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...
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...
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,...
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...
Apr 18, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Creation Museum, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger An image of Ark Encounter surrounded by fog. Image via arkencounter.com. Sometimes Ken Ham’s fog machine is a bit too much. Too much obfuscation. A few days ago Ham put out an article in which he proclaimed that “the internationally popular...
