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Ark Encounter funding, audited: did Kentucky taxpayers pay for Ken Ham's ark? He says not one single dollar did — and that sentence is technically true. It hides five separate public subsidies, and a town that traded roughly $18 million in tax rebates for $3.1 million in revenue. A full walk-through of Ark Encounter funding: the Kentucky Tourism Development Act sales-tax rebate, the tax increment financing (TIF) district, discounted land, a cash payment from Grant County, and state road money — five public subsidies for a creationist theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky. Ken Ham's sentence in full, both qualifiers intact: "Not one single dollar of EXISTING Kentucky taxpayer money was used TO BUILD the ark." Those two words carry the whole thing, and that part is true — the ark was financed by a ~$62 million Williamstown bond offering (the city was a conduit issuer, not an underwriter) plus ~$36 million in donations. What the sentence leaves out: a sales-tax rebate of up to $18.25 million over 10 years; a TIF district returning 75% of local sales and property taxes for 30 years; roughly 98 acres discounted to $1; a $195,000 payment from the Grant County Industrial Development Authority to Ark Encounter LLC before a nail was driven — the one line item that IS existing public money, spent pre-construction; and about $3.5 million of state road money for the KY-36 / I-75 interchange. Then the fee. When Williamstown moved to charge 50 cents on a $60 ticket for emergency services, AiG's nonprofit affiliate Crosswater Canyon bought the entire property for $10 to escape it. Two different deals: the $1 was the county land discount, the $10 was the Crosswater transfer. Don't merge them. Attendance was projected at 1.4 million a year; it peaked near 876,000 and sits around 665,000. Williamstown's emergency services have run at a deficit ever since the Ark opened. That is what "bleeding that town dry" means — my characterisation of public-record numbers. On tape I say I feel like this borderlines on fraud — my opinion about inflated projections, not a legal accusation. And the constitutional problem nobody at Answers in Genesis answers: tourism incentives subsidise secular attractions, not a theological one that requires a statement of faith to work there — separation of church and state, First Amendment, religious hiring discrimination. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 "Not one single dollar of EXISTING taxpayer money" 01:33 The protesters — and a former Ark Encounter employee 03:02 His claim: Kentucky taxpayers did not build the ark 04:44 Technically true — and that's the trick 05:28 Subsidy #1: an $18.25M sales-tax rebate 07:20 Williamstown traded $18 million for $3.1 million 09:49 Subsidy #2: a TIF district, 75% of taxes for 30 years 11:25 Subsidy #3: about 98 acres sold for $1 12:15 "Does it actually float?" A flood-damage claim 12:44 Subsidy #4: $195,000 of existing public money 13:23 A statement of faith to work there 13:53 Subsidy #5: $3.5 million in state road money 16:58 The 50-cent safety fee AiG fought 18:22 Crosswater Canyon buys the property for $10 19:27 Emergency services in deficit since the Ark opened 20:33 "Private investment and donations" vs a ~$100M build 21:39 Tourism incentives, theology, the First Amendment 23:37 "Thousands of jobs" — creationist-only jobs 24:09 You don't get a pass on the Constitution 🔗 RELATED ▶️ Christian Caller Defends Noah's Ark—Watch It Fall Apart — https://youtu.be/M7GqwkJM354 ▶️ THIS Creationist Claims Science Just DOESN'T Make Sense — https://youtu.be/COuAppspqlI ▶️ Coal Rolling Creationism — at the Ark Encounter protest — https://youtu.be/zgdmVFyM-Sc Follow me everywhere: 🐦 Threads: https://ge.hopp.to/GEOnThreads 📘 Facebook: https://ge.hopp.to/GEFacebook 💬 Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord 🎞️ Main Channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Get Jesus From Outerspace Audio Book: https://amzn.to/3EGj5Vb Daily Bible Podcast: https://ge.hopp.to/DailyBiblePodcast Subscribe to this channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Join the Skeptic Mafia: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinSkepticMafia Merch -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download CHRESTUS: https://ge.hopp.to/CHRESTUS Get your "Citation Fucking Needed" Shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/citationfuckingneeded "got evidence?" shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/GotEvidenceShirt "btw, evolution is a fact" shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/BTWEvolutionIsAFact ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord Server: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinGEDiscord #GodIsFake #ChurchAndState #CounterApologetics 25:55
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"Not One Single Dollar"—Ken Ham’s Ark Is Bleeding a Kentucky Town Dry 🤯

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Genesis 3 never identifies its serpent as Satan, never mentions an apple, and never calls Eve’s story “the Fall” or introduces original sin. The discussion also teases the Hebrew wordplay behind Eve’s name, Hava, and its connection to life—even though she is named “mother of all living” before having children. Which later Christian interpretation most changed how people read the story? 👇 #GenesisExplained #BiblicalCriticism #GodlessEngineer 1:53
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Genesis 3 Has No Fall, Original Sin, or Apple 🍎

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What's Up, Heathens! The line is open, and the Bible is on trial. The claim is simple: the Bible is trash — historically sloppy, morally bankrupt, scientifically illiterate. Think we've got it wrong? Call in and prove it. That's the whole show. Tonight we're taking live calls from believers, apologists, and anyone who wants to defend the "Good Book" in real time. No editing, no script, no hiding behind a comment section — just you, your best argument, and a panel of atheists who've actually read the text you're defending. We'll dig into the genocides, the contradictions, the failed prophecies, and the apologetic gymnastics it takes to call any of it "perfect." If there's a verse you think we can't handle, bring it. This isn't about mocking anyone for believing — it's about putting the claims under the same scrutiny you'd apply to any other ancient text and seeing what survives. Spoiler: it's usually the apologist's patience that goes first. Sub to @SkepticHaven : https://ge.hopp.to/SubToSkepticHaven 📞 CALL THE SHOW: 984-400-5656 ▶️ WATCH NEXT: Christian Caller Claims the Bible Is History — Watch Atheists Debunk Every "Fact": https://ge.hopp.to/IsTheBibleAHistoryBook Christian Gets DESTROYED Over Numbers 31: https://ge.hopp.to/ChristianDestroyedOnNumbers31AndAbortion Christian Caller Justifies Genocide—And Then It Gets Worse ft. Owen Morgan: https://ge.hopp.to/ChristianCallerJustifiesGenocide Follow me everywhere: 🐦 Threads: https://ge.hopp.to/GEOnThreads 📘 Facebook: https://ge.hopp.to/GEFacebook 💬 Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord 🎞️ Main Channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe #GodIsFake #ProveUsWrong #CounterApologetics 0:00
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🔴 The Bible Is Proof GOD Is MEAN! ft. @MarkReidAtheism

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Why do atheists focus on Christianity and not other religions? A Christian caller named Jared came on to ask exactly that - and got a straight answer in the first ninety seconds. Then he changes the subject to what the Bible teaches him about being a good person (17:09), and one verse later he quits the call mid-question. In this call-in clip, taken on @SkepticHaven, Jared asks why atheists "only go against Christianity" instead of Islam, Buddhism, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. He gets four answers: other religions don't call into our call-in shows; the country is 60% Christian; Christian nationalism is the sect currently writing law here; and this show hosted an ex-Muslim and still got mostly Christian callers. Jared engages with none of it. Asked whether he has been listening, he answers, "The second one." Then he pivots - "the Bible is teaching me how to be a better person, not a worse person" - and the call turns into a Bible study he did not want. Exodus 21 says you may beat a slave as long as they don't die within three days. Jared's answer is the oldest dodge in apologetics: "That's the Old Testament, and that's not what Jesus-" So he gets to read Matthew 5:18: "Not the smallest letter passes from the law until all is accomplished." Then Luke 14:26: you cannot be Jesus' disciple unless you hate your father, mother, wife, and children. Jared's last position is that it's "poetry." Twenty seconds later, he leaves. We cover: does the Bible condone slavery, did Jesus abolish the Old Testament law, Matthew 5:18, Luke 14:26 and hating your family, Christian nationalism and abortion law, and whether the Bible makes anybody a better person. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 "Yeah. But, I do got to go." 00:37 Why Christianity and not other religions? 01:02 "Other religions don't call into our call-in shows" 01:32 Christian nationalism is what's writing law right now 03:29 "Your identity is to only go against Christianity" 05:13 The Ohio bill to re-implant an ectopic pregnancy 06:16 "Why don't you debunk the Flying Spaghetti Monster?" 08:00 The 60% argument 09:24 "Have you not been listening?" - "The second one." 09:44 My wife, a miscarriage, and a trigger law 12:02 "We're all here by random chance" - a non sequitur 14:54 Texas: travel bans, Uber liability, bounty suits 16:45 Cherry-picking proves you never needed Jesus 17:09 THE PIVOT: "The Bible teaches me to be a better person" 17:34 Not one jot, not one tittle - did Jesus change the law? 18:39 Exodus 21: beat your slave, don't kill him in 3 days 18:57 The Old Testament dodge, and Matthew 5:18 20:02 "You already made up your own criteria" 20:51 "The Bible changes the whole worldview" - does it? 21:13 Luke 14:26: unless he hates his father and mother 23:13 "It's poetry" - "He doesn't say AS IF." 23:48 "How does that make you a better person?" - he quits 24:45 Atheists teaching Christians what their own Bible says 25:38 Nothing good in the Bible is unique to it Original Video: https://ge.hopp.to/LetsTalk24May26 🙏 Call taken on Skeptic Haven - subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@SkepticHaven 🔗 RELATED - same dodge, different callers ▶️ Christian Defends Biblical Slavery - Watch It Fall Apart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522nxiMKRMg ▶️ Mike Winger LIES About Biblical Sexual Slavery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pz55TkW8lM ▶️ Christian Tried to Defend God's Morality - Watch Him CONCEDE Everything - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp_7FB3_Ftg ▶️ Christian Calls Baby Murder 'Grace' - Gets COOKED - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y9sC6iYTYQ Follow me everywhere: 🐦 Threads: https://ge.hopp.to/GEOnThreads 📘 Facebook: https://ge.hopp.to/GEFacebook 💬 Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord 🎞️ Main Channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Get Jesus From Outerspace Audio Book: https://amzn.to/3EGj5Vb Daily Bible Podcast: https://ge.hopp.to/DailyBiblePodcast Subscribe to this channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Join the Skeptic Mafia: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinSkepticMafia Available Deals -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the Tariff shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/DefineTariffTShirt I didn't vote for President Musk Shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/DidntVoteForPresidentMuskEitherShirt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download CHRESTUS: https://ge.hopp.to/CHRESTUS Get your "Citation Fucking Needed" Shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/citationfuckingneeded "got evidence?" shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/GotEvidenceShirt "btw, evolution is a fact" shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/BTWEvolutionIsAFact ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord Server: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinGEDiscord #GodIsFake #BibleSlavery #CounterApologetics 29:06
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Christian Asks Why Atheists ONLY Attack Christianity—Then He Quits 🤯

8.5K views September 2, 2026 7:30 pm

Genesis is doing more than telling a creation story: it reflects an ancient author wrestling with death, clothing, food, snakes, marriage, and why men rule over women. Read closely, and the text functions like an ancient origin story built to answer those questions—and the serpent still isn’t Satan. Which common reading of Adam and Eve falls apart fastest? 👇 #GenesisExplained #BiblicalCriticism #GodlessEngineer 1:45
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Genesis Explains Death, Snakes—and Male Rule? 🤔

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Paul wrote first. The Gospels came decades later. So why does the Gospel Jesus keep saying things that read like Paul's letters — sometimes on the same topics, in the same order, resolving the same disputes in Paul's churches? Richard Carrier joins me to work through the connections between Paul's epistles and the Jesus of the Gospels: where the parallels are, how tight they are, and which direction the borrowing runs. If Mark built his Jesus partly out of Paul, that reverses the usual assumption that Paul is echoing sayings he inherited from a historical teacher. Some of what we get into: - Food laws — Romans 14:14, 20 ("nothing is unclean in itself") and Mark 7:19 ("thus he declared all foods clean") - Divorce — 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, where Paul cites a command "from the Lord," and Mark 10:11-12 - The Last Supper — 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Paul's version "received from the Lord," and Mark 14:22-25 - Taxes and Caesar — Romans 13:1-7 and Mark 12:13-17 - Resurrection bodies — 1 Corinthians 15:35-50 and Mark 12:18-27 - Love fulfilling the law — Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14, and Mark 12:28-34 - "Abba, Father" — Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6, and Mark 14:36 - Faith that moves mountains — 1 Corinthians 13:2 and Mark 11:23 - The laborer's wages — 1 Corinthians 9:14, quoted as scripture at 1 Timothy 5:18, appearing as a saying of Jesus at Luke 10:7 - Peter, James and John as "pillars" in Galatians 2:9 and Mark's inner circle - What Paul says his information source actually was (Galatians 1:11-12) and why that matters Plus the obvious objection: parallels run both ways, so what distinguishes Mark using Paul from Paul echoing Jesus? We take that seriously rather than waving it off. Carrier's summary of the case: "the sayings and teachings of Jesus in Mark were adapted from what began as the teachings of Paul... the sequence of causation appears to have gone the other way." (The Obsolete Paradigm of the "Historical Jesus") CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro FURTHER READING Richard Carrier, "Mark's Use of Paul's Epistles" — https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/15934 Richard Carrier, On the Historicity of Jesus (Sheffield Phoenix, 2014), ch. 10 Richard Carrier, The Obsolete Paradigm of the "Historical Jesus" (2025) Tom Dykstra, Mark: Canonizer of Paul (OCABS, 2012) Thomas Nelligan, The Quest for Mark's Sources: An Exploration of the Case for Mark's Use of First Corinthians (Pickwick, 2015) David Oliver Smith, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Paul: The Influence of the Epistles on the Synoptic Gospels (Resource, 2011) Eve-Marie Becker et al., eds., Mark and Paul: For and Against Pauline Influence on Mark (De Gruyter, 2014) Richard Carrier's blog: https://www.richardcarrier.info #RichardCarrier #ApostlePaul #BiblicalScholarship #HistoricalJesus #NewTestament Want to stand up and use your voice like this? Check out Streamyard! https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5461246688624640 0:00
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Did Jesus Mention Paul? Richard Carrier on the Gospels’ Pauline Jesus

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Your God Is Evil Check out https://gebible.app for more 📞 CALL THE SHOW: https://ge.hopp.to/talktome ▶️ WATCH NEXT: Christian Caller Claims the Bible Is History — Watch Atheists Debunk Every "Fact": https://ge.hopp.to/IsTheBibleAHistoryBook Christian Gets DESTROYED Over Numbers 31: https://ge.hopp.to/ChristianDestroyedOnNumbers31AndAbortion Christian Caller Justifies Genocide—And Then It Gets Worse ft. Owen Morgan: https://ge.hopp.to/ChristianCallerJustifiesGenocide Follow me everywhere: 🐦 Threads: https://ge.hopp.to/GEOnThreads 📘 Facebook: https://ge.hopp.to/GEFacebook 💬 Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord 🎞️ Main Channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe #GodIsFake #ProveUsWrong #CounterApologetics 3:12:34
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🔴 The Bible Is Bad For Women!

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Your God Is Evil Check out https://gebible.app for more 📞 CALL THE SHOW: https://ge.hopp.to/talktome ▶️ WATCH NEXT: Christian Caller Claims the Bible Is History — Watch Atheists Debunk Every "Fact": https://ge.hopp.to/IsTheBibleAHistoryBook Christian Gets DESTROYED Over Numbers 31: https://ge.hopp.to/ChristianDestroyedOnNumbers31AndAbortion Christian Caller Justifies Genocide—And Then It Gets Worse ft. Owen Morgan: https://ge.hopp.to/ChristianCallerJustifiesGenocide Follow me everywhere: 🐦 Threads: https://ge.hopp.to/GEOnThreads 📘 Facebook: https://ge.hopp.to/GEFacebook 💬 Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord 🎞️ Main Channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe #GodIsFake #ProveUsWrong #CounterApologetics 0:00
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🔴 The Bible Is Bad For Women!

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What is poisoning the well? Richard Carrier argues that Andrew Loke and Cameron frame his credentials and mythicism before addressing his actual case. This self-contained collab clip shows why a credential attack can distract from the Kalam cosmological argument rather than answer it. The poisoning-the-well fallacy, the Kalam cosmological argument, and Christian apologetics collide as Carrier responds to Loke’s quoted claim that Carrier does not understand basic logic, modal logic, or metaphysics and “doesn’t know how to read properly.” He also addresses Cameron’s emphasis on mythicism and Carrier’s PhD in history, explains his published work in philosophy, and argues that qualifications are being invoked selectively rather than his arguments being answered. The conversation then covers Sense and Goodness Without God, Bayesian epistemology, and why Carrier says he is done debating the Kalam. If you want more evidence-first breakdowns of apologetic tactics, SUBSCRIBE and hit that notification bell so you never miss a live call-in show. Stand up and use your voice. #GodIsFake #PoisoningTheWell #CounterApologetics Original Video: 🔗 RELATED ▶️ Response to Dr. Kipp Davis on Mythicism — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpREDq8hwB0zLwfSG2RJSRFwAxZ6ejQHB ▶️ Carrier vs Ehrman: “Did Jesus Really Exist?” Course Gets SHREDDED — https://ge.hopp.to/CarrierVsEhrman-DJRECourse ▶️ Two Mythicists Prove Mythicism Isn’t a Conspiracy — https://ge.hopp.to/ProofMythicismIsntAConspiracy ▶️ Do These Religious Artifacts Prove Jesus Historically Existed? — https://ge.hopp.to/ReligiousArtifactsThatProveJesusExisted Follow me everywhere: 🐦 Threads: https://ge.hopp.to/GEOnThreads 📘 Facebook: https://ge.hopp.to/GEFacebook 💬 Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinGodlessDiscord 🎞️ Main Channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Chapters =============================== 00:00 - The Kalam Fight Carrier Is Done Having 02:40 - No More Kalam Debates 03:23 - Why Carrier Won’t Watch Andrew Loke 05:43 - Loke’s “60 Errors” Attack 07:08 - Poisoning the Well With Mythicism 08:20 - Does a History PhD Disqualify Philosophy? 09:23 - Sense and Goodness Without God 10:59 - Qualifications Matter—Until They Don’t Get Jesus From Outerspace Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3EGj5Vb Daily Bible Podcast: https://ge.hopp.to/DailyBiblePodcast Subscribe to this channel: https://ge.hopp.to/SubToGe Join the Skeptic Mafia: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinSkepticMafia Merch -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download CHRESTUS: https://ge.hopp.to/CHRESTUS Get your “Citation Fucking Needed” Shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/citationfuckingneeded “got evidence?” shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/GotEvidenceShirt “btw, evolution is a fact” shirt: https://ge.hopp.to/BTWEvolutionIsAFact ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discord Server: https://ge.hopp.to/JoinGEDiscord 12:21
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Apologist Andrew Loke Says Richard Carrier Can’t Read Properly—WATCH 🤯

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