Comedy
A Christian Org Is Trying to 'Take Back the Rainbow,' and the Internet Is Snickering
People noted how a rainbow-lit Noah's Ark re-creation looked like a glorious gay cruise.
arielsobelle
July 21 2017 6:00 PM EST
December 09 2022 9:12 AM EST
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People noted how a rainbow-lit Noah's Ark re-creation looked like a glorious gay cruise.
Ken Ham, the president of Answers in Genesis, an organization "an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith," is determined to take back the rainbow from the LGBT community, who he feels has appropriated it from biblical teachings. His first move? Decorating the Ark Encounter, a 510-foot-long reproduction of Noah's Ark that he operates as a fundamentalist Christian theme park in Kentucky.
\u201cThe @ArkEncounter is lit permanently at night with a rainbow to remind the world that God owns the rainbow & is a sign of His covenant\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356747
Ham followed the post with a declaration that "Christians need to take back the rainbow as we do @ArkEncounter — God owns it — He decreed it’s a sign of His covenant with man after the Flood." While in the Bible, Noah's Ark drew every species, Ham's is attracting trolls with hilarious comebacks.
\u201c@aigkenham @ArkEncounter I thought leprechauns owned rainbows.\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356984
None— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356984
\u201c@DaveTheSundog @TVCasualtee @aigkenham @ArkEncounter He enjoyed getting drunk and naked as well. Good for Noah.\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356984
None— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356984
\u201c@aigkenham @ArkEncounter Ken.....You do understand the science behind a rainbow.....Right? \nIs it God's "decree" I see in the spray of my garden hose?\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356984
\u201c@aigkenham @ArkEncounter Ken, you've posted about the gay rainbow 3 times in an hour. "Thou doth protest too much."\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356747
Ham also tweeted that we will all have a fiery death: "The rainbow is a reminder God will never again judge the wickedness of man with a global Flood--next time the world will be judged by fire."
\u201c@aigkenham \u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356819
\u201c@aigkenham Thanks for the uplifting message, gives us all something to look forward to\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356819
\u201c@hemmyroidz @aigkenham Lord knows I look forward to everyone burning, the smell of charcoal and pork filling my nostrils as the flesh cleaves from the bone...\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356819
\u201c@julesbenjamin @aigkenham A big wooden boat is gonna come in handy then.\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356819
When they were done with Ham, they moved on to the boat itself.
\u201c@aigkenham @ArkEncounter Damn! That ark looks nice. It looks long and thick, and solid... damn.\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356747
\u201c@aigkenham @ArkEncounter Solid wood... jus' saying.\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356747
\u201c@NedSparks @aigkenham @ArkEncounter Cubits and cubits of long hard wood\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356747
\u201c@20bs @NedSparks @aigkenham @ArkEncounter Once its afloat, would it be full of Seamen?\u201d— Ken Ham (@Ken Ham) 1500356747
Ariel is a slam poet turned screenwriter. Born with her heart bleeding down her sleeve, she makes the personal professional, especially in her TED Talk, “Losing My Artistic License.” See more on arielsobel.com.
Ariel is a slam poet turned screenwriter. Born with her heart bleeding down her sleeve, she makes the personal professional, especially in her TED Talk, “Losing My Artistic License.” See more on arielsobel.com.