Aug 11, 2016 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ken Ham, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger To say that Ark Encounter is located in the middle of nowhere barely qualifies as hyperbole. 40 miles south of Cincinnati, just off I-75 at exit #154, the Ark is – as Jeff Vrabel writes in a hilarious and incisive GQ article – “the first left...
Aug 9, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Fundamentalism, Genocide, Noah's Flood |
by Susan Trolllinger As children move through the first level of Ark Encounter, they pass by rack upon rack of ceramic jars and burlap sacks. They peer between the vertical bars of large wooden cages; sometimes they see nothing, sometimes they see a...
Aug 5, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Genocide, Noah's Flood, Righting America |
by Susan Trollinger In our July 17 blog post, following our first visit to Ark Encounter on opening day, we noted our surprise at being rather underwhelmed by what was on display at Ark Encounter. Yes, the size of the Ark and the carpentry were impressive but the...
Jul 28, 2016 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ken Ham |
by William Trollinger In Righting America we took at face value what Answers in Genesis (AiG) had to say about the Creation Museum, and then we tested these claims. It makes sense to do the same with Ark Encounter. One place to start is the feasibility study produced...
Jul 25, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Church, Creation Museum, Culture War, Fundamentalism, History, Inerrancy, Israel, Jesus, Righting America |
by Emily Hunter McGowin The authors of Righting America observe that, “given the Creation Museum’s stated commitment to biblical inerrancy and the very words of the Bible as ‘God-breathed,’” it is striking that the museum is “oddly loose” in its presentation of the...
Jul 21, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Creation Museum, Jesus, Righting America |
by William Trollinger As we document in Righting America (48-49, 225-227), Jesus makes few appearances at the Creation Museum. He appears just twice—in a ghostly white statue that is usually kept in a corner of one exhibit room (except during the Christmas season when...
