May 25, 2026 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger In 2013 Ark Encounter sold the little town of Williamstown on the idea of issuing $62 million worth of junk bonds to get the Ark up and running, a sweet deal sweetened even more by the agreement that 75% of what Ark Encounter would pay in...
Jan 6, 2026 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Science, COVID-19, Dan Phelps, David Menton, Henry Morris III, Institute for Creation Science, Ken Ham, Measles, Panda's Thumb, Patrick Marsh, Public Health, Rhetoric of Science, Vaccine Mandates, Williamstown, Zohran Mamdani |
by Daniel Phelps Daniel Phelps is a retired environmental geologist for the commonwealth of Kentucky. He has also taught part-time in Kentucky’s Community College system. Phelps is founder and president of the Kentucky Paleontological Society. His work to expose...
May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
Jan 25, 2024 | Alex Mattackal, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Camille Lewis, Cedarville University, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Glenn Branch, Institute for Creation Science, Jeffrey Dahmer, Julie L. Moore, Ken Ham, Kent Hovind, LGBTQ+ Christians, Lionel Dahmer, Parenting, Rhetoric, Righting America, Rodney Kennedy, Tax Breaks, Taylor University, Thomas White, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Image of student protesters at Cedarville University. Photo by Emilie Schulze. It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of viewers. Below are the top ten read...
Sep 26, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Book Banning, Capitalism, Climate Skeptics, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Identity, Marxism, Secularism, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY. Image via JoeMyGod. It has been exactly ten years since Williamstown, Kentucky, underwrote $62.5m worth of bonds that made possible the building of Ark Encounter. This anniversary seems the perfect opportunity...
Jun 5, 2023 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Dan Phelps, Jemar Tisby, Julie L. Moore, Ken Ham, Racism, Tax Breaks, Taylor University, White Evangelical Racism, White Fragility |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of the 990 Form from 2020 for Answers in Genesis, via ProPublica Below are two links you may very well find interesting, if you are interested in how Answers in Genesis (AiG) conducts itself financially, and how Taylor University...
