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Lucky Severson visits Noah\u2019s Ark Park, which opened last month in northeastern Kentucky, and talks to Ark Encounter CEO Ken Ham as well as his critics. His recreation of Noah\u2019s Ark is 510 feet long and seven stories from ground level to the bow. Critics object to tax breaks provided by the state along with the statement of faith required of Ark Park employees, but Ham points to the number of jobs he\u2019s created and the revenue the ark will bring to the area.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe see increasingly the secularization of our culture, and the church is not really impacting the culture as it once did,\u201d says Ken Ham, CEO of the Ark Encounter. \u201cSo what can we do to make an impact in the world? Well, why not build a Christian-themed attraction that the world is going to take notice of for the purpose of getting people talking about the Bible?\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":31914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-culture-and-society","topics-faith-and-spirituality","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"\nNoah's Ark Park | August 4, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/08\/04\/noahs-ark-park\/31873\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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