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...
Feb 14, 2023 | Allosaurus, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Destination Marketing, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Intersectionality, Kentucky Paleontological Society, League of the South, LGBTQ+ Rights, Marriage, Michael Peroutka, National Center for Science Education, Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Paleontology Society, Pinkwashing, Proof-Texting, Social Justice, Statement of Faith, Tony Perkins, We Believe in Dinosaurs, White Nationalism, Williamstown |
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. His work to expose the pseudoscience behind Ham’s Ark Encounter was featured in the award-winning...
Feb 6, 2023 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Apologia Church, Ark Encounter, Creation Museum, Dan Phelps, Holocaust, Jeff Durbin, Ken Ham, Mark Looy, Noah's Flood, Roe v. Wade |
by William Trollinger Photograph of the inside of an execution chamber. Image via Reason.com On January 25 the Creation Museum hosted a political event designed to fire up support for anti-abortion legislation in Kentucky. The event featured Ken Ham of Answers in...
Jan 30, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger The “Rainbow Entrance” at Ark Encounter. Image via BruceGerenscer.net Last week a reader sent a snarky note in response to a 2017 post I wrote about the failure of the newly-opened Ark Encounter to live up to its...
Jan 11, 2023 | Abeka Books, Abeka Publishing, American History, American Pope, Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Bill Hybels, Catholic Fundamentalism, Cedarville University, Christian History, Creation Science, Dan Phelps, Environmental Science, Evangelical History, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gender Roles, Hijacking History, History and Politics, John MacArthur, Judgment, Kathleen Wellman, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Natural History, Paleontology Society, Patriarchy, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Righting America, Scott Hahn, Sean Martin, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, The Coming Storm, The Village Church, Thomas White, Trey Smith, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown, Willow Creek Community Church, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of visitors/viewers. Regarding the latter,...
Oct 19, 2022 | Alt-Right, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Creation Science, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Darwin, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Facebook, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gab, Gavin Newsome, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Genesis, Gettr, Gun Control, Health Care, Hurricane Ian, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MeWe, Neo-Nazis, Oath Keepers, Parler, Patriarchy, Poverty, QAnon, Racism, Science, Secularism, Sexual Abuse, Stacey Abrams, Vacation Bible School, White Nationalists, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’s September 24, 2022 Facebook post featuring the carousel at Ark Encounter. Image via Facebook. I did this painful work, so you don’t have to. Over the past few months it became increasingly clear that, for me to...