Would you take your children to visit the Ark in Kentucky?

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Personally, I am a little perturbed about the unicorn and the dinosaurs on the ark. I would not take children there unless I could explain how the Catholic views the story of Noah’s ark (Catholics inherited our approach from the Jewish traditional understanding). I would be sure to explain how our views differ from the ‘bible alone, literal translation’ version presented at this theme park.

Would you visit? How does your religion approach the story of Noah?

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Bible alone, literal translation-- unicorns and dinosaurs on the Ark?

I think I do not wish to go there.
 
Your name is one of our son’s favorite Narnian characters. When I read it, I have to do his lines in a special mouse voice for him. 😃
 
I’d visit it if I could. It seems pretty interesting. If I had children, I’d probably bring them there.
 
No, I’d rather take them to a museum. Creation Science doesn’t do much for me.
 
Yes , I would love to visit,looks incredible ,
I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to put a biblical context to everything in life
 
I’ve seen pictures of this thing being built. All I could think of is how many houses for the less fortunate could have been built by the massive amount of lumber it took to build it. I wonder if the proprietor explains how unicorns and especially dinosaurs managed to die off a mere 6,000 years ago. What would have been more impressive is building it with only the tools and supplies available to Noah. Don’t think Noah used plywood.
 
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I’ve seen pictures of this thing being built. All I could think of is how many houses for the less fortunate could have been built by the massive amount of lumber it took to build it. I wonder if the proprietor explains how unicorns and especially dinosaurs managed to die off a mere 6,000 years ago. What would have been more impressive is building it with only the tools and supplies available to Noah. Don’t think Noah used plywood.
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Dinosaurs died off 6000 years ago ?
 
Catholic_farmer said:
Personally, I am a little perturbed about the unicorn and the dinosaurs on the ark. I would not take children there unless I could explain how the Catholic views the story of Noah’s ark (Catholics inherited our approach from the Jewish traditional understanding). I would be sure to explain how our views differ from the ‘bible alone, literal translation’ version presented at this theme park.

Would you visit? How does your religion approach the story of Noah?

arkencounter.com/
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Wait…the unicorn did NOT get on the ark…it’s in that poem…by shel Silverstein…about how there are green alligators and long neck geese, humpy bumpy camels and chimpanzees…and it tells how the unicorn refused to get aboard…

I probably would not…dinosaurs went extinct before Noah. :rolleyes:
 
I don’t a) have children or b) live anywhere near KY.

If I did have children, there are lots of more appealing places to spend time and money to go to.

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drac16 said:
No, I’d rather take them to a museum. Creation Science doesn’t do much for me.
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I haven’t got any myself, but I agree. I guess It would be neat to see if I wasn’t giving money to Ken Ham et. al.
 
It might be interesting to see the world’s largest timber frame structure.
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
I’ve seen pictures of this thing being built. All I could think of is how many houses for the less fortunate could have been built by the massive amount of lumber it took to build it.
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Pretty much what came to my mind when I saw the headline with the price figure.
 
drac16 said:
It’s part and parcel of the Worldwide Flood myth, which is promoted by guys like Kent Hovind.
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While I certainly wouldn’t claim to agree with everything taught and believed by Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis, they have explicitly disavowed many of the views of Kent Hovind. As far as the worldwide flood is concerned–this was the Church’s standard interpretation of the relevant Scripture passages for the vast majority of its 2000 year existence and of the Old Testament Church–so it can hardly be described as a strange Protestant novelty. It certainly appears to be the most natural reading of St. Peter’s commentary in 2 Peter 3:1-7, and St. Peter doesn’t look too kindly on denials of a universal flood. The Catholic Encyclopedia insists that it must have at least been sufficiently universal to destroy every single person on earth other than Noah and his family.

The existence of dinosaurs at the time of Noah is hardly a matter worth getting worked up about. The Thunder Bird which was an intricate part of Native American legends clearly resembles the Pterodactyl. And there are many other examples.

Also, someone said that they thought this lumber could have been used for housing. No doubt, however, the same could be said for money that goes into building and maintaining almost any religious oriented building. If it eternally impacts souls towards trusting in Christ (I have no idea if it will or not), than it may well be worth every penny put into it and then some. As for whether I’ll ever go there–I don’t see myself and my wife and kids getting up there anytime soon. I would like to see it someday.
 
NA is in no way short of timber, ergo, this ark isn’t depriving anybody of housing.

The **money **used to create it is another matter, however, one of the tenets of Americanism is if you can raise funds, you use them as you see fit.

As to the worldwide flood ‘myth,’ I’d doubt that any Christians called it that prior to the early 1900s.

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