bit
the
Question
for a
kid
Do you know how snow forms?
"It comes out of the clouds once.
Then somehow it goes back up to
get cold again. That's also how, like,
hail is made. And then it rains down
on stuff and turns to snow ʼcause itʼs
warmer as it goes down. And it melts
on tongues.ˮ
— Logan, a local nine-year-old
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Missionary lizards once roamed this planet.
As did fre-breathing dragons that Noah
herded onto his ark while riding saddleback. (Hat tip to LEO Weekly for fnding
those gems.) You are now in the mind of
Ken Ham, CEO and founder of Answers in
Genesis Christian ministry and the Creation
Museum, a Northern Kentucky attraction
that whisks a frothy, fantastical tale of Earth's
formation 6,000 years ago. Chances are,
just the words — missionary lizards — earn
a chuckle. But on Feb. 4 at the museum,
Ham will debate his gospel with Bill Nye "the
Science Guy," a vocal advocate of science
education who last year publicly stated
that teaching creationism is a disservice to
children. Surely every high school science
teacher on Earth would pounce at debating Ham, who apparently agreed to square
off with pseudo-celebrity Nye because the
Science Guy's "opinions carry weight in
society." Hmm. Or could the $25-per-ticket
event also scrounge up attention and cash
for Ham's other pet project: a full-scale replica of Noah's Ark and a biblical theme park?
Bloomberg has reported that Ham needs
investors to purchase $29 million in unrated
(i.e., whoa, risky!) municipal bonds by Feb.
6 or else the ark will done get sunk. Theoretically, Ham needs a Big Bang … so to speak.
— AM