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Museum banishes this Adam for risque past

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published June 8, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The man who plays Adam in a video aired at a Bible-based creationist museum has led a different life outside the Garden of Eden, flaunting his sexual exploits online and modeling for a clothing line that promotes free love.

After learning about his activities Thursday, the Creation Museum in Kentucky pulled the 40-second video in which he appears.

"We are currently investigating the veracity of these serious claims of his participation in projects that don't align with the biblical standards and moral code upon which the ministry was founded, " Answers for Genesis spokesman Mark Looy said in a written statement.

The actor, Eric Linden, owns a graphic Web site called Bedroom Acrobat, where he has been pictured, smiling alongside a drag queen, in a T-shirt brandishing the site's sexually suggestive logo. The Web site, which has a network of members, allows users to post explicit stories and photos.

He also sells clothing for SFX International, whose initials appear on clothing to spell "SEX" from afar. It promotes "free love, " "pleasure" and "thrillz."

Linden, a graphic designer, model and actor who grew up in Columbus and now lives in Los Angeles, said he is no longer affiliated with the Bedroom Acrobat site. He also said he no longer posts to the site.

Linden said he is proud to play Adam. "But just because I'm Adam on the screen, that doesn't mean I'm Adam off the screen, " he said. "What I do shouldn't have anything to do with who they think Adam is."

The clip he appears in is one of 55 featured on tours of the museum, near Cincinnati in Petersburg, Ky.

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