tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post4799352163007888893..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: Bill Nye Says He Underestimated Impact of DebateJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-14857985089535090612014-04-23T10:07:23.592-04:002014-04-23T10:07:23.592-04:00I think his whole plan was simply to be heard and ...I think his whole plan was simply to be heard and to show that there are scientists out there who accept creationism. That those scientists do not deal with the primary evidence is immaterial. One thing I have found about the AiG website is that Ham tends to offload the "scientific" examinations of evidence to other people and tackles the evil of the old earth model himself. That he cannot seem to distinguish between honest examination of the evidence and "philosophical naturalism" seems to elude him. It is, further, clear that he has no understanding of historical science. His "were you there?" argument is as scientifically facile as they come. Nye could very easily have stopped what he was doing in the debate and said to Ham "You don't how science works, do you?" It would have involved changing his game plan but it would have stopped Ham in his tracks. Because of this, Ham cannot properly evaluate the evidence. That was, I think, a missed opportunity. Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-6324602091664380422014-04-22T14:27:38.215-04:002014-04-22T14:27:38.215-04:00Ham has interestingly never claimed (to my knowled...Ham has interestingly never claimed (to my knowledge) that he won the debate. Merely that he was a winner by getting a debate agreed - a rather different thing. He wandered from the debate topic. No honest person could take from the debate outcome that creation (his version ie the young universe formed in six literal days version) is a viable model of origins in a modern scientific era. ashleyhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04408129014757944228noreply@blogger.com