Hardrock69
12-07-2010, 11:02 PM
THE NEW KENTUCKY NOAH'S ARK FUN PARK AND CHRISTIAN HOOTENANNY!
FUNDED BY STATE TAX MONEY WOOHOO! LAND O' GOSHEN! LAWDY SAKES ALIVE! :umm:
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Controvery-overNoahs-Ark-amusement-park--111467774.html
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Construction has yet to begin on the northern Kentucky faith-based amusement park and already the initiative has thrust Kentucky into the national spotlight. The project is called “Ark Encounter” and the governor's decision to give the group developing the park millions of dollars in tax breaks is taking a lot of criticism; specifically whether Governor Steve Beshear can legally offer tax incentives to the faith-based park. I caught up with Governor Beshear Tuesday and he says the decision is legally sound.
"We did a thorough analysis of the law, obviously, before we encouraged the application to be put in, and there's nothing remotely unconstitutional about this because these kinds of incentives are open to any type of theme park that wants to come and apply, " says Governor Steve Beshear.
The incentives would essentially be a refund of sales taxes collected on the tickets to the park and other items sold there. The Beshear adminstration and the group developing the park says it legally qualifies under the Kentucky Tourism Develoment Act.
"There's nothing that should discriminate against us, so it is a profit venture with a nonprofit component involving our ministry here that will be designing and operating the park when it opens," says Mark Looy with the Creation Museum.
The Ark Encounter development is a for-profit project, which qualifies for the tax incentives. The full scale Noah's Ark itself will be built at a cost of $24.5 million by the nonprofit 'Answers for Genesis' which operates the Creation Museum. In all, the construction project will employ 900 people and is expected to attract 1.6 million visitors in its first year.
"Here we are on private property, privately funded. You would think in America you would be able to build something without opposition. We thought this opposition would rear its head with the Ark Encounter because it does deal with a theme from the Bible's Old Testament," says Looy.
Governor Steve Beshear says despite the criticism and controversey, his decision comes down to jobs. "I'm not arguing with them over religion or religion issues. My whole point here is that people in this state didn't elect me to argue issues about religion. They elected me to create jobs for our people and that's what we are doing," says Gov Beshear.
The groundbreaking on the new amusement park will begin next year and be completed in 2014.
So this means that yes it will create jobs. They will have to hire actors to play Jesus, Moses, etc.
Better make sure the Moses dude sounds like Charlton Heston. Will he carry a flintlock rifle instead of a staff? How the fuck are they going to cram several million pairs of animals in this fucking thing?
GAWD it is going to STINK! Talk about authenticity!
They must make sure all of the actors who play Jesus, Moses, etc. are only allowed to spout dialogue that promotes Judaism, because they were JEWS.
They will have to ensure that there are six-pointed stars and menorahs everywhere, and copies of the Talmud on permanent display. That is all that existed from about 1,000 B.C. to the time of the Crucifixion. There was no such thing as a "New Testament". Christianity did not begin to even form until several decades after Jesus died, and then of course it took 300 more years before it became a 'lawful' religion in the eyes of the Roman Empire.
Speaking of which, are they going to have Romans there? I bet if they constructed an open-air arena and had gladiatorial combat to the death, they would make billions of dollars.
Aside from that though, the tale of the Great Flood, and Noah, is a JEWISH story from the JEWISH OLD TESTAMENT.
Christianity had nothing to do with Noah, as that religion did not exist until several thousand years after Noah shoveled shit on the deck of the Ark.
So they need to make it a JEWISH THEME PARK.
End of story.
FUNDED BY STATE TAX MONEY WOOHOO! LAND O' GOSHEN! LAWDY SAKES ALIVE! :umm:
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Controvery-overNoahs-Ark-amusement-park--111467774.html
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Construction has yet to begin on the northern Kentucky faith-based amusement park and already the initiative has thrust Kentucky into the national spotlight. The project is called “Ark Encounter” and the governor's decision to give the group developing the park millions of dollars in tax breaks is taking a lot of criticism; specifically whether Governor Steve Beshear can legally offer tax incentives to the faith-based park. I caught up with Governor Beshear Tuesday and he says the decision is legally sound.
"We did a thorough analysis of the law, obviously, before we encouraged the application to be put in, and there's nothing remotely unconstitutional about this because these kinds of incentives are open to any type of theme park that wants to come and apply, " says Governor Steve Beshear.
The incentives would essentially be a refund of sales taxes collected on the tickets to the park and other items sold there. The Beshear adminstration and the group developing the park says it legally qualifies under the Kentucky Tourism Develoment Act.
"There's nothing that should discriminate against us, so it is a profit venture with a nonprofit component involving our ministry here that will be designing and operating the park when it opens," says Mark Looy with the Creation Museum.
The Ark Encounter development is a for-profit project, which qualifies for the tax incentives. The full scale Noah's Ark itself will be built at a cost of $24.5 million by the nonprofit 'Answers for Genesis' which operates the Creation Museum. In all, the construction project will employ 900 people and is expected to attract 1.6 million visitors in its first year.
"Here we are on private property, privately funded. You would think in America you would be able to build something without opposition. We thought this opposition would rear its head with the Ark Encounter because it does deal with a theme from the Bible's Old Testament," says Looy.
Governor Steve Beshear says despite the criticism and controversey, his decision comes down to jobs. "I'm not arguing with them over religion or religion issues. My whole point here is that people in this state didn't elect me to argue issues about religion. They elected me to create jobs for our people and that's what we are doing," says Gov Beshear.
The groundbreaking on the new amusement park will begin next year and be completed in 2014.
So this means that yes it will create jobs. They will have to hire actors to play Jesus, Moses, etc.
Better make sure the Moses dude sounds like Charlton Heston. Will he carry a flintlock rifle instead of a staff? How the fuck are they going to cram several million pairs of animals in this fucking thing?
GAWD it is going to STINK! Talk about authenticity!
They must make sure all of the actors who play Jesus, Moses, etc. are only allowed to spout dialogue that promotes Judaism, because they were JEWS.
They will have to ensure that there are six-pointed stars and menorahs everywhere, and copies of the Talmud on permanent display. That is all that existed from about 1,000 B.C. to the time of the Crucifixion. There was no such thing as a "New Testament". Christianity did not begin to even form until several decades after Jesus died, and then of course it took 300 more years before it became a 'lawful' religion in the eyes of the Roman Empire.
Speaking of which, are they going to have Romans there? I bet if they constructed an open-air arena and had gladiatorial combat to the death, they would make billions of dollars.
Aside from that though, the tale of the Great Flood, and Noah, is a JEWISH story from the JEWISH OLD TESTAMENT.
Christianity had nothing to do with Noah, as that religion did not exist until several thousand years after Noah shoveled shit on the deck of the Ark.
So they need to make it a JEWISH THEME PARK.
End of story.