Creationist Ken Ham is currently building the Disney World of faith-based theme parks in Williamstown, Ky. Anchored by a life-size recreation of the boat some 500-year-old guy is alleged to have navigated through the most torrential rainstorm the world has ever seen, Ham’s Ark Encounter theme park seeks to pull in Christians like a flood of Biblical proportions, charging them to indulge their faith like some New Testament money lender.
But Ken Ham’s park, upon itself, isn’t the most controversial aspect of his endeavor. Even though Ham’s exercise in greed benefits from $18 million in sales tax incentives, which is super sketchy on its own, the world’s most-recognizable Bible-jockey will dive into the private lives of his employees as a condition of hire.
If you want to be on the payroll at Ken Ham’s Happy Jesus Fun Time Bible World and you are unmarried, you have to sign an affidavit pledging that you will not have sex with anyone. Surprise, sucka! If you want to “know someone in the Biblical sense,” you have to put a ring on it.
Other conditions for being on the payroll at Ken Ham’s Tribute to 2,000 year old folklore include legitimately believing that the world is the science experiment of an invisible monster no one can empirically prove exists and condemning both homosexual and premarital sexcapades.
Nothing says “for the love of Jesus” more than instituting business practices that would in any other enterprise warrant a visit to Carol in HR.
While Ken Ham is thrilled with the idea of having a direct view into the sex lives of the men and women on his payroll (after all, Christianity seems to be virtually obsessed with sex), these policies are causing genuine concern. Even in Williamstown, where the “300 cubits” recreation of Noah’s Ark will stand tall and proud like the statues of Joseph Stalin once did, controversy is brewing as to whether or not Ham’s undertaking should continue.
Baptist minister Bob Fox said in an interview with Fox13Now he’s concerned about Ark Encounter’s effect on the separation of church and state.
“There’s kinds of laws called ‘Sharia,’ where people have used legislation and the government to promote a religious faith, and I think we as Christians need to be careful that we continue to be Christian, and to be Christian in the context of the United States.”
You know you may be crossing a line when a representative from the Baptist congregation begins questioning the efficacy of your religious-based project.
Despite the criticisms, Ken Ham’s baby is still expected to open on July 7, unless an act of God proves otherwise. So get your tickets for opening day while they last, because it’s Ken Ham’s will that you explore “the Godliest place on Earth” led by the men and women on Ken Ham’s sex-starved payroll.
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