i dont think believers are retarded. they are willfully deluded. i have only used the word retarded once that i can remember in this thread about piel. with him its open to debate.
"kentucky is broke and they give 43mil in subsidies to build noahs ark" Our federal government is broke too and look at the stupid shit they're still throwing billions at. The nice thing about our freedom is that if you don't like what a particular state is doing you can move to another state. Of course if you don't like what your federal government is doing its a little more complicated moving to another country. (and NO I don't think spending on theme park of any kind is wise if you're broke)
by the way it the post stated these are tax incentives. Without reading the article do you all understand? The govt is not paying for it. Most likely they are providing incentives to create jobs.
"The controversial park will include a full-scale replica of Noahâs Ark and models of dinosaurs, which Hamm insists were carried on the famous biblical boat." Christians are now using The Flintstones as a historical reference. Christianity is the leading cause of poverty in america.
ALL religious organizations are subsidized by the government. They're tax exempt entities. And individuals get tax breaks by contributing to them. The $40M in tax breaks you refer to is nothing compared to the BILLIONS of dollars in tax breaks that all religious organizations and their contributors get every year.