Faith And Liberty Discovery Center Cuts Its Umbiblical Cord
G-d decided it was time to close Philly’s Bible Museum:
The museum created by the American Bible Society in July 2021 said it will be open to visitors until March 28. The Christian ministry nonprofit that translates Bibles and sends them around the world has recently been besieged with challenges including layoffs, funding troubles, and five CEO changes within two years.
“Despite the valiant efforts of our FLDC leadership and team, we have not been able to achieve the long-term sustainability that an experience like that needs to be successful,” Holloran wrote, according to Christianity Today. She paraphrased Ecclesiastes 3: “Everything that happens in this world happens at the time of God’s choosing.”
Not unlike the Bible, the story the Museum was telling was, um, not entirely truthful:
Among the exhibitions, the nonprofit had a collection of historic Bibles, including William Penn’s very own, as well as video interviews of everyday people telling personal faith stories.
Despite the center acknowledging the problems of religion in American society, it had deserters.
At the time of its opening, Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of education history at the University of Pennsylvania, told The Inquirer, “The story they’re telling is essentially a fairy tale.”
Someone blames the museum’s failure on Philly’s G-dless hordes in 3-2-1…
I was going to blame the Eagles. Their season had this Apocalyptic feeling.
“The story they’re telling is essentially a fairy tale.”
So is the Bible.