Lol. Republicans in Kentucky plan to build a "full sized" Ark.

[TheBigotBasher]

The $24.5 million project will be constructed by the same team that built the Creation Museum. The religious ministry is soliciting online donations to help construct the project, which they expect to draw an estimated 1.6 million visitors per year. Ken Ham, president and CEO of Answers In Genesis, cites poll data showing that an estimated 63 percent of Americans would visit a full-scale replica of Noah's Ark if one were built in the U.S. "We see a full-scale, wooden ark as something so significant that it will shake up this nation," Ham said. "It would be a clear reminder to America about the truths of the Bible. The building of a huge ark is a unique and powerful opportunity to reach millions in our nation (and around the world) with a bold statement: God's word is true."

http://www.wlwt.com/r/25961768/detail.html

When it comes from the good ol' fundamentalist Christians of Kentucky it will be foot stompingly good.

[Zoeisright]

1. Man, those people are STUPID.

They could really have done some good with that money. Instead they're building a shrine to their own gullibility and ignorance.

[Kalyke]

2. Why not? Tennessee has a Titanic replica.

And it's not as if anyone is forcing you to give up your hard-earned money to visit the Ark.

[social_critic]

Sounds like a good idea to get tourists

It sure sounds like a good business idea. Think about it, they get the cash to build it from donations, then they get to charge people to get in, plus they'll set up their own fast food business - Noahburger, Holy Fries, etc.

In Alabama they have an aircraft carrier with a sub tied next to it. This ark business could do the same, eventually expand with a smaller set of exhibits, a huge fiberglass whale could swallow tourists and spit them back out covered in fish muck, and they could have a pond where a guy dressed like Jesus walks (all they got t do is build a walkway about 1/2 inch below the water line and fit him with thick-soled sandals to get the effect.

The possibilities are endless, and because it's tied to religion, they may even be able to get it tax exempt - the cash flow would be extracted from high salaries and possibly religious venture provided limo and other perks.

[Kalyke]

18. Exactly.

That was my point.

The Titanic replica in Tennessee, for example, is in Pigeon Forge - a small town very near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It's a "tourist trap," for lack of a better word.

Same thing as this Ark dealio.

[TheBigotBasher]

26. I think you are absolutely right on the tax status.

They'd probably even apply for grants as an "educational institute".

[marmar]

3. Ship of Fools

nt

[alittlelark]

4. They'll destroy a forest for god?

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Using taxpayer money?

[SpiralHawk]

6. If the Republicons keep lying about the facts of global climate change

They will need a frikking ark -- but it will do them no good.

It's THE FIRE this time.

Talk about hypocritical...sooo republicon.

[Angry Dragon]

7. They are just planning ahead

so when the waters rise, they will be safe
now all they have to do is gather all those animals

[snooper2]

8. Only if they do it the old school way

no power tools, cut their own trees, make own resin...

No crews of illegals to help, only one "man" gets to do all the labor. If he can get some animals to help that's all good...

Good luck :rofl:

[revolution breeze]

9. A church in Washington had a scale replica of the Ark

It served as their children's church. The also used it for alot of outreach to younger children in the community. Many of the farm workers' children would go every year to get their school supplies from "Noah's Ark" even though they were predominantly Catholic.

[WinkyDink]

10. Sicko morons.

[dipsydoodle]

11. New York I could've understood

Start spreading the gnus...........

[Aristus]

12. 24.5 million dollars could feed a lot of hungry people.

These sick, idiotic bastards, and their Satanic waste of money... :grr::mad:

A replica will prove the truths of the Bible?

If someone builds a replica of a Spinner, does it prove that Blade Runner is true?

[n2doc]

13. This could be good

Demand that they also fill it with "2 of every kind of beast". Even of only for a few hours. Someone should plan to build a zoo next door to show folks how stupid the whole thing is.

[LeftinOH]

14. This Ark will be huge- remember, according to Ken Ham, there were dinosaurs on the Ark

-as well as all the mammals which followed. That's a lot of creatures. Then there's the matter of making sure that all the carnivores have plenty of prey-animals to eat. Then there's the enormous storage areas for grains & grasses for the herbivores. It's gonna cost way more than $24.5 million.

[social_critic]

19. I always did wonder about two things:

One, how did the kangaroos get back to Australia? and two, where did all that water drain to?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. I don't get it about the dinosaurs on the ark.

If the whole idea was to save specimens of each creature from the flood, the dinosaurs would have survived. So where are they now, seeing that the flood was only some 4,000 years ago? Did the carnivorous mammals on the ark eat them all while waiting for the water to recede?

:eyes:

[Marr]

36. Here's something I don't get.

How can the concept of extinction, which they clearly seem to accept, possibly mesh with intelligent design?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. So someone figured out what a cubit is?

[social_critic]

22. Cubit defined

According to my Encyclopedia of Religions and Cults, a cubit is whatever you want it to be, all you need is faith.

[Blue_Tires]

27. length from your elbow to your middle finger

[NickB79]

33. Who's elbow-to-middle finger?

Shaq's or Mini-Me's?

[BlueJazz]

16. Seems I read somewhere that building the Actual size of the (Fable) Ark was impossible.

The thing would collapse by it's own weight.

[piratefish08]

25. I guarantee you they will not let facts, reason or physics stand in the way

of an 'exact' replica of a fairy tale boat.

[TlalocW]

28. I read

That just putting two of every kind of beetle found in the world would fill it up and not leave room for any other animal.

TlalocW

[a la izquierda]

38. Ew, gross.

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. Where will they put the dinosaurs? nt

[piratefish08]

20. and the dumbing down of America marches on...........

[valerief]

29. +666 trillion

[tularetom]

21. Unfortunately it's more than republicans

I saw the governor who is a democrat, announcing some sort of state tourism grant of public funds. He didn't snicker or roll his eyes either. Seemed OK with the whole thing actually.

[ET Awful]

23. So . . . are they going to make it a seaworthy vehicle using the technology available to Noah

at the time the flood allegedly occurred?

I want to see it built using the tools and technology available to Noah and show that it can be completely seaworthy and carry the entire load of animals (and food for the animals) that it would have had to carry. That means sufficient plant matter for elephants to survive on for a few months, etc.

[madrchsod]

24. so god is going to flood....wait a minute- he`s using fire this time

guess that wooden ship is not going to be of much use....

[Yeahyeah]

30. Apparently Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth and their wives were on the Ark.

Are they gonna hire actors to play Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth and their wives?Because that ark could be a-rockin when nobody comes a-knockin.

[Poll_Blind]

31. I hear if you order the Holy Ghost Family Hom-lette, Joseph AND Mary deliver it to your table and...

...say grace with you! It's a little on the small side- for the price- but while my family's bellies may not be full our hearts will be knowing that Joseph and Mary said grace with us!

PB

[AlinPA]

32. Funny. Too bad it won't be done after Jesus comes and the world ends on May 11, 2011. nt

[NightWatcher]

35. we've already got one here in Florida, take that you back-slidden Kentucks

in Orlando right across from Ikea. Come for the meatballs stay for the crazy

[EOTE]

37. So, building a really big boat makes the bible true?

How about they go about resurrecting a human who has been dead for multiple days or perhaps proving that Pi is, in fact, equal to 3. Then I'd believe the bible.

[yellowcanine]

39. I would like to see someone build a full sized ark, fill it with full size animal models, and then

sail it across the North Atlantic. This ark building on dry ground is for pantywaists.

Let's see if a boat built to the Biblical dimensions can even survive in a real world situation.

[yellowcanine]

40. Will Dr. Dino consult on the project from the pokey?

[AsahinaKimi]

41. As I said in another posting

I really really wish someone would build a full size
working STAR SHIP across the street.