The people in the Great State of Kentucky should be outraged! Back in 2011 I posted the following "Kentuckians, kennie ham is making a mockery of you!". It was a post about how Answers In Genesis (AIG), a non-profit Evangelical Christian Ministry, is hiring people for jobs at the Ark Encounter Park, a for-profit business. That was over three years ago. Since then little kennie has struggled with funding and Kentucky has offered him even more tax breaks for his Noah's Ark replica.
Here we are in 2014 and AIG is still doing it. "The dishonesty continues from Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis" lays out exactly what was happening. Once again AIG, who also runs another ministry, the poorly named Creation 'Museum', is still advertising for positions. The first part of the job opening says:
"Our work at Ark Encounter is not just a job, it is also a ministry. Our employees work together as a team to serve each other to produce the best solutions for our design requirements. Our purpose through the Ark Encounter is to serve and glorify the Lord with our God-given talents with the goal of edifying believers and evangelizing the lost."In order to be considered you must also sign a:
- Creation belief statement
- Confirmation of your agreement with the AiG Statement of Faith (If you need a real laugh, you really need to check out their statement of faith. It's hilarious and, in my opinion, should be illegal for a for-profit business who is using State tax money and incentives.
Based on this, what I think should happen is any and all tax breaks, subsidies, and incentives should be removed from little kennie and his pet project. Unless he complies with existing laws and it's proven he has done so. You shouldn't be subsidizing his ministries. Plans to expand the roads and upgrade highway exits should be put on hold until his Park is up, running, and drawing in the 'crowds' little kennie has claimed it would. I believe it was his own study that predicts fairly large numbers of tourists.
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