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marmar

(77,056 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 10:58 AM Jun 2016

Is there anyone with a more apropos name than Ken Ham?


Creationist Ken Ham goes bonkers over media coverage of ‘sin-cursed’ gorilla’s death




Has the news media been spending way too much time covering the dead gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo? Probably it has. That said, creationist Ken Ham can’t make this very basic point without tipping over into loony toons territory.

On Twitter Wednesday morning, he first excoriates the media for focusing on the gorilla when abortions are taking place each and every day:

Next, he says that it’s wrong to feel too sorry for the gorilla since it wasn’t made in God’s image:

Over at his Answers in Genesis website, Ham makes a longer case against getting too upset over the gorilla’s fate by citing (what else?) biblical scripture. He then ties all these scriptural quotes up with a thrilling conclusion in which he refers to the gorilla as a “sin-cursed animal” that unfortunately had to be put down. ................(more)

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/creationist-ken-ham-goes-bonkers-over-media-coverage-of-sin-cursed-gorillas-death/




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Is there anyone with a more apropos name than Ken Ham? (Original Post) marmar Jun 2016 OP
The guy is a friggin' nut case tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
A creationist is someone who has willfully taken a hard tumble down Mount Dumbass by default. HughBeaumont Jun 2016 #2
Gorilla's can't "sin" treestar Jun 2016 #3
he's still alive? and also, what? MisterP Jun 2016 #4

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
2. A creationist is someone who has willfully taken a hard tumble down Mount Dumbass by default.
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:29 AM
Jun 2016

So that's what you're working with here . . .

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
4. he's still alive? and also, what?
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 11:09 PM
Jun 2016

also he says the 3yo is sinful too

he applies Original Sin to rocks, I might add: that's why plants are prickly!

*Milton shakes his blind head sadly*

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