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He should, however, be calling Ham the idiot that he is. That's just a fact.
I'd have spit on him by now, but then I'm no Bill Nye.
Good points. I'm glad, at least, that he isn't completely polarizing science and religion: I think that is often a hurdle for science when disputing creationism.
And I'm constantly frustrated by Bill's assertion that science can prove something (e.g. the age of the earth). While it's clear that he doesn't really believe in full proof, with the audience he's trying to reach he needs to be much clearer about what science can and can't do.
I feel like Bill Nye is trying to both debate creationism while also being charismatic, making memorable one-liners, and exciting people about science in general. As a consequence, he seems to be struggling on all fronts.
Add a simplistic explanation of 'survival of the fittest' to the list of poorly used and explained scientific theories by Bill.
I feel like a good question for Ham would be how he can promote creationism being taught in the classroom when it is unabashedly Christian-based? Ultimately, the creationist 'critical thinking' is dependent upon the truth of the Bible. Thus, why not consider creationism as described by other scriptures? The creationist perspective reduces 'science' (as defined by Ham - he defined several terms to his preference) to fitting into a pre-accepted truth. How can that thinking not be biased?
That was a phenomenally well presented argument by Nye.
Watching where I left off. Had to go play pub trivia (which we won...of course).
Ham has nothing but a static, 2000 year old book of fables written for ignorant nomads.
I am quite the bar trivia enthusiast myself. And yes, we win a lot.
I am quite the bar trivia enthusiast myself. And yes, we win a lot.
We always win, I know science, geography and literature, we have a sports buff and someone for pop references. Bad part is that the person doing the questions is frequently wrong...sigh
What about bar jokes? Why did the pervert cross the road?
Because his weenie was stuck in the chicken
I completely disagree with those who think Nye should have been more "aggressive." I think he was as organized as he needed to be, and if I wanted to watch two people shout over each other and call each other idiots I'd watch Fox News.
Believe doesn't require proof, so don't ask for it.Ham actually believes in an ark........Prove it you religious ignorant zealot dumbass.
Believe doesn't require proof, so don't ask for it.
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