A Few Take-Aways from the Bill Nye-Ken Ham Debate
1. Bill Nye is Arrogant Whether it was his reference to the Creation Museum as "this facility" or his frequent references to Kentucky (especially his fear that the people of Kentucky would hold the nation back in the competition for technological advances if they dared to undermine the preeminent position of evolution in school textbooks) or his arguments based on the "reasonable man," Bill Nye betrayed his smug attitude toward his host state, host location and debating opponent. Apparently, in my opinion, Bill Nye thought his audience was stupid. Again and again, he theorized that if a universal flood was true, then why don't we have a fossilized creature struggling upwards? Supposedly, his mind was so stuck in the deluge of water from his obsession with Noah that he forgot (or hoped that his audience would forget, more likely) that fossils aren't made in water but are formed in mud, soil, etc. and often are found in rock layers. If you or I are...