My dear, misguided, but nevertheless Christian friend Tony Breeden has become an expert in wordplay. He takes issue with my allowance that what Kentucky has done in supporting the Ark Encounters, replete with KJV-Onlyism’s unicorns, has in fact hurt education in that state. He writes, in part,
To give an example, a misguided theology student here in Appalachia made the following statement after reading that HuffPo article:
“Honestly… a 43$ million dollar tax cut and a 11$ million dollar interstate interchange… Wow… Of course, I guess if you actually want people to believe in unicorns, you need to cut funds to education…”
Note that he too simply re-gurgitated the misinformation that the HuffPo article. His unicorn comment refers back to Barry Lynn’s Ark Snark video which willfully misrepresented Answers in Genesis’ position that the Biblical term unicorn likely refers to a real creature, but something more akin to a rhinoceros than the fairy tale creature of pop culture. I submitted a comment to his site, noting where he’s repreated misinformation, but he has as yet neither published the comment nor corrected his post.
Okay… so the bit about unicorns… That’s not what the word actually says in Hebrew. I’ve checked with actual Hebrew scholars.
Further, like Tony does with science, he simply misses the dots in what everyone is saying.
Let me break it down…
First, a budget was approved to create a $11 million dollar interstate interchange for a park which no one knows if it will ever actually be built, but if it is built, then they will get $43 million dollars in tax credits. Now, the 11 million for the interstate-exchange-to-nowhere (c) is being funded in a budget that is facing cuts in other areas due to Kentucky’s poor economic state.
So… if you don’t have the budget to fully fund public education, then you shouldn’t have the budget to fund a interstate-exchange-to-nowhere (c). However, the Governor of Kentucky is robbing, to borrow a cliche, Peter to pay Paul. Just think of it this way: If that interstate-exchange-to-nowhere (c)’s $11 million dollars weren’t being spent on concrete, then it could be spent on education.
Being a Young Earth Creationist doesn’t make you a scientist nor, obviously, does it make you an expert in government budgets.
Take it from me – one who actually has to deal with government budgets….
Related articles
- Kentucky’s Governor Wants Citizens to Get Less Educated (patheos.com)
- No Money For Higher Education, But Money For Creationist Park In KY (lezgetreal.com)
- Unicorns: An Important Component of the Budgeting Process (ourlittlenest.wordpress.com)
- Kentucky has nothing to complain about (scienceblogs.com)
