Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" Loses 18 Million Tax Break

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Everything about this turkey conflicts with Biblical descriptions.



Apparently Gopher Wood is weldable........

Must be some local name for ironwood.

[Mr.Obvious]

They should sell the scrapped project and turn it into a zoo. Get it away from Answers in Genesis and into government's hands or whatever. This project should be without a religious bias, but it would please both Christians and Atheists.  Christians because it's a zoo in a freaking arc. And atheists because it clearly shows how impossible it is to take care of an entire arc full of animals without a giant crew of well-trained and -educated professionals. And it would also show that not nearly as many creatures as one might think would fit on the boat should they all get enough living space.
Just spinning some ideas here.

[Gerard]

It could very well be weldable.... We haven't got the fogiest idea what gopher-wood is anyway.... Could it be made from gophers?




Gerard

[Gerard]

God created gophers. If he wanted them to be weldable he could have bloody well taken care of that if he wanted.... He's Almighty for C's sake!

Gerard

[Gerard]

They should sell the scrapped project and turn it into a zoo. Get it away from Answers in Genesis and into government's hands or whatever. This project should be without a religious bias, but it would please both Christians and Atheists.  Christians because it's a zoo in a freaking arc. And atheists because it clearly shows how impossible it is to take care of an entire arc full of animals without a giant crew of well-trained and -educated professionals. And it would also show that not nearly as many creatures as one might think would fit on the boat should they all get enough living space.
Just spinning some ideas here.

Good idea. That would include gophers wouldn't it. I do think is should be a floating zoo.

Gerard

[dtq123]

Floating zoo?

Make sure to find this guy for me ok?

He looks like this:

[Gerard]

A few years ago there was this Dutchman (I'm from the Netherlands myself) who built a replica of Noah's arc one fifth of the biblical proportions. He wanted to float that around the country to basically make propaganda for his faith. It depended on a pontoon to get around Holland's waterways. I've seen it after he sold it to another Christian organization when it visited a canal near my home. Perfectly nice guy by the way.... He has since undertaken to build a replica of actual biblical size! I can assure you that no gopher wood was involved....

Gerard

[Gerard]

Floating zoo?

Make sure to find this guy for me ok?

He looks like this:

A boat with animals on it? That would be fun for the public.... Not too sure about the animals though.

How is the FSM a zoo? He's made of spaghetti and meatballs..... Not of living animals encased in gopherwood!



Gerard

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It could very well be weldable.... We haven't got the fogiest idea what gopher-wood is anyway.... Could it be made from gophers?




Gerard

You don't get it?

"Noah, this is God."

"Yeah...right."

"No, seriously, I want you to build an ark."

"How do I do that?"

"First, gopher wood.  When you have enough call me back."

[stromboli]

You don't get it?

"Noah, this is God."

"Yeah...right."

"No, seriously, I want you to build an ark."

"How do I do that?"

"First, gopher wood.  When you have enough call me back."

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Ok! Dumb atheists, how do you explain this:

Clearly the camera was one of god's creatures and someone found its skeleton and remade it into the devices we see today.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Ok! Dumb atheists, how do you explain this:

Built on a steel barge.

[Munch]

Logic prevails.

I love the part where he could not get the tax exempt for it for that much, yet despite it being said religous organisations would have to drum up millions to make it work, its obvious the church isn't going to give it. Ham was okay with using public money to spread his bullshit, but without it he has nothing to support it, especially his own church.

[stromboli]

Logic prevails.

I love the part where he could not get the tax exempt for it for that much, yet despite it being said religous organisations would have to drum up millions to make it work, its obvious the church isn't going to give it. Ham was okay with using public money to spread his bullshit, but without it he has nothing to support it, especially his own church.

If this thing goes belly up and the site is abandoned, I think it would become a good place to hold an atheist pilgrimage to. Imagine a forest of rubber animal toys and people dressed up as Furries showing up with suitcases. Could be a blast. 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If this thing goes belly up and the site is abandoned, I think it would become a good place to hold an atheist pilgrimage to. Imagine a forest of rubber animal toys and people dressed up as Furries showing up with suitcases. Could be a blast. 

Problem is the site is on the northeast side (IIRC) of the parking lot for the Answers In Genesis "museum". I'm sure the Legions of Allah, or whoever Ham worships, would cause a problem for that.