Jul 28, 2026 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Dan Phelps, Evangelicals, Hell, Ken Ham, Kentucky Open Records Act, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, 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. Phelps is founder and president of the Kentucky Paleontological Society. His work to expose...
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...
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...
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...
Sep 19, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation in the 21st Century, Creation Museum, Creation Superstore, Dan Phelps, David Rives Ministries, Evolution, Freed-Hardeman University, Genesis Science Minute, Genesis Science Network, Secrets Beyond the Rim, Tax Breaks, The Creation Club, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from David Rives Ministries. Last Friday a reporter visited my office to interview me about the KKK in 1920s Ohio. He came here having just visited Ark Encounter, and so I naturally asked him for his impression of Ken Ham’s...
Sep 2, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Climate Skeptics, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Daniel Phelps, Journal of Paleontology, Ken Ham, Kentuckians for Science Education, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Natural History, Next Generation Science Standards, Paleontology Society, Science, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Young Earth Creationism |
Strimple Award Winner Daniel Phelps. Image via the Journal of Paleontology. 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...
