Nov 15, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, John Oliver, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger In the end, John Oliver let Ark Encounter off easy. In the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight Oliver went after state and local tax incentive schemes that are designed to encourage companies to build or expand, but that routinely fail to...
Jul 31, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Evangelicals, Jesus, Ken Ham, Righting America, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger It turns out that folks are watching. In our last post we noted that – despite Answers in Genesis (AiG) CEO Ken Ham’s public statement in which he fudged some facts and omitted many more – it seems as the most obvious explanation for Ark...
Jul 27, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ken Ham, Righting America, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Is all of this really just about fifty cents? To understand the last few weeks at Ark Encounter one needs to keep in mind three pieces of information: 1. Answers in Genesis (AiG) set up Ark Encounter LLC as a for-profit entity. 2. They did so in...
Jun 8, 2017 | AiG Finances, Americans United, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ken Ham, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger GQ’s Jeff Vrabel toured Ark Encounter a few days after its July 7, 2016 opening. In his hilarious and insightful article on his Ark visit Vrabel begins by observing that: Noah’s ark is the first left after the gas station, down the street from...
May 29, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Right, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, intolerance, Ken Ham, Persecution, TIF Bonds, Williamstown, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger On the face of it, the notion that evangelicals in the United States are being persecuted seems absurd. Just look at the 2016 election. Donald Trump becomes president, thanks in good part to the support of 81% of white evangelicals. His Vice...
Mar 10, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ken Ham, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Ken Ham, CEO of Answers in Genesis (AiG), loves to blast critics of Ark Encounter – the fundamentalist tourist site that literalizes Noah’s Flood and the divine drowning of (according to AiG) perhaps 20 billion people – as atheists, secularists,...