I went to the Ark Encounter in Kentucky last month while on vacation. I was in total awe of the size of it. But I don't think I'm buying into the baby dinosaurs in the cages inside...
Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
Yeah, it's not the same.Frok said:Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
There was a dispute over that a couple years ago I believe. Some politician promised them benefits like tax exemption and it made a bunch of people mad.
However it's no different then cities rolling out the red carpet for corporations or sports teams.
Frok said:Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
There was a dispute over that a couple years ago I believe. Some politician promised them benefits like tax exemption and it made a bunch of people mad.
However it's no different then cities rolling out the red carpet for corporations or sports teams.
So you don't think that's a waste compared to charity? I mean, it's promoting a VERY specific view of Genesis and life on Earth that the vast majority of Christians disagree with and is more a joke than an "apologetic tool." Seems like crappy gum.wargograw said:Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
It's an evangelistic and apologetic tool. Christians can walk and chew gum.
I'm going to assume you didn't get your handle from John.
I'm thinking of the Ken Hamm presentation of a literal 6 day creation with a global flood and Dinosaurs on a boat.dermdoc said:
I do not believe the vast majority of Christians disagree with the concept of the flood and Noah.
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Dinosaurs on a boat.
I was curious and did some googling. I couldn't find anything on the flood/Noah, but according to a recent Gallup survey, only 50% of Protestants hold YEC views. And the National Association of Evangelicals found that 90% of evangelical leaders believe it's okay to have different views on creation, just as long as one holds that God is the creator of the universe.wargograw said:
Agree with dermdoc. Certainly the vast majority of evangelicals (of which Ken Ham is a part) do believe in it.
RetiredAg said:I was curious and did some googling. I couldn't find anything on the flood/Noah, but according to a recent Gallup survey, only 50% of Protestants hold YEC views. And the National Association of Evangelicals found that 90% of evangelical leaders believe it's okay to have different views on creation, just as long as one holds that God is the creator of the universe.wargograw said:
Agree with dermdoc. Certainly the vast majority of evangelicals (of which Ken Ham is a part) do believe in it.
RetiredAg said:
. . .but according to a recent Gallup survey, an astounding 50% of Protestants still somehow hold YEC views.
RetiredAg said:
Ah, okay. So your "vast majority of evangelicals" statement was regarding belief in Noah and the flood, but not necessarily Hamm's views on YEC?
Well, you made the claim that the "vast majority of evangelicals" support Hamm's views. Do you have anything to support that? All I was able to find was a survey that showed only 50% of Protestants (which includes evangelicals) support YEC. Having grown up in the Baptist world, it doesn't surprise me that a majority would support it, but I think it's a stretch to say "vast majority".wargograw said:RetiredAg said:
Ah, okay. So your "vast majority of evangelicals" statement was regarding belief in Noah and the flood, but not necessarily Hamm's views on YEC?
No I still think it would be the case with YEC as well. What you posted was just "leaders" saying it's not heretical to believe something else, not that they thought that themselves. I'm open to other info though.
Which is why I said evangelicals are part of the 50% of Protestants that are YEC. Obviously not all Protestants are evangelicals. Again, do you have any data to support the claim that the "vast majority" of evangelicals are young earth creationists? You may be right, but I haven't seen anything that would lead me to believe it's a "vast majority".wargograw said:
Protestant=/=evangelical
Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
Yep. Put one of those next to it. Whatever it takes to apply pressure to this farce.Aggrad08 said:
We have museums of reason, they are called natural history museums.
Aggie4Life02 said:Macarthur said:
I know they used private $, but every time I see that, I can't help but think that a lot of good could have been done with all that $.
Maybe food and clothes for the poor...maybe what Jesus would have done.
Oh, and I wonder if they're paying any property taxes.
Taxation is theft. HTH.
AstroAg17 said:
Why not?
RetiredAg said:Which is why I said evangelicals are part of the 50% of Protestants that are YEC. Obviously not all Protestants are evangelicals. Again, do you have any data to support the claim that the "vast majority" of evangelicals are young earth creationists? You may be right, but I haven't seen anything that would lead me to believe it's a "vast majority".wargograw said:
Protestant=/=evangelical
wargograw said:RetiredAg said:Which is why I said evangelicals are part of the 50% of Protestants that are YEC. Obviously not all Protestants are evangelicals. Again, do you have any data to support the claim that the "vast majority" of evangelicals are young earth creationists? You may be right, but I haven't seen anything that would lead me to believe it's a "vast majority".wargograw said:
Protestant=/=evangelical
Because the most fundamental part of being an evangelical is believing what the Bible says...
dermdoc said:
And all this time I thought it meant to evangelize, spread the Good News. So maybe they should be called inerranticals?