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."
(Score: 3) by BsAtHome on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:55AM
When nutjobs take over, you know that you are in for a hurt. Doesn't matter which "cause" they have or follow. Extremism has always resulted in violence one or the other way and the world is full of examples. When a society gets more extremist, then a change for the worse will most likely follow before a new era of reason can be established.
I'll probably be dead before the US implodes (and maybe explodes afterwards) and that may be for the good. I'd not want to live in that world.