Bill Nye V. Creationist...

[Fist 666 1,253]

http://www.billnye.com/

 

 

This should be entirely entertaining.

 

Who is watching?

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[Crocodile Tears 887]

This is taking place in Tennessee or Kentucky if I'm not mistaken some southern state. I totally forgot about it. I was all about shit like this years ago. Now I don't give a fuck what you Do or DO NOT believe in. I would be on Nye's side if anything but the whole argument still amounts to nothing at the end of the day.

[Fist 666 1,253]

I'm about 40 minutes in and I'm just annoyed, not particularly amusing. A bit disappointed.

 

Not sure why Nye gave this guy credence enough to spend his time with this nonsense.

[Crocodile Tears 887]

I know Nye is pretty passionate about his field, but when dudes get to this level (I'm assuming this being A list in the science community but like brad pitt A list, more pop-science, as compared to daniel day lewis less poppy like a carl sagan) he may just want some publicity.

No such thing as bad press.

[Realism 836]

I bet reddit is collectively creaming itself.

[CILONE/SK 301]

I have zero problems with people having their faith in something.

 

I have many problems with people forcing their faith on others.

[Crocodile Tears 887]

Don't force your views on us.

[CILONE/SK 301]

Creationists are nut balls,

 

And it is not because they believe in god.

[Crocodile Tears 887]

[Bertha Christ 1]

I was entertained. Tried to get it to stream from the phone to the TV, fail.

I think it's important debates like this happen now. I just read 4 states already teach the intelligent design theory in public schools along side evolution.

[Hua Guofang 663]

Intelligent design:

 

[Cool_Hand 219]

im going to watch it. I have always liked Nye...it should be interesting to see the defiance of the self righteous christian types.

 

Nye will probably be pissing in the wind for the good it will do the christian types.

[Bertha Christ 1]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/31/id_in_sd_south_dakota_bill_to_allow_teaching_of_creationism_in_schools.html

 

Again, what the hell?!

[!@#$% 625]

i don;t think i can stand to listen to the creationist, even if nye destroys him intellectually.

 

i'm not one to suffer fools

 

Bertha, their quest to decimate science education makes me wanna barf

[Mr. Incognito 78]

This debate went on entirely too long. I think Nye destroyed the Creationist argument in about 30 seconds.

[Fist 666 1,253]

It wasn't a proper debate, more a bunch of disconnected illogical tangents on one side, and the other side trying to be an adult while dealing with a child.

 

After watching it I was kind of pissed that Nye gave this guy the time of day, but if his being there changed the mind or life of a single brainwashed kid that was drug there by his parents sees the greatness of science, or some christian kid sees it online and realizes that the people at the forefront of his ideology are morons and tries out atheism, it was worth it.

[Boodah 53]

I think we can all agree that we know what we know, and can't really know what we don't.

[aLBERThOFFMAN 142]

It wasn't a proper debate, more a bunch of disconnected illogical tangents on one side, and the other side trying to be an adult while dealing with a child.

 

After watching it I was kind of pissed that Nye gave this guy the time of day, but if his being there changed the mind or life of a single brainwashed kid that was drug there by his parents sees the greatness of science, or some christian kid sees it online and realizes that the people at the forefront of his ideology are morons and tries out atheism, it was worth it.

 

Agreeing with you !00% here, it was almost painful to watch Ham's arguments. It astonishes me how creationalists so passionately defend their views with the facts contradicting them laid so plainly in front of them.

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[Hua Guofang 663]

I think we can all agree that we know what we know, and can't really know what we don't.

 

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[MedicineCabinet 845]

bill bye just looks creepys as fuck now. tisnt like that old days

[MedicineCabinet 845]

*the

[Keepitrail 350]

I was also surprised to see Nye get on the pulpit with this dude. You don't even need 30 seconds, just seeing the words "debates creationist" is enough to be able to accurately predict the entire two hour segment. But being from the Dirty South, I can say that any form of intellectual injection is well needed, and I think Nye had to take off his natural, logical hat, and become a patient but firm teacher, sort of like a special ed instructor.

 

The important thing is that Nye took a step down from where he normally operates - a sterile, intelligent and logical no-feelings-hurt environment, and waded into the swampy bog of Christian rhetoric and feel-good catch-alls. After all, these are people that vote for their state representatives, who vote for the bills that change our country. Hopefully Nye and Tyson will be able to reach that backward ass portion of the population. I know he did for me when I was raised hyper-religious, and coming home to watch his show was like stumbling upon a hot spring in the middle of a Siberian tundra.

 

When Ham, for the second time said "well, there is one book that answers that, Bill..." I was dying for the retort, "Well, Ken, there's actually many fictional books that answer that question, not just one - unfortunately none of them are based on facts" or something along that line.

 

The ending was definitely the most telling of both. When Ham was left squirming and cornered by the "literal bible" question, and said in effect, "You should listen to my interpretation of what's right and wrong in the bible, even if I use the bible as a solid bedrock for some logic, and as a sort of grey mushy "poetic" area for others." I mean, he pretty much crucified himself on that one, and Bill just kind of pointed it out in that kind of fatherly way. That killed me.