Science
Related: About this forumThe Bill Nye/ Ken Ham debate will be live on
The debate starts at 6:00 p.m. Central Time, (7:00 p.m. Eastern Time), and you can watch the whole thing live on NBCNews.com and MSNBC.com, or via debatelive.org.
The agreed-upon debate topic is
"Is Creation A Viable Model of Origins in Today's Modern Scientific Era?"
http://debatelive.org/
handmade34
(22,759 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)but why is a Mechanical Engineer debating creationism? I am not sure what to think about the topic sentence. Was creationism ever a viable model for explaining the world? On the other hand how can you disprove a premise that ultimately can answer "Magic" to any question of inconsistency.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Why is an environmental biologist arguing for creationism?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)Young Earth creationism
Old Earth creationism
Gap creationism
Day-age creationism
Progressive creationism
Intelligent design
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)He believes the earth was created in six actual days. And he believes all the other silly stuff too.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)a strategy invented by creationists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_Gallop#Debates
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)Hope Nye is ready for the bullshit.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Things like that shouldn't happen in a debate.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)But when creationists are involved they frequently do happen.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)There was no talking over the other individual. Ham is smooth I will give him that. I think Nye missed several opportunities, but I appreciate his efforts. Lets get Ken Miller, an astronomer, and a geologist next time against a Discovery Institute panel of YECs - they make for such easy targets. I want to hear from Ham's astronomer next time. I am still in shocked disbelief and waiting for an explanation on what the Hubble Deep Field means to him.
I also would like possibly a theologian to address the exceptional claims about the Christian bible Ham brought up. It would be good for the viewers to realize how this Bible came into being, how it compares to other sources from earlier cultures, and how, if it is so true, how it gets so much wrong (ordering the killing of babies for one, slavery is ok is another).
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Gothmog
(145,839 posts)People who believe in gravity even if its only a theory will want to be aware that religion has issued a challenge to science and you have a front row seat right here at The Creation Museum.
A debate between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham the And Then Eve Gave Adam An Apple Guy will be shown on the internet machine starting at 7:00 tonight Eastern Time. Thats 6:00 normal people time.
They promise it will be available on You Tube after the debate but warnYes, the live stream is really 100% FREE of charge on debatelive.org as well as Google+ Hangouts On Air powered by YouTube, and will be available to re-watch on our YouTube channel immediately following the debate. (We are unsure how many days following the event the video will remain available on YouTube to re-watch.)
Well, isnt that special? I know things on YouTube that have been there 6 years. Some maybe longer, but I know of some 6 year old ones personally.
I suspect how long it remains online depend on how much Bill Nye wins. Wink. Wink.
Join in and see it happen live!
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)Nye used arguments I've never even heard of! Awesome. I stopped watching during the Q&A though. I think Nye did an awesome job.