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Life After Fundamentalism: Carl Ruby, Pierre Damas Bel, and Haitians in Springfield

by William Trollinger  Image of Pierre Damas Bel via CNN. On June 25 of this year the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could end Temporary Protected Status for citizens of Haiti, thus allowing the government to deport them despite the reality that...

Despite the Failure to Meet Attendance Projections, the Kentucky GOP loves Ark Encounter

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...

The Dominoes Fell, and Next Thing You Know, I Had Exited the Southern Baptist Convention

by Rodney Kennedy  Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...

Blood in the Water: Ken Ham v. Evangelical Colleges

by William Trollinger  Screenshot of Ken Ham’s attack on Biola University’s William Craig Lane, via AnswersInGenesis.org. As I noted in my last blog post, Ken Ham has launched a full-scale attack on evangelical colleges, claiming that “biblical...

Ken Ham: The Majority of Evangelical Colleges are Unsafe for Christian Students

by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’;s “This is Truly Awful: Seriously?! This is What ‘Christian’ Schools are Teaching” video, via Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham has launched a full-scale, no holds barred attack on evangelical...

Sinking Further and Further Below Their Projections: The Facts of Ark Encounter Attendance

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...