Man Builds Noah's Ark To Prove The Bible's Story

Man Builds Noah's Ark To Prove The Bible's Story

A creationist Christian, Ken Ham, has spent £77 million building a replica of Noah's ark, in order to prove the story of Noah's ark in the Bible.

Ham believes everything in the Bible should be taken literally, and announced in 2010 that his organisation would construct the 510-foot-long ship in Kentucky.

Since 2010, scientists have been debating the consequences of such decision to children's education.

The Ark was opened on Tuesday, amidst pomp and pageantry, where high school marching band performed before a ribbon cutting.

Leader of the atheist group Tri-state Freethinkers, Jim Helton, said:

Basically, this boat is a church raising scientifically illiterate children and lying to them about science.

It's a clear violation of separation of church and state. What they're doing is utterly ridiculous and, anywhere else, I don't think it would be allowed.

Ham however says otherwise:

I believe this is going to be one of the greatest Christian outreaches of this era in history.

He says the ark will stand as proof that the Bible stories of the flooding and the building of the ark are true.