Is this a story of righteous faith or sinful judgment, revelation or delusion? What is at stake in reading Genesis 6 through 9 as allegorical myth or literal history? Whatever your answer, there is no mistaking that this biblical story captivates the modern imagination. They were in the giddy heyday of their youth at the time, the happy springtime of life, their hundred years sat upon them lightly, and-well, he had been a boy himself, and he had not the heart to be too exacting with them.1 -Mark Twain, “Adam’s Soliloquy”Įven Mark Twain, in signature style, grappled with the Genesis story of Noah, the Flood, the ark, and the animals. He said the boys were to blame for this-the boys mainly, his own fatherly indulgence partly. he confessed that in the matter of stocking the Ark the stipulations had not been carried out with absolute strictness-that is, in minor details, unessentials. Bielo, my mother, and her unflinching loveįigure 1.1 Scene from the Ark Encounter trailerįigure 2.1 Gated entryway to the biblical garden at Paradise Valley United Methodist Churchįigure 2.2 Jerusalem floor model at the Holy Land Experienceįigure 2.3 Garden Tomb replica at the Garden of Hopeįigure 3.1 The main room at the Ark Encounter design studioįigure 4.1 Bay model built outside the Creation Museum to promote Ark Encounterįigure 4.3 Realist-oriented creationist map of Edenįigure 4.4 Concept art for preshow film temptation sceneįigure 5.1 Nye-Ham debate T-shirt for sale in the Creation Museum bookstoreįigure 5.4 Dragon Legends Displays 3 and 4įigure 6.1 Ark Encounter as seen from the staged viewing areaįigure 6.2 Passenger room inside the Living Quarters exhibitįigure 6.3 Food area inside the Living Quarters exhibitįigure 6.4 Extinct species displayed on board Ark Encounterįigure 6.5 Entrance to Fairy Tale Ark exhibitįigure 6.8 Fundamentalist cartoon “Another Pied Piper” from the 1920sįigure 6.9 Mural art in the Pre-Flood World exhibitįigure 6.10 A visual field inside Ark Encounterįigure 6.11 Testimony Cross Garden at the Holy Land Experienceįigure 6.12 Newspaper cartoon that reproduces antimodern fundamentalist cultural symbolism Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Also available as an ebookįor Judith S. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books.
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Title: Ark encounter : the making of a creationist theme park / James S. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bielo, James S., author.
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