Hear Ye, Children: Noah's Ark Is Open
LatestI have some fairly significant news to share with you: Noah’s Ark is real, officially.
On Thursday while real things in the world were happening, a group of good Christian people in Kentucky known as Answers in Genesis opened the doors to its long-anticipated, $100 million Noah’s Ark “replica”—you know, a smaller model of a thing that actually existed.
The ark, which is housed at the Christian theme park Ark Encounter, has zero animals on board (so it’s not technically NOAH’S Ark), stands at 55-feet high and 510-feet long, just like the real thing. Via CNN:
The massive exhibit, claimed to be the largest timber frame structure in the world, sits on the grounds of a Christian theme park, Ark Encounter, a for-profit enterprise founded by Ken Ham. He said the park is an evangelical tool aimed at teaching creationism, a literal interpretation of the Bible’s Book of Genesis.
“I find some of the aggressive secularists try to shut down people talking about the bible,” Ham said. “So for us it’s ‘How can we get a message out there about the Bible?’”
Who paid for this big ass boat? A group of donors chipped in $38 million and investors raised $62 million, to go along with tax incentives provided by the city of Williamstown and the state of Kentucky: