tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post336783006242513893..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Noah's Ark, the Theme Park: Tomorrow Never KnowsPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-75661489155137191422010-12-08T10:12:54.110-07:002010-12-08T10:12:54.110-07:00I'm with Randall. I want to be a reenactor too...I'm with Randall. I want to be a reenactor too--but who will donate all the animals to die in the flood? Love to have a front-row view of all the kids watching their dream pets--baby giraffes, zebras, kittens,etc.--perish! Can walruses drown?<br /><br />And Tom "unrelated items"? Instead of a common "disdain for Christianity,"try the hypocritical selectivity of conservative complaints about gov't spending? Or their selectivity when it comes to the 1st Amendment? Surely the stories discussed by Prothero and others say something about the<br />current state of the American pluralistic tradition, among other things.<br /><br />Cost effectiveness, for example, is not the real political or religious issue here. Never mind the establishment clause. I'd bet a year's pay (which comes in slightly under $37 million) that the state of<br />Ky. would not give those same vaunted, job-producing tax breaks to, say, a for-profit Muslim group building a theme-park or community center.(Yes, I know, Park51 is a non-profit. Yes, in fact, Muslim theme parks exist, such as Taman Tamadun Islam in Malaysia.) <br /><br />EricAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-37782497518540305172010-12-06T17:46:50.369-07:002010-12-06T17:46:50.369-07:00Odd, Paul. I was thinking about the walruses the ...Odd, Paul. I was thinking about the walruses the other day meself. I mean, really, I was. Not that I think about Noah's Ark often or anything.<br /><br /><br />Prothero mixes his partisanship in a bit too much for a religion blog in my view---especially it being CNN's---but worse, he makes a very specious link between two fairly unrelated items. What they do have in common is a disdain for Christianity.<br /><br />I can't speak for the Tea Party [another gratuitous irrelevance on Prothero's part], or for evangelical Christians, as I'm neither.<br /><br />However, I think government-sponsored "art" that had ants crawling across the Quran would be not only in poor taste but a violation of the American pluralistic tradition. <br /><br />And Kentucky providing 900 jobs at a cost of only $37 million in tax breaks is pretty cost-effective by prevailing standards, even if the park is religiously-themed.<br /><br />BTW, the Quran tells the story of Noah's Ark in Sura 11. I think it's impolite to laugh.<br /><br />[11:37] "Build the ark under our watchful eyes, and with our inspiration, and do not implore Me on behalf of those who have transgressed; they are destined to drown."<br /><br />[11:38] While he was building the ark, whenever some of his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said, "You may be laughing at us, but we are laughing at you, just as you are laughing.<br /><br />[11:39] "You will surely find out who will suffer a shameful retribution, and incur an everlasting punishment."<br /><br />[11:40] When our judgment came, and the atmosphere boiled over, we said, "Carry on it a pair of each kind, together with your family, except those who are condemned. Carry with you those who have believed," and only a few have believed with him.<br /><br />[11:41] He said, "Come on board. In the name of GOD shall be its sailing, and its mooring. My Lord is Forgiver, Most Merciful."Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-42347022347306062962010-12-06T15:05:21.453-07:002010-12-06T15:05:21.453-07:00Where do I sign up to become a bible times reenact...Where do I sign up to become a bible times reenactor? I know that they will be needing hundreds of folks to die in the flood.<br /><br />Love the Beatles reference.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-78269934443631023742010-12-06T10:51:31.716-07:002010-12-06T10:51:31.716-07:00I like how the site is soliciting donations ("...I like how the site is soliciting donations ("Help Build the Ark! Peg: $100, Plank $1000, Beam $5000"), when they've incorporated as for-profit. Classy. (hm, they do say that the donations will be tax-deductible, so do they have a separate corporate entity for that?)Cynthia L.http://bycommonconsent.com/cynthianoreply@blogger.com