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A New Museum: Competition in the Land of Young Earth Creationism

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 | 0 comments

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...

Six Years Later, A Creationist Theme Park Is Not Paying Off For Kentucky

Apr 14, 2022 | Americans United, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Dan Phelps, Hemant Mehta, Ken Ham, Rob Boston, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown | 3 comments

by Rob Boston, Senior Adviser for Americans United and Editor, Church & State Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). Editor’s Note: Today we share an article that appeared earlier this week at Americans United for...

Ark Encounter: Not Sinking, but Not Close to Living Up to Projections

Apr 7, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown | 10 comments

by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). A few weeks ago – during our spring break at the University of Dayton – we visited Ark Encounter. It was our ninth or tenth visit since the Ark opened in July, 2016. In...

Ken Ham the Huckster and Inventor of a New Arithmetic, or, The Trials and Travails of Trying to Have a Letter Critical of Ark Encounter Published in the Local Newspaper

Jan 24, 2022 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, COVID-19, Creation Science, Daniel Phelps, Historical Science, Huckster, Ken Ham, Mark Looy, Science, The Cynthiana Democrat, The Grant County News, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown | 1 comment

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...