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...
Dec 12, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bodie Hodge, Carl Weinberg, Christian Nationalism, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Culture War, Evolution, Freedom Guard, House Speaker, John Fea, Ken Ham, Marxism, Mike Johnson, Public Religion Research Institute, Red Dynamite, Righting America, School Shootings, Secularism, Social Evolution, Statement of Faith, Tax Breaks, The Lie, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Speaker of the House Mike...
Nov 7, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Creation Museum, David McMillan, Ken Ham, Mike Johnson, Secularism, Tax Breaks, We Believe in Dinosaurs, White Evangelicals, Williamstown, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (right) with Ken Ham (left). Image via Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham has to be thrilled. Mike Johnson – young Earth creationist, anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion extremist, and election denier – is...
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...
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...
