Nothing Better to Spend Money On?

The Creationist Museum that recently opened in Petersburg, Kentucky cost 27 million dollars. 27 million! I'm sure there has been a lot more, and a lot bigger wastes of money out there, but I'll use the museum as an example. I know for a fact there is better things that the money could have been spent on.

Real science is one option. Studying diseases and looking for cures, or developing energy/environment saving devices. It could be spent on aid to countries that need it the most. If, according to UNICEF, 1 penny buys a child in Africa a box of chalk, imagine what 2.7 billion pennies could buy the village that child lives in. Or even here at home, we could spend it on rehab clinics for the users whose lives have been destroyed, who now live on the street. It could be spent on our crumbling health care system, or our underfunded military.

I know that the museum isn't a Canadian expenditure, but all the money that's gets spent yearly on churches here makes up for that. New massive churches, and mosques-leave that for another day-are popping up left and right, all works of art, and all very, very expensive. Why can't you just worship your God(s) at home? Why do you need to spend countless millions building massive temples to try and appeal to your demigod of choice? Sure there's the social gathering aspect, but have some people over for a barbecue, or join a club. Maybe the money saved could go to building a good community center that would encourage togetherness and strengthen a community instead of putting everyone of different beliefs in separate buildings across the street from each other.