Bill Nye "Creation Debate" Spurs Noah's Ark Park Funding

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
By Jim Hannah

An illustration of Noah's Ark coming to rest on the mountains of Ararat at the Ark Encounter.

KENTUCKY---The apologetics ministry behind the Creation Museum announced Thursday that it has raised enough money to begin construction of its long-delayed and controversial Noah’s Ark-themed amusement park in Northern Kentucky. [Ken] Ham said phase one would cost at estimated $73 million during the tightly scripted presentation that featured a miniature model of the park, to be named the Ark Encounter. Ham said his debate with Bill Nye over creationism versus evolution, watched by more than 7 million people online, helped raise money for the project. Ham blamed delays in getting the funding in place on non-believers and misinformation disseminated by the media and atheist blogs. [link]