Creationist Ken Ham does not think that Bill Nye's show about real facts is appropriate for children. Because you know superstitious fairy tales are so much more palatable.

Courtesy of Science AF: 

Creationist Ken Ham loves to challenge Bill Nye on every scientific issue under the sun, and the release of Bill Nye Saves the World season two was too great an opportunity to miss. 

In a blog post for his website Answers in Genesis, the famous creationist accused the Science Guy's new show of being "inappropriate" for children. 

"Bill Nye is not kid friendly at all (this new show is geared toward millennials), and both seasons of this show's content (which pushes a secular view of origins and morality) are certainly not appropriate for children," Ham wrote, proposing that the show should really be called "Bill Nye Needs to be Saved." 

"He is definitely not Bill Nye the kid-friendly guy! Beware!" 

Apparently, the promotion of basic scientific facts is now considered inappropriate.

Apparently Ham is upset about Nye's descriptive language when discussing STD's and superbugs, and argues that his show is too secular in nature.

Does Ham not realize that science by its very nature is "secular?"

No, I guess he wouldn't.

So in Ken Ham's version of educating children you simply fill their head with superstitious nonsense and then threaten them with eternal torment if they refuse to believe you, and Bill Nye's approach is to present actual fact based information in a fun and entertaining manner.

Got it.

As another deadly storm threatens our citizens creationist Ken Ham would like to take a moment to remind you that it's all your fault you unrepentant sinners.

Devastating Hurricanes-reminder we live in a fallen groaning world as a result of our sin against a Holy God-it's our fault not God's fault pic.twitter.com/JwAJWN8oQ0

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) September 6, 2017

World we live is not original world God made. God made a perfect world-we now live in a fallen world cause of sin- look forward to new earth pic.twitter.com/MUQw5eKikn

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) September 6, 2017

For those who reject God & believe evolution, all the bad things in the world are a result of the supposed continuing process of evolution

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) September 6, 2017

For the record people do not "believe" in Evolution, but rather than accept and understand the facts of science.

Facts don't require faith.

Secularists like to mock the Christian God when we see tragedy cause they don't want to acknowledge our sinful state before a Holy God

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) September 6, 2017

Acknowledge my sinful state, buddy I celebrate my sinful state.

It is so hard to believe that in the 21st Century there are still so many idiots condemned to remain trapped in such primitive thought processes and so willing to embrace superstitious nonsense instead of expanding their minds and gaining release from the prison of their fears.

(H/T to Joe My God.)

Ken Ham claims news reports that his "Ark Encounter" has not stimulated the local economy are based on "urban legends." Just let that sink in for a minute.

Courtesy of Answers in Genesis:  

Recently, a number of articles in the mainstream media, on blogs, and on well-known secularist group websites have attempted to spread propaganda to brainwash the public into thinking our Ark Encounter attraction is a dismal failure. Sadly, they are influencing business investors and others in such a negative way that they may prevent Grant County, Kentucky, from achieving the economic recovery that its officials and residents have been seeking.

In one sense, such negative, misleading, and outright false reporting doesn’t worry me. As Christians, we know we will receive opposition like this—and after 40 years in Bible-upholding ministry, I have become used to such antics by those who oppose us. Nowadays, it seems very few reporters in the secular media actually want to report facts regarding what they cover as news. When it comes to reporting on theologically conservative Christians like those of us at AiG, whose ideology they strongly oppose, many writers have an agenda to undermine Christianity as they file their stories. 

I’ve found that not only do these kinds of reporters generally do very poor or lazy research, they will actually make things up for their agenda purposes. They often just quote others, who themselves have quoted yet others, who have quoted even yet others. Urban legends have now been created around our life-size Noah’s Ark, mixing misleading and untrue statements gathered from a variety of sources, often not using primary sources but hearsay.

"They often just quote others, who themselves have quoted yet others, who have quoted even yet others." Isn't that essentially how the Bible came to be?

That's right moron the reason that your exhibition, based on iron age children's stories, has not made money hand over fist is because the secular media is relying on "urban legends."

Apparently the article that got under Ham's thin skin was this one from the Richmond Register: 

It has been almost a year since Ark Encounter opened near the northern Kentucky city of Williamstown, and Ark co-founder Mike Zovath said the attraction will have its millionth visitor by July. 

While a steady stream of visitors has flocked to visit the ark and the nearby Creation Museum, the impact on Williamstown’s economy has been far less than what many local residents expected.

The article then provides quotes from local businesses complaining about the lack of a windfall promised to them by the Ham and his partners.

And keep this in mind as well:  

Answers in Genesis received a generous combination of state and local incentives, acknowledging in numerous documents that without them, the $100 million attraction would not be built in Grant County.

The idea was that the exhibit would attract tourists from all over the world and that some of those dollars would find their way into the pockets of local merchants ensuring a return on the city and state's investments.

However since most of the visitors are super religious people who only have eyes, and money, for the Ark they learned about in Sunday school class, that has simply not been the case.

So the state gets ripped off for millions of dollars in incentives, the people get nothing in return, and the Christians in charge of the scam make out like bandits.

Yep, sounds like religion to me.

Diorama at Ken Ham's Creationist Museum show giants fighting in gladiator pits alongside dinosaurs. Remember, this is supposed to be a "museum."

Exquisite design by @ArkEncounter artists for new Diorama depicting wicked population in the pre-Flood world to be installed @ArkEncounter pic.twitter.com/4JHQiTEWbG

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) February 16, 2017

Courtesy of HuffPo:

A new display going into the creationist Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky shows what appears to be gladiator-style fights involving humans, giants and a dinosaur.

The dinosaur is visible in the far right of the first image, which has a giant on the left apparently about to spear a human. 

Ham, who believes in a strict literal interpretation of the Bible, claims the planet is roughly 6,000 years old, that humans existed alongside dinosaurs and that Noah even carried dinosaurs with him on the ark during a global flood roughly 4,300 years ago. 

There is no scientific evidence for a race of giants.

This is exactly the kind of thing that makes it possible for somebody like Donald Trump to be elected president in this country.

Teach the children mythological fables as fact, suppress their critical thinking skills, and the next thing you know you have created another conservative voter.

Creationist Ken Ham laments the millions "wasted" researching the origins of life. Yeah, it's all in the book right?

Think of the millions & millions of dollars wasted by scientists attempting to research false belief of molecules to man evolution-sad waste

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) November 16, 2016

Imagine the benefit to humans if scientists had the right worldview for their research--that God created a perfect world now marred by sin

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) November 16, 2016

Yes let's just imagine how much spare time scientists would have on their hands if they just accepted the fact that "God did it."

The millions of dollars wasted on researching the lie of Evolution could be used to benefit the human population in so many ways--sad

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) November 16, 2016

Does he mean like discovering how diseases evolve over time in order to invent better treatments to prevent them?

Because if true I have some bad news for him.

Millions of dollars are wasted on researching evolution--an anti-God false religion--what a shocking waste of money

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) November 16, 2016

You know you would think that a guy who built a park celebrating a Biblical bedtime story would have a firmer grasp of the word "religion."

Science ain't religion.

It is probably not fair to target Ken Ham after all this guy is a special kind of stupid, but for anybody who listens to his bullshit if might be helpful for them to learn that studying evolution has provided invaluable insights into how our bodies developed the means to overcome dietary restrictions and to fight diseases, and also how many diseases evolved to overcome those developing defenses.

In fact the study of evolution and biology has provided so much data that now we are seriously discussing the possibility of immortality.

Which I would assume is yet another reason that Ken Ham hates science.

After all without impending death it is kind of hard to scare small children into fearing Hell, now isn't it?

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a message for any schools thinking of taking their children to see Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" in Kentucky. Don't!

Courtesy of FFRF: 

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is advising public schools in more than 1,000 school districts against visiting a new religious theme park. 

The Ark Encounter, which is opening this week in Kentucky, is a Christian ministry run by the creationist Ken Ham, who also built the notorious Creation Museum. Ham has been clear about the proselytizing nature of this park from the beginning. In a recent letter entitled, “Our Real Motive for Building Ark Encounter,” he states it plainly: “Our motive is to do the King’s business until He comes. And that means preaching the gospel and defending the faith, so that we can reach as many souls as we can.” 

FFRF is already receiving inquiries from concerned parents that overzealous teachers or principals may mistakenly believe it appropriate to schedule school-related trips to the Ark Encounter, as has happened with the Creation Museum. In order to allay such concerns and to remind public schools of their constitutional obligations, it is sending a memo to every school district in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio. 

Ham is free to erect monuments to the bible, but public schools are not permitted to expose the children in their charge to religious myths and proselytizing. So, public schools cannot organize trips for students to either the Creation Museum or the Ark Park. Doing so would violate the students’ rights of conscience and the U.S. Constitution.

Good for them.

Children have enough difficulty separating the facts from the bullshit, without having their school introducing primitive superstitions into their lives.  

Creationist Ken Ham is really upset that Bill Nye is indoctrinating young children....with actual science.

Courtesy of The Friendly Atheist:

 Nye said in a recent interview that teaching Creationism may be legal, but it’s a form of brainwashing. Referring to Ham, he said, “He can believe whatever he wants. He can run around influencing all the adults he wants; it’s the kids that are gonna be a burden on me. They’re gonna be scientifically illiterate…” 

Ham, as usual, took that to mean Nye wants to take away his rights, somehow, and that teaching evolution was just pushing a different religion onto children.

Here is what Ham tweeted in response:

In TV interview Bill Nye wants to stop me teaching kids as he wants to indoctrinate kids in religion of evolution pic.twitter.com/9KLzg4VHpg

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 26, 2016

Secularists like Bill Nye want to brainwash kids in evolution religion to try to stop them believing creation truth pic.twitter.com/zwrG6FkM7m

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 26, 2016

You know I imagine it is really hard from somebody as criminally ignorant as ken Ham to understand, but teaching children facts is not indoctrination.

It's education. 

Creationist Ken Ham takes to Twitter and preacher man-splains the Reason Rally and what Atheists actually believe.

So the Reason Rally is getting ready to start on June 4th, in Washington D.C. and people could not be more excited.

Well not all people.

The "Reason Rally" 2016 advertised as "world's largest atheist party" is really a worship service--they worship man pic.twitter.com/InBNlhIYOg

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 15, 2016

I really don't think "worship" is the correct word in this context.

Atheists at Reason Rally 2016 are really worshipping the god of self--they exalt reason--they're faith is they arose by natural processes

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 15, 2016

Okay that's a little closer, but I think the word "faith" is once again being misused.

We need to be calling atheism for what it is--a religion-an anti-God religion--a religion that exalts fallible human reason-a worship of man

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 15, 2016

Okay seriously, worship, faith, and religion are all words that simply do NOT apply to Atheists.

Atheist Lawrence Krauss speaking at Reason Rally 2016 says "Forget Jesus...the stars died so you can be here.."--He is worshipping the stars

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 15, 2016

Okay well now we're just being silly.

Atheists work hard against Christianity cause they're putting their hands over eyes & ears and shouting "I refuse to see and hear truth!"

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 15, 2016

Atheists believe universe & live arose by natural processes--that's their religion--it's a blind faith religion--it's an anti-God religion

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) May 15, 2016

Yeah well it kind of goes on from there. And on, and on, and on, and....well you get the point.

Essentially the problem seems to be that there are more and more people thinking for themselves, and not looking for purpose in any of the books sanctioned by any organized religion.

And that REALLY seems to agitate folks like Ken Ham who depend on people NOT thinking for themselves for their livelihood.

Gee, maybe it's time to start making an honest living Kenny.

Ken Ham the lunatic building the giant "Ark Encounter" in Kentucky gets a little defensive on Twitter. Twitter gets defensive right back.

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

What a giant waste of money. Building a huge mythological boat just to make people more stupid.

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

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

If Ham thought that he had somehow put the criticism to rest he certainly did not understand Twitter.

@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

@aigkenham Killing everyone and only saving a family isn't #Salvation, that's #Genocide...

— X - Meathead (@Awetitu) April 26, 2016

@aigkenham Salvation from what? From himself. Inventing a disease and selling the cure: that's what religion does best.

— Mark (@fallenoutbrain) April 25, 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.

(H/T to Raw Story.)

Ken Ham has no idea what Atheists think.

The atheist religion -& that’s what is a RELIGION - is intolerant of Christianity as they worship nature & shake their fist at God

— Ken Ham (@aigkenham) March 19, 2016

For the zillionth time Atheism is NOT a religion.

We have no rituals, no holy books, and really no consensus on anything except for the fact that there is not enough evidence to convince us to accept the existence of any the gods worshiped by our fellow humans. 

As for shaking our fist at God, we do that exactly as often as we chase Leprechauns, shoo unicorns off of our lawns, and get into fistfights with Bigfoot.

Creationist Ken Ham knows why women suffer during childbirth. It's because you're all sinful little bitches that's why!

Ken Ham basking in the ignorance that his crappy beard covers his pock marked face.

So Ken Ham, who tells children that dinosaurs and people totally used to hang together, read about a lecture given by a certain Dr. Scott Simpson, who is a Professor in the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy.

According to Dr. Scott the reason it hurts like the dickens when women make little people is because:

“One reason is that we have evolved to walk upright and the human pelvis has tried to accommodate that. Also the human brain has grown, which makes for proportionately bigger heads and a more difficult time getting through the birth canal.”

That by the way is exactly what I was taught in my college biology class as well.  And it is supported by virtually everything that I have read since.

But clearly that is because I have been reading textbooks, and THAT, according to Ken Ham, is NOT where one finds the answer:

So bigger brains and upright walking—that’s why women supposedly have pain and difficulty in childbirth. And that answer is just totally wrong! In fact, anyone who can read the Bible can find out the true answer to that question. 

Because Eve took the fruit (being deceived by the devil), we are told what God did: 

To the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children’ (Genesis 3:16) 

And God reminds us in Romans 8 that because of our sin in Adam, 

For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. (Romans 8:22) 

Evolved bigger brains are not the reason for why there is pain in childbirth—we could say it’s because of fallen brains!

So there you science loving smarty britches. Now you know the truth about painful childbirth according to the superstitious imaginings of an ancient people who believed that the sky was a body of water with the moon, stars, and sun trapped in it.

And that should be a lesson to you ladies that making men eat apples when they totally would never do that if you did not trick them with your feminine wiles, can lead to incredible pain and probably stretch marks as well.

So the next time you are screaming with pain because of a little parasite slithering out of your nether regions, remember that it is not because you are a highly evolved species at the top of the food chain, but rather because you are sinful will vixens that are wholly responsible for the fall of man.

Man Christian men have it made! Blaming all of societies ills on women and everything. I think I'm beginning to see the attraction.

(H/T to The Friendly Atheist.)

Pop star Miley Cyrus has a rather blunt opinion of religion. And it ruffles a few conservative feathers.

Courtesy of Fox News: 

In Miley Cyrus’ super revealing Paper magazine cover story, the actress, who appears nude inside the mag, says she is the least judgmental person ever, yet she has some harsh words for Christian fundamentalists and her parents. 

The magazine’s story on Cyrus notes that though she was raised Christian, the singer “maintains a particular contempt for fundamentalist lawmakers who rally against this sort of progressive, potentially life-saving changes [for the LGBT] community.” 

The pop star told the mag, "Those people [shouldn't] get to make our laws.” 

The article touches on what Cyrus thinks of people who believe Noah’s Ark was a real vessel, "That's f--king insane,” she told the magazine. “We've outgrown that fairy tale, like we've outgrown f--king Santa and the tooth fairy." 

You tell'em Hannah Montana!

Cyrus also identified herself as having a rather fluid attitude about gender and sexuality.  

"I am literally open to every single thing that is consenting and doesn't involve an animal and everyone is of age. Everything that's legal, I'm down with. Yo, I'm down with any adult -- anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me," she said. "I don't relate to being boy or girl, and I don't have to have my partner relate to boy or girl."

Well this is going to make a couple of conservative heads go "pop."

Oops, here is one now, Creationist Ken Ham who wants to know why Miley does not do the dirty with animals.

Sick boy:

Question for her: Why not involve an animal? On what basis does she decide that? Besides, if there’s no God and she’s just a result of evolution, then she is merely an animal anyway. And those she interacts with sexually are just animals—so why not any animals? In other words, she has decided to draw a line for some reason—but what reason? It’s actually because in her heart she knows God exists (Romans 1), she knows she is different from the animals as she is made in God’s image (Genesis 1)—and she has a conscience (as seared as it is because of her sinful rebellion) because the law is written on our hearts (Romans 2). 

Question for her: Why only those over the age of 18? On what basis did she decide that? If there’s no God, why have any age restriction? On what basis would she argue against pedophilia? Why not do whatever anyone wants to do?

Why do these fundamentalist types ALWAYS first think about sex with animals or children? Eeew!

Apparently Ham missed the part where Cyrus talked about "consent."

You see it's the same reason you do not have sex with a person who is drunk, or mentally ill, or passed out.

Miley Cyrus may seem to have questionable morals to certain religious people, but at least she knows not to force herself sexually onto a person unable to give their consent.

That is certainly a hell of a lot more than can be said for Josh Duggar.

But wait there's more. Apparently Bristol Palin's ghostwriter has her panties all in a wad over this as well:

Miley later went on to drop lots of profanity as she described her parents’ conservative political views and anyone who might believe Biblical stories like Noah’s Ark are actually true. (Profanity? Do you mean like the profanity found in these police tapes from the Drunken brawl in Anchorage last year?)

Is it just me or does it seem more than a little fake that someone claiming to be accepting of everyone and everything would spew such judgment towards her own parents and their deeply held religious beliefs? 

She wants everyone else to let her be “free to be Miley,” but seems unwilling to offer the same respect to her parents and those who wish to live out their Christian faith. 

(Actually in the article Cyrus specifically identifies her mother as being very accepting and supportive despite her Christian faith, and "praises her parents throughout the interview." Hardly seems disrespectful.)

Oh, Miley. Thanks for giving us the best example of what “tolerance” looks like in Hollywood: it looks a lot like contempt.

No contempt is what you show by paying a grown woman to make up things to attack somebody you disagree with while posing as a millennial, to make it appear a peer is doing the attacking.

Which seems to be working, as a number of sites are now quoting the post as if Bristol actually wrote the stupid thing.

When will they learn?

P.S. I actually don't listen to Miley Cyrus on the radio, but I did really enjoy this Wrecking Ball song. (Warning video is a little NSFW.)

She kind of reminds of a young Madonna. Remember how SHE freaked out the religious right?

Listen to these Fundamentalists explain their feelings about the Bible and their views on Evolution.

"If somewhere within the Bible, I were to find a passage that said two plus two equals five, I wouldn't question what I'm reading in the Bible. I would believe it, accept it as true, and then do my best to work it out to understand it."

That may be one of the most chilling things I have ever heard. And it goes a long, long way to explain why it is so hard to reason with religious people about science, climate change, and separation of church and state.

"To think that I had no communication with God would be so devastating--I can't even imagine adopting such a view; just to make peace with Darwin."

In other words these people MUST reject any evidence that proves Evolution is a fact or else risk their faith in the "fact" that God cares about them and is listening to their prayers.

And they are so convinced that their reliance on faith is better than living a fact based existence, that they are driven to indoctrinate everybody else. Including Darwin.

"I would love to invite Mr. Darwin and others who feel just like him to try God. And see the transformation for themselves."

Apparently that persons was unaware that Charles Darwin had at one time studied to be a member of the clergy, before being distracted by the wonders of the natural world.

She also seems to be unaware that he is dead.

And speaking of death, fear of death seems to be the underlying theme that pushes these people toward their faith. They seem to truly believe that if their faith is strong enough they can cheat death.

And it is that possibility, however remote, which forces them to reject any science which might burst that comforting bubble.

What a sad and frightening existence. 

As seen in Ken Ham's Creation Museum in Kentucky.

I have read the Bible one and a half times.

Don't remember the section on transitional fossils or the dietary needs of the Diplodocus.

P.S. Yes I am aware that they are likely talking about the behemoth, leviathon, and dragons that ARE mentioned in the Bible, but to even call that a stretch in logic is to be much too kind to these anti-science idiots.

I have said it once, and I will say it again, parents taking their children to this "museum" should be charged with child abuse.

Nancy French, playing the part of Bristol Palin, claims that Ken Ham's Ark project lost funding because it was "too religious."

Courtesy of Brancy's blog: 

I just get so sick of hearing about the “separation of church and state.” Because it usually means the state is pushing Christians around. Here’s the latest example. 

Answers in Genesis is building a life-sized Noah’s Ark in Kentucky and a theme park to go with it. “Ark Encounter” will bring hundreds of jobs and millions of visitors to boost Kentucky’s economy. The state has a program to encourage tourism that refunds sales tax to big parks like this for the first 10 years they’re open. The plans for “Ark Encounter” were approved by the state in 2011 along with the tax credits. 

But now, out of the blue, Kentucky officials say they’ve changed their mind! Answers in Genesis won’t be approved for the program unless they agree to hire people who aren’t Christians and unless the exhibit doesn’t talk about Christianity. 

Okay well that part about not talking about Christianity in order to get the tax credits is all bullshit, but yes refusing to hire workers based on their religious faith is totally against state law when it comes to granting tax incentives.

Now of course there is NO way that Nancy French or that Wasillabilly drunken brawler is going to ever understand this, but the Friendly Atheist tries to explain it anyway: 

Answers in Genesis was approved for the tax rebates because they were building a for-profit theme park and they agreed to play by the rules. 

Like every other business that wants these government subsidies, they had to follow the law and not discriminate in hiring. Six Flags can’t do it. Kentucky Kingdom can’t do it. And Ark Encounter can’t do it. 

But then they posted a job listing for Ark Encounter that required you to be a Christian. While that’s fine for, say, the non-profit Creation Museum, they can’t do that if they want the tax rebates. 

Kentucky officials finally realized this and denied Answers in Genesis access to that money. It was the right move and it prevented a lawsuit from church/state separation groups in the future.

So as the Friendly Atheist points out this decision is not anti-Christian it is pro-following-the-law.

Of course in French/Palin's view of the world legality is only important when it supports something Christians want to do do, and completely unimportant if it stops them from receiving special privileges over other religious groups.

Hey I have a question. Is this another example of Bristol Palin living a private life?

Wanna bet?

These billboards are still visible in Kentucky despite the fact that project has hit an insurmountable hurdle.

Of course it wasn't really wasn't the liberals who sank the ship, it was Ken Ham's own intolerance.

Ken Ham's Ark project springs a leak.

Courtesy of TPM:  

Kentucky's proposed "creationist theme park," Ark Encounter, won't receive tax incentives from the state because of potentially discriminatory hiring practices, the news website Insider Louisville reported on Wednesday. 

The secretary of the state's tourism and arts cabinet sent a letter to the theme park's lawyers on Wednesday explaining the decision. The park, being built in Williamstown, Ky., may have been eligible for up to $18 million in tax breaks from the state, according to the website. But Kentucky backed out after the proprietors of Ark Encounter refused to agree to hiring practices that wouldn't discriminate on the basis of religion, the site reported.

Loss of the tax incentives will likely signal the end of the project because:  

Answers in Genesis, the group behind Ark Encounter, has experienced funding issues throughout. In 2011, the company had only managed to garner $4.3 million in donations, a far cry from the proposed $24.5 million.

You know I hate to bring this up, but I do believe that according to the Bible Noah built HIS without benefit of tax incentives.

I'm just saying.

I saw an earlier story about this where a commenter said, "Well I'm bummed. I was really looking forward to that awkward moment when the fire inspectors posted the maximum occupancy allowed inside the Ark."

Good point.

Ken Ham tells us that Creationists DO believe in climate change. However no need to worry as it is just the earth "settling down" after Noah's flood. Oooookay.

Okay so on Saturday Ken Ham, founder of the Creation Museum and the worst thing to happen to children's brains since lead based paint, wrote a post explaining how everybody is wrong to assume that Creationists do not like science.

In fact they LOVE science. Just not the science that scientists understand.

Confused? Me too.

But here let Ham explain it to you:

You see, there are two different kinds of science. Observational science works in the present and is testable, repeatable, and observable. Historical science deals with the past (origins) and is not directly testable, repeatable, or observable. With historical science, the worldview you approach the evidence with is going to determine how you interpret the evidence. Secular scientists start from the perspective that man is the ultimate authority and determines truth, but we start from the view that the Bible is God’s Word and provides the true history of the universe. So we both reach different conclusions when we look at the evidence.

Okay so now do you get it?

The "science" that scientists study is the kind that relies on ridiculous things like facts, reliable testing procedures, and peer review. That kind is much more accessible for really smart people, and makes the brains of less intelligent people hurt like crazy.

However the much easier to understand "historical science" (Which is a term that apparently Ken Ham pulled out of his ass.) simply means that you rely on your faith in the Bible to explain how things work.  See? No brain pain.

Ham then goes on to explain that using his "scientific method" puts the whole global warming thing into perspective, and renders it not nearly so frightening:

I want to emphasize that we do not deny climate change. Even Bill Nye continues to spread the false charge against us that we supposedly deny climate change! What we do deny are the worldview-based assumptions behind the interpretations of what causes climate change. Climate change is observational science (we can observe it by recording measurements), but it needs to be interpreted as to why it’s happening—and your starting point determines your interpretation. Starting from the Bible, we know that there was a global Flood a few thousand years ago that completely changed Earth’s surface and climate, and that the earth is still settling down from this catastrophe. So we should expect there to be some variations in climate change, but this is not alarming and is not the direct result of modern human activity. 

See that kids? 

Sure the earth IS experiencing climate change. However there is no need to worry your ignorant little heads over it because it's really just due to the earth getting its act together after a huge global flood for which there is absolutely NO evidence.

But what am I thinking? What I mean is that there is no "observable science" which proves the existence of Noah's flood. But if you get your information straight from the "historic science" of the Bible, well then everything makes perfect sense.

So don't worry about switching to renewable energy sources, or having to buy an electric car, because God would never allow humans to break the planet he gave us.

And if the oceans do rise, no problem. Because surely God will simply wave his magic wand and give us all gills to help us survive underwater.

Wow, religion really IS the opiate of the masses.

Apparently when Bill Nye gives a lecture, these are the people he mocks.

Clockwise from top left.

Ken Ham, President of Answers in Genesis, and the guy who runs the Creation Museum in Kentucky.

Roy Spencer, former NASA and current climate misinformer.

Marsha Blackburn, Republican Congresswoman and all around conservative tool.

James Inhofe, Oklahoma Senator and dedicated climate change denier.

And some failed reality TV star.

Ken Ham thinks we need to stop wasting our money exploring space, because there is no life up in space and if there were they'd all be a bunch of sinners anyway.

"Space? There's nothing up there for you to worry your pretty little head about."

Here are a few of Ham's arguments from his Answers in Genesis website: 

I’m shocked at the countless hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent over the years in the desperate and fruitless search for extraterrestrial life. Even Bill Nye “the Science Guy,” in our recent debate, happily gloated about tax dollars being spent toward this effort. And now, secular scientists are at it again. 

Of course, secularists are desperate to find life in outer space, as they believe that would provide evidence that life can evolve in different locations and given the supposed right conditions! The search for extraterrestrial life is really driven by man’s rebellion against God in a desperate attempt to supposedly prove evolution!

Yes we are exploring space just because  scientists hate God and want to prove evolution is real.

Make perfect sense, except that we have ALREADY proven that evolution is real and space exploration is usually not considered to be connected to research in that field.

But wait, Ham has an argument in support of his hypothesis. (A word I am sure he always uses incorrectly.)

You see, according to the secular, evolutionary worldview there must be other habited worlds out there. As the head of NASA, Charles Borden, puts it, “It’s highly improbable in the limitless vastness of the universe that we humans stand alone.” Secularists cannot allow earth to be special or unique—that’s a biblical idea (Isaiah 45:18). If life evolved here, it simply must have evolved elsewhere they believe.

Well yes that would stand to reason, just like primitive earth explorers wondered if there were not others like themselves spread throughout the planet. And there were!

Is that a problem? 

Now the Bible doesn’t say whether there is or is not animal or plant life in outer space. I certainly suspect not. The Earth was created for human life. And the sun and moon were created for signs and our seasons—and to declare the glory of God. And I do believe there can’t be other intelligent beings in outer space because of the meaning of the gospel. 

You see, the Bible makes it clear that Adam’s sin affected the whole universe. This means that any aliens would also be affected by Adam’s sin, but because they are not Adam’s descendants, they can’t have salvation. One day, the whole universe will be judged by fire, and there will be a new heavens and earth. God’s Son stepped into history to be Jesus Christ, the “Godman,” to be our relative, and to be the perfect sacrifice for sin—the Savior of mankind. 

Ohhh, now I get it.

So to be clear there are NO intelligent life forms to be found outside our planet because God specifically made us in his image, and if there WERE intelligent life forms that would really screw up that whole mythology.

Besides if there were, but of course there's not, then they would be a bunch of damn sinners, and who would want to know about them anyway?

Well I would for one.

You see the problem is not that Ham thinks that we are wasting our time exploring space, the problem is that he is afraid that we are not.

And if indeed we were to successfully make contact with intelligent alien lifeforms who had no understanding of religion or the Christian God, that would seriously undermine the idea that everything was made by a single creator who surely would have wanted to care for ALL of his creations, not just the ones on this planet.

And that would make it obvious that statements like this one are horse shit:

The answers to life’s questions will not be found in imaginary aliens but in the revelation of the Creator through the Bible and His Son, Jesus Christ, who came to die on a Cross to redeem mankind from sin and death that our ancestor, Adam, introduced. 

Science, cock blocking religion since the dawn of time.