March 30, 2006
Literalisms
Religious literalism often runs amuck. Here is an example of it costing one man a lot of time and money–but I guess this world has room for all of us somehow.
Some people think he’s crazy. His wife’s not exactly thrilled either, they say, but like the biblical Noah, this Dutchman, Johan Huibers, is intent on his mission to build an enormous working replica of Noah’s Ark as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.