What a giant waste of money. Building a huge mythological boat just to make people more stupid.My wife Mally and I standing in front of @ArkEncounter --a world class attraction emphasizing the ARK of Salvation pic.twitter.com/Iv0qQUpzQi— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) April 25, 2016
In reaction to criticisms like that Ken took to Twitter to defend his Biblical theme park.
Secularists emphasize God's judgment at the Flood of Noah's day but ignore man's wickedness and why a righteous God had every right to judge— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) April 25, 2016
If Ham thought that he had somehow put the criticism to rest he certainly did not understand Twitter.Secularists emphasize the judgment aspect of the Flood but ignore man's wickedness and the fact God is a God of salvation providing an Ark— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) April 25, 2016
@aigkenham If someone kills 99 people but lets one go because he decided they weren't so bad he's not a saviour, he's a serial killer— Scott Johnson (@scottiej24) April 25, 2016
— X - Meathead (@Awetitu) April 26, 2016
The lesson here of course is that if you are engaging in a battle of wits, you might want to make sure you brought wits to the battle.@aigkenham Salvation from what? From himself. Inventing a disease and selling the cure: that's what religion does best.— Mark (@fallenoutbrain) April 25, 2016
(H/T to Raw Story.)
Inventing a disease and selling the cure is the best description of organized religion that I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteGo after the low-hanging fruit.
ReplyDeleteBecause engaging with a brainy God-botherer is too hard. Take on Father James Martin, "chaplain" of the Colbert Report. Yes, I know, he breaks the stereotype of the Christian dullard promoted here.
More things in heaven and earth, Horatio. Superficiality is the curse of the modern atheist. In the recent past, they had well-reasoned arguments.
Now they're reduced to shadow-boxing marginalized weirdos, like kicking sand into a child's face at the beach.
Marginalized is he? No, Ham represents the thinking of the modern Christian, does he not? Teach the children to fear God. Teach them to hate government and anyone not following Ham's ideas. Ham wants this thing sued by public schools. Sorry, but I am not an atheist, and people like Ham disgust me. Using the Bible to make money. Seriously-that is not Christian. Nor is it superficial to call out these snake oil salesmen. Ham is little better than Cruz. And he thinks he can be President.
DeleteMy sentiments exactly
DeleteTwitter is not for the slow witted or the faint of heart. If you broadcast your stupidity on it, you'll receive more rotten tomatoes than you can handle. Ham just learned that in spades.
ReplyDeleteM from MD
I bet he learned nothing except that there are a lot of 'atheists' in Twitter land. See, he'll use that to prove his point to his followers. So many problems in KY, and he chooses to spend how many millions building this thing?
DeleteWhere are the holes for the oars? It looks like a giant trireme!
ReplyDeleteThe Ark never actually sailed anywhere; since the entire planet was flooded there was nowhere to go.
DeleteThe big question: where did all the water go? And, okay, how could the crew and the animals carry on with all that mud? And also, did Noah save penguins, polar bears, and kangaroos?
And why didn't Noah wait for the unicorns before he hauled up the boarding ramp?
DeleteTom, in FL
How can Ken Hamm and others of that persuasion get so stuck in the Old Testament? How can the 'salvation ark' move past a very elementary / primary introduction to being (or becoming) a Christian and learning the spiritual values that are intrinsic to holy scripture? Religiosity is frowned upon in the New Testament by the red words of Jesus.
ReplyDeleteSpiritual truths abound in biblical scriptural literature for those who seek to love others as they love themselves because they love something greater than themselves.
Why does it appear that the New Testament is simply discarded and/or discounted in favor of the exclusionary parts of the bible?
'Old Testament' is an oxymoron. Claiming Christ Jesus without the New Testament (Jesus as the son of God) makes at best a 'Jesus' philosophy (h/t Bill O'Reilly) that only rabidly supports grifting for gold in the name of God with guns.
How is righteous to lie on the Lord and/or lie for the Lord to increase one's own wealth, and domionist theocratic power over others who do not believe exactly as you believe?
It is easy to understand why so many of those raised in the Church, turn away from it when they watch what 'Christians' do to others over and over again in the name of God.
Lord have mercy on us all.
dowl
@3:27- I take issue with you calling the bible "holy scripture"
DeleteThere's a LOT in the "bible" that is immoral, unethical, illegal, and just plain reprehensible for rational humans not basing their lives on Iron age mythology:
Stone your child to death for being "rebellious" Deut 21:18-21
Kill people for working on the sabbath Exodus 35:2
Slaughter men, women, children, and babies because they happen to be
from some apostate tribe of Palestine? 1st Samuel 15:3
MURDERING BABIES TO PLEASE a "GOD"? How pro life is that God of the bible?
Plenty of gems in the new testament too like
Ephesians 6:5 where Paul of Tarsus writes "slaves must obey their masters in every respect". How does submission as a slave to rape, abuse, and forced obedience relate to the "eternal truth of god"?
Romans 1:32 where Paul insists that homosexuals deserve death, when Jesus himself never mentioned it one time? Should western countries adopt the same laws as Uganda where you can be killed for being gay or lesbian?
Ephesians 5:22 How about all the utter insanity making women into 3rd class citizens by forcing them into absolute slavish obedience to their husbands, even if that guy is an abusive bastard who beats them or rapes them?
The bible doesn't sound like the thoughts of an unfathomable powerful and all knowing being who created the universe. It sounds like the thoughts of men who lived in times where pillaging, slavery, subversion of women and all around barbaric behavior were the norm
DeleteExactle, 6:09, that is how I've always viewed the bible. Words written by mortal men with an agenda for power and control over all others.
DeleteIsn't this scam artist from Australia? He could not convince them to fund his money making scam, so now he came here. Taxpayers will be funding some of the cost. He insists all workers be Christians. What a yuuge waste of $$$, time and land. Don't we have enough home grown grifters, that we import people like THIS?
ReplyDeleteI think he lost even the KY public funds when he insisted the guys building that monstrosity pass a religious test. It'll be karma when the thing goes belly up.
DeleteKY taxpayers will be funding this idiot's grifting to the tune of $75 million, but Matt Bevin wants to take more poor folk's health care away. All hail Gov. Bevin. This ark joke had been in some jeopardy for some time until Kim Davis's buddy in christ slimed his way into office.
DeleteIf you placed two Donald Trumps in that boat, there'd be no room for anything else.
ReplyDelete@ 3:53 am
DeleteOnly if the two Donaldass T Rumps could not reproduce.
dowl
It would have helped him make his case if he would have had the new "ark" built by a 600 year old man using hand tools.
ReplyDeleteOT-http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/alabama-town-passes-ordinance-to-jail-trans-people-caught-using-the-bathroom-in-target/
ReplyDeleteWhat are they supposed to do, piss in the bushes?
DeleteHe's a huckster but the folks who believe this nonsense are primitives. There is no hope of enlightenment for them. They are brainwashed from an early age.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call an adult who believes fairy tales are real? Mentally ill.
ReplyDeleteArk-Building Creationist Explains Why It Was Totally Cool For God To Kill Almost Everyone
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ken-ham-noah-flood_us_57203fe8e4b01a5ebde3fa04
Mr. Ham believes he is creating a tourist attraction in Kentucky.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that in 2020, Mr. Ham. You will need ticket-buyers to make your payroll (and payroll taxes) and pay your utility bills, your insurance premiums, your grounds maintenance, etc. If you have any left over after your staggering expenses ~ you can advertise for more ticket-buyers. It will be expensive ferreting out those who will believe your bullshit.
Ask Jim and Tammy Faye...
Pray for rain.............
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I gather Ham thinks of himself as some sort of modern day Noah. Not even close. Noah built his ark without the benefit of machines and lumber yards deliveries. I have no doubt there is an audience for this sort of thing. Thousands upon thousands of impressionable school children will stand inside and believe a man and his family built this creation thousands of years ago without benefit of modern tools. A miracle indeed.
ReplyDeleteChristian Bristol Palin and her brood of bastard children will be the first to tour that farce. Todd will publicly thank Jeebus for saving his ass from his phantom accident. Track will apply for a job as a Christian armed security guard. Sarah will announce that she helped build that yuuge piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteHe's an idiot. Why bother with him? NOTHING anyone says will alter his thinking one iota. Quite frankly, I feel he is dumber that Palin and thus beneath my notice.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Ham quite grasps the idea of social media and how it works. If you put something, anything, out for public consumption, expect opposing opinions and whatever you get. My son was into building models AGES ago, I think Ham's been huffing the glue far too long.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised no one laughed at the size of his Ark. He's looking to make money, he's a scammer, nothing more nothing less.
I think it very strange that someone with the name Ham is exulting the story of the ark. If you read the Biblical story, Ham is the wicked one of Noah's sons, and goes off to be cursed ever afterward.
ReplyDeleteSecularists emphasize the judgment aspect of the Flood. Secularists believe in the Flood? Secularists believe there was judgement expressed in the form of a Flood? What does this guy think a Secularist is anyway? Sure are a lot of crazies out there. Religious schools teach this crap. One can only hope some of those educated by believers in this stuff get smart when they get out in the real world.
ReplyDeleteHam is just another galah, a parrot that repeats whatever it's owner says. Ham has a dangerous mind anyone with any sense should keep clear of him and his ilk. Don't come back to Australia!
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