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Creationists Have Sold Ark Encounter. To Themselves. For $10. To Avoid Taxes.
http://www.patheos.com ^ | 7/17/17 | Hemant Mehta

Posted on 07/19/2017 8:01:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase

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To: Garth Tater

G1. Doesn’t The Bible say that God uses the rainbow as a sign that he will never wipe out man again with the flood?


41 posted on 07/19/2017 9:31:21 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Rebelbase

As biased as this comes across, I would like to see some independent verification from different sources.


42 posted on 07/19/2017 9:38:47 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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To: Rebelbase

The attraction should be allowed to buy insurance, which would reimburse the city for any costs incurred by sending police, firemen, or other emergency responders. This way, professional actuaries would be doing the calculating.


43 posted on 07/19/2017 9:43:21 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Arthur McGowan

There could be some untoward wheeling and dealing on both sides. I wish the avowedly Christian side would act like it’s all about God — who cares about a lot of things.


44 posted on 07/19/2017 9:46:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Rebelbase

It’s a tourist attraction and according to Kentucky law it deserved the tax break. Why don’t you whiners get this upset with Planned Parenthood?


45 posted on 07/19/2017 9:56:31 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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To: Frapster

How did this “safety tax” come to pass? It sounds like they are singling out the Ark Encounter for a special tax.


46 posted on 07/19/2017 10:18:49 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Hemant Mehta is an author, blogger, and atheist activist who gained fame for “selling his soul” on eBay. Mehta is a regular speaker at atheist events and has sat on the boards of charitable organizations such as the Secular Student Alliance and the Foundation Beyond Belief. He also runs a blog on Patheos, in which he and his associates publish articles several times a day.


47 posted on 07/19/2017 10:23:13 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Darteaus94025
I'm pretty sure the story of the rainbow being a sign of one of God's promises to mankind is in there. Doesn't bother me a bit if the Ark people want to do their part in taking back the rainbow from the people of strange sexuality.

But what do I know, I'm brain-dead, perverted, diseased and stupid. Don't forget the stupid part. I am definitely that.
48 posted on 07/19/2017 10:33:51 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: Rebelbase

So the county decided to target a specific business with a specific tax, and this putz thinks the Christians are the bad guys instead of the government? How about instead of a $0.50 ticket tax putting all the burden on one business, the county institutes a %0.5 sales tax on the sale of all goods and services in the county. Milwaukee County in my state of Wisconsin does this. It distributes the tax burden blindly and equitably. When government starts treating Christian businesses like work horses they can whip and beat into pulling the carriage of obese government, the Christians should fight back with all legal tools available. I have no problem with Ark's reaction. Sure we need roads and fire trucks. But picking winners and losers through taxation is something ALL US TEA PARTY TYPES HATE.


49 posted on 07/19/2017 11:19:24 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: tang-soo

Excellent tagline.


50 posted on 07/19/2017 11:42:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 21:36 KJV Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all...)
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To: smokingfrog

[by restricting jobs to his anti-gay Creationist buddies]

Thanks for the info. It was obvious the writer was a frothing liberal. They never seem to miss this one little agenda......


51 posted on 07/19/2017 11:44:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 21:36 KJV Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all...)
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To: Frapster; NorthstarMom

We visited last fall with 2 busloads.

First, the project wasn’t nearly complete. Looking at the plan there was almost half of the development left to finish, even break ground on. This increased taxation would come at a terrible time. The ark itself is mostly done, but a number of the displays are not, the theme park is not and the eateries are not. Huge expense remains.

I do not recall seeing any police at all. Parking, directions, etc were all by park staff.

We ate at in the locality when we left, so we dumped about 2000 on the local economy.


52 posted on 07/20/2017 12:10:10 AM PDT by xzins ( Support the Freepathon! Every donation is important.)
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To: Rebelbase

No...... imbicile writer, this isn’t how “creationists” think.
Frankly, this creationist thinks if this is true, those are some shady people running that Ark attraction. It just sounds plain wrong.


53 posted on 07/20/2017 12:27:46 AM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: Garth Tater

The lack of clear writing really bothers me. It is obvious that a Christian-based attraction would not be using the gay pride flag colors to light their attraction. God’s rainbow has indigo in it. The gay pride flag skips that, and goes from blue to violet. (It was to save space I think.)

The gay flag also started off with hot pink (for “sex”) on top of the red stripe. But hot pink fabric was too expensive, so they quit using it.

Interestingly, the indigo in the original gay pride flag represented “harmony”. Although I doubt anything would be any different if they had left the color in.

It was only a short time ago that I learned something about the ark. I always figured his neighbors thought Noah was crazy for building an ark in order to survive a huge flood. It was only recently that I learned that before the flood - it had never rained on Earth!! They must have REALLY thought he was nuts.


54 posted on 07/20/2017 2:18:58 AM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: Timpanagos1

We’ve become conditioned into seeing the rainbow as a symbol of peversion.

Now we recoil when we see it in its rightful place.


55 posted on 07/20/2017 2:42:22 AM PDT by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: RegulatorCountry

“And just what do you perceive that photo to represent?”

Looks like something a homosexual with size deficiencies would build ...


56 posted on 07/20/2017 3:17:05 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

You see what I mean, I hope.

We’ve become so disturbed as a society that we automatically see a Rainbow as a homosexual symbol.


57 posted on 07/20/2017 3:43:30 AM PDT by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: stylin19a

They know how to fleece suckers!


58 posted on 07/20/2017 4:15:35 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Rebelbase

Obviously an anti-Christian writer.

Just how much money did they collect from the Creation Museum before it came to town? How did they pay for schools then?

They shouldn’t be taxed in the first place, thus needing no “tax breaks”.


59 posted on 07/20/2017 4:19:32 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Rebelbase

Is “Creationists” now a pejorative?


60 posted on 07/20/2017 4:20:31 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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