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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there anyone with a more apropos name than Ken Ham?
Creationist Ken Ham goes bonkers over media coverage of sin-cursed gorillas 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 cant 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 its wrong to feel too sorry for the gorilla since it wasnt made in Gods image:
Over at his Answers in Genesis website, Ham makes a longer case against getting too upset over the gorillas 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
A creationist is someone who has willfully taken a hard tumble down Mount Dumbass by default.
HughBeaumont
Jun 2016
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. The guy is a friggin' nut case
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)2. A creationist is someone who has willfully taken a hard tumble down Mount Dumbass by default.
So that's what you're working with here . . .
treestar
(82,383 posts)3. Gorilla's can't "sin"
animals can't. What a maroon!
MisterP
(23,730 posts)4. he's still alive? and also, what?
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*