Post by ignorantianescia on Nov 23, 2015 18:57:15 GMT
The ever irritable Ken Ham, this forum's bête noire and founder of AiG, has proclaimed that his latest watery enterprise the Ark Encounter will open on the 'biblically decided' date of 7 July 2016.
Ken Ham, CEO and president of the Creation Museum, has announced that the grand opening of the Ark Encounter will take place on July 7, 2016, at Williamstown, Kentucky, and will initially be open for "40 days and 40 nights."
"We are so excited that the construction progress and schedule landed on this 7/7 date. Genesis 7:7 states that Noah and his family entered the Ark. So it's fitting we allow the public to enter the life-size Ark on 7/7," Ham revealed.
In anticipation of large crowds, the Noah's Ark project will operate for 40 days straight, before starting normal hours of operation on Aug. 15.
Personally I'd wish his endeavour will catch water and sink, but I do not get my hopes up.
As far as the funding for the project, Ham revealed that close to $80 million of the $91.5 million needed has been raised so far, and shared that he is confident the rest of the money will come in before construction is completed.
Answers in Genesis, which Ham is also the CEO and president of, launched a lawsuit against Kentucky earlier this year, after state officials denied the Ark Encounter participation in the state tax incentive program.
While the state argued that AiG was wrong for insisting on using religious preference when hiring workers, the creationist group accused the state of violating its First Amendment religious freedom rights.
The tourism incentive program could have provided AiG another $18 million in funding for the Ark Encounter project.
www.christianpost.com/news/ken-hams-ark-encounter-to-open-40-days-and-40-nights-149949/
For those who missed out on the crowdfunding, wasting money can recommence from January on.
Tickets to the Ark Encounter go on sale in January.
www.onenewsnow.com/missions/2015/11/19/ark-encounter-readies-for-july-16-opening
But the biggest question of all is, will the ark feature a pair of crocoducks?
Ken Ham, CEO and president of the Creation Museum, has announced that the grand opening of the Ark Encounter will take place on July 7, 2016, at Williamstown, Kentucky, and will initially be open for "40 days and 40 nights."
"We are so excited that the construction progress and schedule landed on this 7/7 date. Genesis 7:7 states that Noah and his family entered the Ark. So it's fitting we allow the public to enter the life-size Ark on 7/7," Ham revealed.
In anticipation of large crowds, the Noah's Ark project will operate for 40 days straight, before starting normal hours of operation on Aug. 15.
Personally I'd wish his endeavour will catch water and sink, but I do not get my hopes up.
As far as the funding for the project, Ham revealed that close to $80 million of the $91.5 million needed has been raised so far, and shared that he is confident the rest of the money will come in before construction is completed.
Answers in Genesis, which Ham is also the CEO and president of, launched a lawsuit against Kentucky earlier this year, after state officials denied the Ark Encounter participation in the state tax incentive program.
While the state argued that AiG was wrong for insisting on using religious preference when hiring workers, the creationist group accused the state of violating its First Amendment religious freedom rights.
The tourism incentive program could have provided AiG another $18 million in funding for the Ark Encounter project.
www.christianpost.com/news/ken-hams-ark-encounter-to-open-40-days-and-40-nights-149949/
For those who missed out on the crowdfunding, wasting money can recommence from January on.
Tickets to the Ark Encounter go on sale in January.
www.onenewsnow.com/missions/2015/11/19/ark-encounter-readies-for-july-16-opening
But the biggest question of all is, will the ark feature a pair of crocoducks?