Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham/Evolution vs. Creation

On the  4^th of February 2014, Bill Nye (“The Science Guy”) debated Ken Ham, the CEO of Answers in Genesis.org. The debate was held in the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Ken Ham is one of the leading “creationist”(“scientists” that have literal enterpretations of the Bible and believe that the Earth is only 6000 old). Bill Nye is best known for his Science education show for kids, that was very popular during the 90’s called “Bill Nye, The Science Guy”. The debate topic was whether Ken Ham’s Creation Model (“Young Earth” model) was viable in today’s scientific modern era.

Bill claimed that Ken Ham’s model was absolutely not viable, while, Ken Ham, surprisingly, claimed that it was the only viable. Ken Ham relied mostly on the Bible. He poked holes to the atheist model to make his model plausible. Bill Nye used hard evidence to prove that he is right, while Ham mostly relied on theory. Ken Ham’s theory doesn’t make any sense, and yet he claims that only his model should be thought in schools. In the last 20 minutes of the debate, you could see that Bill Nye was simply fed up (like me) of Ham’s shear stubbornness. Official data says that 86% of the crowd watching thinks Bill Nye won the debate.

Bill Nye on the questionability of a land-bridge or oceanic kangaroos:“This giant boat — this very large wooden ship — [allegedly] went aground safely on a mountain in what we now call the Middle East, and so places like Australia now are populated by animals that somehow managed to get from the Middle East all the way to Australia in the last 4,000 years. Now that, to me, is an extraordinary claim. Somewhere between the middle East and Australia, we would expect to find evidence of kangaroos!”

The whole debate started by Nye’s discussion of Ham’s theory via Youtube. Ham retracted by also posting a video and challenging Bill to debate him. When going through the creation museum (museum of Ham’s theory) Bill Nye said: “There are dinosaurs,  in this museum, living in harmony with Adam and Eve. I find that quite disturbing.”

Bibliography:

Hammad Ali. "Ken Ham for Creation Versus Bill Nye for Evolution." Guardian Liberty Voice. Liberty Voice, 9 Feb. 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.

Katana Sohma. "Evolution Vs. Creation: Bill Nye Vs. Ken Ham." American Live Wire American News. American Livewire, 9 Feb. 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.