they want to live.

 

Ok, I admit that I am a "cultural" Jew - one that mainly just observes the major holidays and not much else, so even for Judaism, I am not that religious. One thing about Christianity I don't understand is that Priests are sworn to celibacy. I would assume that God would want his children to survive as succesfully as possible, so why would reproducion, not only a basic and natural need, but also 100% neccessary for our survival, be considered a sin? Why would pleasure be considered a sin? I would understand if it hurts someone or yourself in some form or another, but anthing else, I just don't get it. The way I see life is this: If you are born on this world, you should live life to its fullest, and live that way as successfully and as happily as possible, although while helping others, keeping your own life happy and rich with excitement and fun.

 

Also, I support abortion. It should be the mother's choice, as she is the one who is giving birth. Sure, all life is precious, but if the mother and father can't handle the responsibilities of being a parent, should that child still live and have a highly troubled life filled with frequent drug problems, law problems, or even worse?

 

This brings me to another point: Does god even exist? Religion had started tens of thousands of years ago. Back then, we had no scientific understanding of the world, so we had to find answers to our world around us elsewhere: Why does the sun rise? Because the sun god is waking up. Why do thunderstorms occur? Because the gods are angry with us. We have almost no proof that our world was created by god, save for those freak moments that oneself was healed miraculously from a highly fatal disease, and those episodes on The Exorcist, (which I doubt those episdodes are real.) Also, why are there so many views on how life was created? When people say God created the universe, it seems they account for the universe and EVERYTHING in it, including those who aren't of that religion. But those of a different religion have different views of different god (s) creating the universe in different ways. Was there really one single god that created our universe, but different humans perceived this god (s) in different ways (which we have no proof of, and frankly this is something that I have thought of) or is God simply a figment of our species extensive imagination? We have much evidence about the big bang and evolution, but almost nothing reputable in anywhere else.

 

Again, this is not meant to offend anybody, this is just my view of the world. To each his own, and this is my own.