Jamie_B Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I dont know about this to me it makes the whole thing kind of trivial. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4678897.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4678897.stm[/url] [quote]Bible theme park wins charity status Bringing the Bible to life attracted the attentions of the tax man The Holy Land Experience, a bible-based theme park that is more about Moses than Mickey Mouse, has won its four-year fight to avoid paying taxes. Set up in 1991, the $16m park tries to take visitors 3,000 years back in time, creating an authentic Holy Land full of sand, centurions and the Bible's biggest names. Visitors to the site in Orlando, Florida, can watch a musical version of the crucifixion, examine a 45 foot model of Jerusalem in AD66, or browse texts and tablets in the Scriptorium. Other attractions include a recreation of Herod's Temple, Jesus's garden tomb, a street-market complete with costume-clad traders, and a Bedouin tent. "It is our sincere hope that you will see God and his word exalted, that you will be encouraged in your search for enduring truth and the ultimate meaning of life," the Holy Land experience says on its website. 'It's a business' Despite its emphasis on entertainment, the Holy Land Experience has argued that it should be classed along with churches and museums and be exempt from property taxes. Some of the Bible's most moving events are played out for visitors After a long legal battle, Judge Cynthia MacKinnon agreed. In her ruling, the judge said that it had not been proved that the Holy Land Experience was using its profits for anything other than "evangelising and worshipping". The Holy Land Experience was facing a demand for unpaid property taxes dating from 2001 that almost totalled $1m, a sum its lawyers argued would have forced the park to close down. Orange County Property Appraiser Bill Donegan is deciding whether to appeal the judge's decision, saying that the park is different to other churches. "None of those that I know charge $30 admission," he observed. "It's a business." The Holy Land Experience, which said it does not attract enough visitors to break even, is funded by Zion's Hope Inc, a not-for-profit religious organisation that cites its goal as converting Jews to Christianity. "Zion's Hope seeks to graciously proclaim to the Jewish people their need for personal salvation through Jesus the Messiah and to proclaim the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to all men regardless of race, religion, gender, education, or national origin," the group's website said.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [b]Time to start educating myself with Enriched Uranium[/b] [img]http://www.freedesktopwallpapers.net/military/nuclear-bomb-explosion.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Get some yellow cake while your at it. [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//3.gif[/img] I wonder if they have a Moses and the Red Sea water ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [i][b]I would actually get a job there.... easier to learn the terrain for later arson [/b][/i] [i][b] They should have the hammer game where you hit the target and the light goes up but with Christ on the cross at the top.[/b][/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Here is their website... www.theholylandexperience.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldschooler Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Jul 14 2005, 11:17 AM'][b]Time to start educating myself with Enriched Uranium[/b] [right][post="114424"][/post][/right][/quote] [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Jul 14 2005, 11:21 AM'][i][b]I would actually get a job there.... easier to learn the terrain for later arson [/b][/i] [right][post="114426"][/post][/right][/quote] Yeah that makes sense... Let`s bash Bush for killing people that have different views and beliefs than he does... but then wish death on others that have different views and beliefs than you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote]Yeah that makes sense... Let`s bash Bush for killing people that have different views and beliefs than he does... but then wish death on others that have different views and beliefs than you...[/quote] [i][b]Difference being I am joking, and Bush kills on a daily basis .... Goodbye [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/32.gif[/img] [/b][/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldschooler Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Jul 14 2005, 01:32 PM'][i][b]Difference being I am joking, and Bush kills on a daily basis .... Goodbye [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/32.gif[/img] [/b][/i] [right][post="114503"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] Yeah ...Bush is killing on a daily basis. :roll: Let`s get the facts straight once and for all... ONE MAN DOESN`T RUN THIS COUNTRY. THE U.S. CONGRESS VOTED FOR WAR...SADDAM HUSSEIN DEFIED HIS FINAL CHANCE TO AVOID WAR. THE TALIBAN COULD HAVE HANDED OVER BIN LADEN AND AVOIDED WAR. Start laying some blame where it belongs. Oh ...and you say you`re joking...but you do wish death upon most Christians...so that makes you a hypocrite. Get off your pedestal already... NOW Good-bye. [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/27.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steggyD Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Jul 14 2005, 03:32 PM'][i][b]Difference being I am joking, and Bush kills on a daily basis .... Goodbye [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/32.gif[/img] [/b][/i] [right][post="114503"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] But if you had the power to, would you? Power puts crazy things in people's heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote]But if you had the power to, would you? Power puts crazy things in people's heads.[/quote] [i][b] As dictator of the world I would spare all the christian people.... but as far as their churches... they'd be seized and made into homeless shelters, and all the golden crucifizes and stained glass would be auctioned off with the money going to victims of priest molestation. the smaller churches that aren't needed would then be firewood.[/b][/i] [img]http://www.assistnews.net/Imaages05/Web%20burning%20church.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BadassBengal Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Jul 14 2005, 02:53 PM'][i][b] As dictator of the world I would spare all the christian people.... but as far as their churches... they'd be seized and made into homeless shelters, and all the golden crucifizes and stained glass would be auctioned off with the money going to victims of priest molestation. the smaller churches that aren't needed would then be firewood.[/b][/i] [img]http://www.assistnews.net/Imaages05/Web%20burning%20church.jpg[/img] [right][post="114539"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] But what if one of the smaller churches serves really good meatballs at lunch on Sundays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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