Ark Encounter opens to public Thursday

[brooklynite]

Source: WLWT

WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP and WLWT) —A 510-foot-long, $100 million Noah's ark attraction built by Christians who say the biblical story really happened has opened in Kentucky.

People lined up as much as an hour before the Ark Encounter opened near Williamstown at 9 a.m.

Since its announcement in 2010, the ark project has rankled opponents who say the attraction will be detrimental to science education and shouldn't have won state tax incentives.

"I believe this is going to be one of the greatest Christian outreaches of this era in history," said Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, the ministry that built the ark.

Read more: http://www.wlwt.com/news/ark-encounter-opens-to-public-thursday/40396580

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Or, as P.T. Barnum put it.....



Can someone explain why the workers all have hard hats and safety vests? I fairly sure that Noah didn't...

[FSogol]

1. Wanna venture a guess on how soon they file for bankruptcy?

I pick 32 months.

[yeoman6987]

2. This site has made me want to see it

I wouldn't even know about it for not the excitement from many here. It might be a neat day long experience.

[Else You Are Mad]

5. I would want to go...

Just to experience how awful it is -- it has to be a full day's worth of laughs.

[yeoman6987]

6. It may be bad. I don't know but the many OPs have definitely peaked my interest.

I don't see it anywhere else.

[Else You Are Mad]

8. It has to be bad.

There is no way that it is good.

[RKP5637]

26. It would be a great comedy tour! n/t

[FSogol]

13. Ask to see the room were Noah collected two of each type of beetle.

[bjobotts]

16. It sickens me to see how indoctrinated from birth the sheeple have become.Even the jews deny this

story. Their hearts and intentions may be well founded but their belief system is a desperate fantasy based on fear.

[SoCalNative]

19. You know, this story first originated

in the Epic of Gilgamesh...in fact most cultures have a epic flood story that is somewhat similar. All it might prove is that at one time in early history, there was a big flood...somewhere on the planet.

[Kelvin Mace]

27. I just couldn't bring myself to give them money

The sooner these people go under, the better.

[yeoman6987]

30. I think the interest will be there at first and then deminish

Unless they add a lot and make it into an amusement park atmosphere. I'm sure Disney would not be what it is today had they not expanded. Dollywood too. This place may do fine.

[Else You Are Mad]

3. They are betting on...

The rapture happening before the creditors start suing.

[FSogol]

14. LOL. n/t

[sarisataka]

4. Williamstown Kentucky forecast

Hot, high 80's with heavy storms approaching
http://m.accuweather.com/en/us/williamstown-ky/41097/weather-radar/333383

Talk about nick of time

[underpants]

25. Well done

[Kelvin Mace]

28. Will the gods of irony rise to the challenge?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. duplicate thread of

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141511347

[greymattermom]

9. Why do they think this is a Christian thing?

It's from Genesis.

[cutroot]

15. Excellent point

That means that Muslims and Jews believe it too.

[Kelvin Mace]

29. I have had to point that out to a number of "Christians™"

They don't seem to understand their own religion.

[gohuskies]

10. An extremelhy bad joke to taxpayers

Since taxpayers funded a large portion of this 'project' someone should revive the Golden Fleece award because it is certainly an incredible waste of taxpayer monies, especially since it encourages faux science and favors one specific religion over others in our multi-cultural society.

[PSPS]

11. And even though they only hire "christians," Kentucky is subsidizing it with taxpayer money.

[YOHABLO]

12. So they could never find the remains of Noah's Ark. So they built one instead. How clever.

These people have shite for brains. What's really sad is that families will travel to it in hordes to see the stupid thing. Much like the Water Park and Hotel built by Jim and Tammy Faye Baker back in the 80s. "I'm so proud to be an American"

[bjobotts]

17. It's a miracle and miracles don't have to make sense. That's what keeps them in limbo mentally

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. so fitting that a YUGE line of thunderstorms are heading that way today.

should be there in a couple of hours, lightning and all.

[sakabatou]

20. If they wanted a duplicate

Why the hell didn't they use Bronze Age construction methods?

[rockfordfile]

21. Playing the Twilight Zone theme while reading this

What a bunch of nuts.

[NYC Liberal]

22. "Noah’s Ark"

[Frank Cannon]

31. LOL

Nice. Noah was a visionary!

[Hoppy]

23. They are wearing safety vests because the nanny state gub'mint will fine them if they don't.

[FighttheFuture]

24. Stupid things for stupid people.... never ends.