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Wasn't there a ReTHUG/Fundie group that tried to set up (Original Post) malaise May 2023 OP
Noah's ark here in KY? Was a big flop. I don't know of anything Meadowoak May 2023 #1
The alternative to Disney was only in their lunatic minds malaise May 2023 #4
I worked with someone that took his family to some kind of doc03 May 2023 #2
I think it was Robertson's AZSkiffyGeek May 2023 #6
I remember seeing a video where the good liars took a tour of the ark last year kimbutgar May 2023 #3
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise May 2023 #5
Weren't dragons kind of a fire hazard on a wooden boat? nt doc03 May 2023 #7
Yes. The Holy Land Experience, in Orlando. emulatorloo May 2023 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise May 2023 #9
Thank you malaise May 2023 #10
Of course! Edited in a Wikipedia link. emulatorloo May 2023 #11
Experience Israel in Florida malaise May 2023 #12
Irony... The new ark had a flood problem. keithbvadu2 May 2023 #13
Bwaaaah malaise May 2023 #14

doc03

(35,348 posts)
2. I worked with someone that took his family to some kind of
Sun May 14, 2023, 04:53 PM
May 2023

"Christian" resort down south. Was it Jim and Tammy Fae Bakker or Pat Robetson's resort?

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)
8. Yes. The Holy Land Experience, in Orlando.
Sun May 14, 2023, 07:21 PM
May 2023

Defunt park owned by the Triinity Broadcasting System.

Holy Land Experience
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land_Experience

The park had its origin in a dream of Marvin Rosenthal, a Jew of Russian origin who became a Baptist pastor, founder of the missionary organization Zion's Hope, who bought land in Orlando in 1989.[1] The park opened in February 2001.[2]

On August 17, 2002, the Holy Land Experience Scriptorium museum opened. It featured the Van Kampen Collection of biblically related artifacts. The collection included ancient scrolls, manuscripts, and early printed editions of the Bible. The collection was the fourth largest of its kind. The Van Kampen Collection was founded in 1986 by Robert and Judith Van Kampen. In 1994, Robert Van Kampen established a privately funded research library for the purpose of presenting the collection to the academic community as well as the general public. The Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities, located in Grand Haven, MI, housed the Collection. In 2002, the Collection relocated to Orlando, where it was on loan to the Holy Land Experience.[3]

In June 2007, the Holy Land Experience Board of Directors sold the property to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), for an estimated $37 million. The property was an estimated $8 million in debt at the time of the sale.[4] At that time TBN planned to update the park and use the property to build a Central Florida broadcasting facility, and a movie studio in order to produce Christian films


More at link.

Youtube documentary:



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keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
13. Irony... The new ark had a flood problem.
Sun May 14, 2023, 07:41 PM
May 2023
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-noahs-ark-encounter-sues-insurance-company-over-heavy-rain-damage/

Williamstown, Ky. — In the Bible, the ark survived an epic flood. Yet the owners of Kentucky's Noah's ark attraction are demanding their insurance company bail them out after heavy rains caused nearly $1 million in property damage.

The Ark Encounter says in a federal lawsuit that rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road. The lawsuit says the road has been rebuilt. The ark was not damaged.

The Courier Journal reports the attraction's insurance carriers refused to cover the damage, however.
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