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Ark Sunk
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 (December 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 4:06 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I'm sure some generous doners will help him. Interesting you're already calling it a "double win" when you have no idea what the outcome will be.  (December 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 4:06 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I'm sure some generous doners will help him. We atheist types aren't advertising him to anyone but ourselves, and I'll be goddamned if I go visit it out of curiosity - much like the vast majority of the atheist population. Believe me, we're not advertising to the sort of people who WILL travel there specifically to see it. ![[Image: Untitled2_zpswaosccbr.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1140.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn569%2Fthesummerqueen%2FUntitled2_zpswaosccbr.png)  (December 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 4:06 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I'm sure some generous doners will help him. The increasing ridicule will only drive donors away. Who wants to be associated with an idea that is stupid in the publics eyes?  (December 11, 2014 at 4:19 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Heywood Wrote: This One who would be theist, but pretend to himself and others to be more enlightened than average for theist kind, can usually be made to show his true color easily enough.
I highly doubt that it will drive the core base away on the merit that many people find it stupid. I notice that bronies don't seem to get bent out of shape for the most part by people looking askance at them.
It's just that Christians already have their own MLM schemes going on to drum up money. They're not getting marketing from us, no matter how much we twat on about it on places like this. 
As usual Woodie you are out of touch with reality. As a 'non-proft' they publicly report their finances. Even if creatard shitheads can't read a balance sheet, atheists can!
Quote:But there’s trouble in Ham’s creationist paradise. In 2012, the Creation Museum reported a 10 percent decline in attendance from the previous year, and its parent group, Answers in Genesis, posted a 5 percent drop in revenue. That continues a four-year slump and a new low for the museum at 280,000 total visitors last year. Even more ominously, fundraising for the Ark Encounter has slowed to a crawl. Its future is further imperiled by the decline of the Creation Museum, whose visitors were expected to be a huge source of funding for the ark park. As of January, Ham had failed to raise even half the money required to build the ark replica itself, let alone the rest of the park. To help out, you can buy a peg, a blank, or even a beam for $100, $500, and $1,500, respectively—but seeing as the fate of the ark is in serious jeopardy, is a free pass to the grand opening really worth the risk? Quote:There could be another explanation, though. A spectacle like the Creation Museum has a pretty limited audience. Sure, 46 percent of Americans profess to believe in creationism, but how many are enthusiastic enough to venture to Kentucky to spend nearly $30 per person to see a diorama of a little boy palling around with a vegetarian dinosaur? The museum’s target demographic might not be eager to lay down that much money: Belief in creationism correlates to less education, and less education correlates to lower income. Plus, there’s the possibility of just getting bored: After two pilgrimages to the museum, a family of four would have spent $260 to see the same human-made exhibits and Bible quote placards. Surely even the most devoted creationists would consider switching attractions for their next vacation. A visit to the Grand Canyon could potentially be much cheaper—even though it is tens of millions of years old. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and...ingle.html Translation: There aren't enough creatard assholes willing to go to fucking Kentucky to support these cathedrals to supidity. Better buy your tickets while you can. I'm sure you want to see an episode or two of The Flintstones. 
God should send Vito and Luigi out to shake some people down.
The real travesty here is that I'm never going to get to bid on this thing in a firesale.
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Hype only carries you so far, and the amusement park is not some one-shot deal; it must continue to make money over time. The Creation Museum will have a greater impact than early hype; if it's doing well he can get more interest in his new venture. By its fifth year it was already just above break-even. No idea if it has reversed that trend in the past 2-3 years.
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-Stephen Jay Gould  (December 11, 2014 at 4:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: The real travesty here is that I'm never going to get to bid on this thing in a firesale. We might get to watch it burn after a lightning storm, though. Remember "touchdown Jesus"? Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" |
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