Bill Nye vs Ken Ham Evolution debate

[Mandalore93]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6kgvhG3AkI

Kenny boy honestly kind of glided over the vast majority of specific evidence for evolution and really moved the debate towards science vs religion and arguing that science has become dogmatic and is imposed on children.

[Tenlaar]

Interesting debate, except for when Ken Ham's answer to a question was "cause the bible says so."

Unfortunately that was his answer to roughly 90% of them.

[Bazia]

Stupid debate, you can't explain faith in a logical way.

That's why it's called "faith".

Dumb idea went as expected.

[Grimfan]

It was painful to watch, as expected. I did enjoy Bill's passion on science though, it's great to see him carry on the legacy of his mentor Carl Sagan.

[Nads]

Bill Nye absolutely destroyed Ham in this "debate" even though that was surely not his grand purpose. Bill was simply trying to promote science as a whole and to encourage study of the natural world over taking everything at face value without asking questions.

Ken Ham, though, is a delusional idiot who fattens his wallet through the manipulation of others with that bullshit he believes. Not even the most backwards-assed vatican leaders believe in Creationism; why is this so hard for so many Americans to figure out?

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by Nads [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bill Nye absolutely destroyed Ham in this "debate" even though that was surely not his grand purpose. Bill was simply trying to promote science as a whole and to encourage study of the natural world over taking everything at face value without asking questions.

Ken Ham, though, is a delusional idiot who fattens his wallet through the manipulation of others with that bullshit he believes. Not even the most backwards-assed vatican leaders believe in Creationism; why is this so hard for so many Americans to figure out?

free market enterprise man

[r00t]

Originally Posted by Tenlaar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Interesting debate, except for when Ken Ham's answer to a question was "cause the bible says so."

Unfortunately that was his answer to roughly 90% of them.

Nye's answer to everything was "cause the science says so."

[Ahldagor]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nye's answer to everything was "cause the science says so."

when are you going to accept the nihilism that is at the root of every platonic argument?

[Tenlaar]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nye's answer to everything was "cause the science says so."

Nye's answer was "cause the evidence says so." Very big difference.

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Tenlaar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nye's answer was "cause the evidence says so." Very big difference.

But nobody was around to see the rock layers forming over billions of years, so we have to rely on a book written by some dudes channeling the voice of god a couple dozen centuries ago!