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| | An epic debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye occurred on February 4, 2014.<ref>The debate an be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6kgvhG3AkI on YouTube here].</ref> Bill Nye's theme was his insistence, despite [[Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge]], that Ken Ham's approach cannot predict anything. Ken Ham's theme was science is limited to what can be observed, and speculations about unobserved events in the distant past are not really science. | | An epic debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye occurred on February 4, 2014.<ref>The debate an be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6kgvhG3AkI on YouTube here].</ref> Bill Nye's theme was his insistence, despite [[Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge]], that Ken Ham's approach cannot predict anything. Ken Ham's theme was science is limited to what can be observed, and speculations about unobserved events in the distant past are not really science. |
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| | + | Ken Ham gave a fabulous recommendation of the [[Bible]] in his answer to the final question:<ref>The transcript is referenced in "See also" below.</ref> |
| | + | {{cquote|Again, to summarize the things I've been saying, there is a book called the Bible; it's very unique, it's different than any other book out there. In fact I don't know of any other religion that has a book that starts out by telling you that there is an infinite God, and talks about the origin of the universe, the origin of matter and the origin of light and darkness, and the origin of day and night and the origin of the Earth and the origin of dry land and the origin of plants and the origin of the sun, moon and stars, the origin of sea creatures, the origin of land creatures, the origin of man, the origin of women, the origin of death, and sin, the origin of marriage, the origin of different languages, the origin of clothing, the origin of nations; I mean it's a very specific book. And it gives us an account of a global flood in history and the Tower of Babel, and if that history is true, then what about the rest of the book?}} |
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| | Here are some lessons learned from the debate: | | Here are some lessons learned from the debate: |
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| | *Bill Nye's jokes and stories were surprisingly unsuccessful. For example, he seemed unaware that the vast majority of people do not watch the Super Bowl, and his reference to Seattle winning the Super Bowl fell flat. | | *Bill Nye's jokes and stories were surprisingly unsuccessful. For example, he seemed unaware that the vast majority of people do not watch the Super Bowl, and his reference to Seattle winning the Super Bowl fell flat. |
| | *Bill Nye said that if the Grand Canyon was caused by the [[Great Flood]], then why aren't there other grand canyons around the world? But the same question can be asked about the atheistic theory that the Grand Canyon was carved by a river - if so, then why aren't there other grand canyons carved by rivers? | | *Bill Nye said that if the Grand Canyon was caused by the [[Great Flood]], then why aren't there other grand canyons around the world? But the same question can be asked about the atheistic theory that the Grand Canyon was carved by a river - if so, then why aren't there other grand canyons carved by rivers? |
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| | + | == See also == |
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| | + | *[http://www.youngearth.org/index.php/archives/rmcf-articles/item/21-transcript-of-ken-ham-vs-bill-nye-debate transcript of the debate] |
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| | == References == | | == References == |