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#HobbyLobby thread, now in a more appropriate thread form - with spoilers from #BibleNation, with @candidamoss 1/
@candidamoss .@museumofbible claims to be entirely distinct from Hobby Lobby and their illicit antiquities importing. 2/
@candidamoss @museumofBible They say that @museumofbible is “a separate non-profit entity made possible, in part, by the generous contributions of the Green family.” 3/
@candidamoss @museumofBible .@museumofbible is a legally separate non-profit, but there are so many overlaps between the two that the distinction quickly blurs. 4/
@candidamoss @museumofBible The central offices for @museumofbible are at the Hobby Lobby headquarters in Oklahoma City. 5/
@candidamoss @museumofBible The @museumofbible domain name is registered and owned by Hobby Lobby. 6/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Steve Green is the president of Hobby Lobby and the chairman of the board of @museumofbible 7/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Lauren Green McAfee, Green’s daughter, is brand ambassador for Hobby Lobby and was director of community engagement for @museumofbible 8/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Michael McAfee, Steve Green’s son-in-law, was director of Bible engagement for @museumofbible 9/
@candidamoss @museumofBible David Trobisch, head of collections for @museumofbible, advises Steve Green on which antiquities to purchase. 10/
@candidamoss @museumofBible And, of course, the Green Collection was formed for the sole purpose of eventually placing it into @museumofbible 11/
@candidamoss @museumofBible For years, @museumofbible has referred to “our 40,000 artifacts,” that is, the Green Collection. 12/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Cary Summers, the president of @museumofbible, was the one to first confirm the existence of the federal investigation to us. 13/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Nevertheless, @museumofbible claims that everything it owns is perfectly legal. 14/
@candidamoss @museumofBible “None of the artifacts identified in the settlement are part of the Museum’s collection,” according to the @museumofbible statement. 15/
@candidamoss @museumofBible The cuneiform items identified in the settlement were never donated to @museumofbible by Hobby Lobby. 17/
@candidamoss @museumofBible The $3m was a settlement for other artifacts that Hobby Lobby had purchased in similarly illicit fashion. 19/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Those other artifacts couldn’t be forfeited because Hobby Lobby no longer owns them. 20/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Where did $3m worth of illicit artifacts go? To whom did Hobby Lobby give or sell them? 21/
@candidamoss @museumofBible As far as we know, they have never donated antiquities anywhere other than @museumofbible 22/
@candidamoss @museumofBible “The museum does not accept collections without fully documented provenance,” says @museumofbible 23/
@candidamoss @museumofBible If they have full documentation for everything they own, that should be made public immediately. 24/
@candidamoss @museumofBible Otherwise it is hard not to wonder whether @museumofbible have $3m of illicit artifacts. 25/
@candidamoss @museumofBible For more, read our forthcoming book, #BibleNation. @candidamoss amazon.com/Bible-Nation-U… … 28/28
