点评:I did not know anything about Ken Ham (the man whose idea this was) and it turns out he is completely nuts. The Ark was full of Young Earth Creationists “facts” and “artistic license”. My kids were bored almost immediately because there really wasn’t much to see once you got inside and everything was too complex to figure out (ie. too much reading to understand what you were looking at) and once you got past the beginning, there really wasn’t much to see at all that was new or different. This is frustrating for a nine year old and impossible for a 3 and 6 year old. And mom and dad couldn’t read EVERYTHING out loud. And even if we could, I don’t think I’d want to due to all the crazy “facts” being presented. Waaaaaay too much reading and waaaaaaay to much crazy. My kids basically followed my husband and I around as we read and skimmed a bunch of “exhibits.”
Full Disclosure: All I knew about the Ark before going was what a heard people who had been say, “oh it’s so amazing”…”So big!”….”You should definitely go sometime!” But when we got inside and the first thing I saw were dinosaurs in cages I raised an eyebrow, but tried to keep an open mind. By the end I was sufficiently confused and unsure what I had just experienced. After further research later that night into exactly who Ken Ham is it all made sense and I was feeling very stupid for not doing any research first and letting myself be duped into giving this crazy man my money. Do I regret going, maybe not entirely, because like I said the size was absolutely inspiring, and some things dealing with the Ark itself did provoke some thought into how this all could have maybe actually worked for Noah, however, it was not this great biblical experience I thought it was going to be (thanks to Ken Ham and his attempt to turn everyone into Young Earth Creationist) because all of that really took away from the reason I wanted to go there in the first place and that part I regret.
翻译:我之前对肯·哈姆(这个主意的提出者)一无所知,结果发现他简直疯了。“方舟”里充斥着年轻地球创造论者的“事实”和“艺术加工”。孩子们几乎立刻就觉得无聊了,因为进去之后其实没什么可看的,而且所有东西都太复杂难懂(也就是说,需要阅读大量文字才能理解)。过了开头之后,就没什么新鲜或特别的东西可看了。这对一个九岁的孩子来说已经够让人沮丧了,对一个三岁和一个六岁的孩子来说更是难上加难。爸爸妈妈也不可能把所有内容都大声读出来。就算我们能读,我也不想读,因为里面充斥着太多荒谬的“事实”。阅读量实在太大了,而且荒谬的内容也太多了。孩子们基本上就跟着我和我丈夫,我们只是匆匆地读着、略读着那些“展品”。
坦白说:去之前我对方舟的了解仅限于听去过的人说的,“哦,太神奇了!”“好大啊!”“你一定要找机会去看看!”但当我们进去之后,首先映入眼帘的是笼子里的恐龙,我虽然有点惊讶,但还是尽量保持开放的心态。到了最后,我彻底懵了,完全不知道自己刚才经历了什么。那天晚上,我进一步研究了肯·哈姆(Ken Ham)到底是谁,一切才豁然开朗,我真觉得自己很蠢,竟然没有事先做任何调查,就被这个疯子骗了钱。我后悔去吗?也许不完全后悔,因为就像我说的,方舟的规模确实令人震撼,而且关于方舟本身的一些事情也确实引发了我思考,这一切或许真的对诺亚来说可行。然而,这并非我想象中那种伟大的圣经体验(这都要“归功于”肯·哈姆和他试图把每个人都变成年轻地球创造论者的努力),因为所有这些都让我偏离了最初想去那里的初衷,而这正是我后悔的地方。