Ken Ham's Opening Day at the Ark. #FAIL only 4000 show up. (genesis, America)
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It was not 'pulled out from under' Ham and the Ark Encounter. He made the promise of tax exemption, and then he either didn't look closely enough at what was being offered, or just chose to ignore it in favor of easy money so he could get the Ark Experience built.
No, and for that reason there was no reason to request or promise a tax exemption.
Can you play baseball, football, or stage a play in the Ark Encounter?
They were never promised to be tax exempt from what I know of it. They were promised tax breaks, but not to be 100% tax exempt.
Whether it was built by a ministry is 100% irrelevant. It isn't a ministry, it is a theme park. If a Baptist church were to build a water park, it wouldn't be a ministry.
If those things were tax exempt, you better believe I would condemn it. Fact is, they are not tax exempt unless they are run by the state.
The status of it as either tax exempt or not, has really not been my focus here, only that is serves a purpose and I enjoyed it and recommend it to any like-minded individuals. I personally think it is a ministry, but there would have to be a consensus on what constitutes a ministry spelled out plainly before any law(s) should have applied to any tax exempt, IMO, which clearly was not done well, else we wouldn't have the church of Satan or Scientology as non-profits to begin with. That it is a difficult task to determine fairly, is obvious.
So we're left with everyone's opinion based on their feelings about it. You got one, I got one, that's about all that can be said, really. Peace
The status of it as either tax exempt or not, has really not been my focus here, only that is serves a purpose and I enjoyed it and recommend it to any like-minded individuals. I personally think it is a ministry, but there would have to be a consensus on what constitutes a ministry spelled out plainly before any law(s) should have applied to any tax exempt, IMO, which clearly was not done well, else we wouldn't have the church of Satan or Scientology as non-profits to begin with. That it is a difficult task to determine fairly, is obvious.
So we're left with everyone's opinion based on their feelings about it. You got one, I got one, that's about all that can be said, really. Peace
Well, whether or not it is a ministry should be pretty clear, Rbbi1. Is it for profit? Then it is not a ministry, it is a business.
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