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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."
(Score: 1) by GeriatricGentleman on Saturday March 01 2014, @09:36PM
"university helps a little, whereas becoming a parent generally makes it worse"
So educate or sterilise them? I like it. How do I contribute?
Of course, once we get a foothold on the religious whack-jobs we can extend to the next subset of the population - maybe politicians? Hopefully it won't be too long before we get to my kids - a free full university education would be most welcome! Or if they fail their uni entry - maybe a sponsored o'seas adventure for a year to immerse themselves in a diverse and different culture? Hmm, I might be a little intolerant myself - perhaps I should go too!
As an aside, I am not from the US, when I read "Noah's Ark to built in KY" I confess it took me a second or two of wondering...