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A replica of Noah’s Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Ky. AP Photo/John Minchillo, File

May 6, 2022

At a popular evangelical tourist site, the Ark Encounter, the image of a ‘wrathful God’ appeals to millions

Susan L Trollinger, University of Dayton and William Trollinger, University of Dayton

Two scholars of fundamentalism and creationism explain what they found when they visited the Ark Encounter, an evangelical theme park in Kentucky,

January 28, 2021

Sea-level rise: writers imagined drowned worlds for centuries – what they tell us about the future

Chelsea Haith, University of Oxford

Cultures worldwide are awash with tales of great floods. What can they tell us about the reality of a wetter world?

Christian fundamentalists like Ken Ham, CEO of the evangelical group that owns the Creation Museum, believe dinosaurs were among the animals rescued on Noah’s Ark. Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images

October 5, 2020

At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old

William Trollinger, University of Dayton and Susan L Trollinger, University of Dayton

A Kentucky museum tells the history of the universe according to the Bible in an effort to debunk evolution. Its owner, the Christian group Answers in Genesis, promotes right-wing political causes.

Cataclysmic natural disasters frame indelible human stories. Francis Danby, The Deluge

August 4, 2016

Geomythology: Can geologists relate ancient stories of great floods to real events?

David R. Montgomery, University of Washington

New research suggests a mythical flood in China really happened about 4,000 years ago. It’s the latest case of scientists matching ancient tales to actual local natural disasters.

Forget evolution, just listen to the rocks. Simon de Myle – Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat

April 28, 2015

Even setting evolution aside, basic geology disproves creationism

David R. Montgomery, University of Washington

If the biblical flood occurred just a few thousand years ago, that doesn’t leave enough time for the geologic history we see in rocks and fossils.

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