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Noah's Ark to be Built in KY, Bill Nye Chagrined

posted by LaminatorX on Saturday March 01 2014, @04:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-both-get-dirty-and-the-pig-likes-it dept.

McGruber writes:

"Following up on the Bil Nye and Ken Ham debate on Creationism, Creation Museum founder Ken Ham announced Thursday that a municipal bond offering has raised enough money to begin construction on the Ark Encounter project, estimated to cost about $73 million. Groundbreaking is planned for May and the ark is expected to be finished by the summer of 2016. Ham credits the high-profile evolution debate he had with "Science Guy" Bill Nye on Feb. 4 with boosting support for the project.

After learning that the project would move forward, Nye said he was 'heartbroken and sickened for the Commonwealth of Kentucky,' lamenting that the ark would eventually draw more attention to the beliefs of Ham's Young-earth Creationist ministry. 'Voters and taxpayers in Kentucky will eventually see that this is not in their best interest.' Nye hopes."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by bill_mcgonigle on Tuesday March 04 2014, @01:04PM

    by bill_mcgonigle (1105) on Tuesday March 04 2014, @01:04PM (#10758)

    Indeed. This seems like an awesome archeo-engineering undertaking and I'd buy tickets to see it. Yet I find the use of citizen bondage completely unacceptable.

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