{"id":3698,"date":"2014-01-04T08:33:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T08:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2014-01-04T08:33:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T08:33:04","slug":"bill-nye-the-science-guy-to-debate-evolution-with-creationist-ken-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2014\/01\/04\/bill-nye-the-science-guy-to-debate-evolution-with-creationist-ken-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nye the Science Guy to debate evolution with creationist (Ken Ham)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/bill-nye-science-guy-debate-evolution-creationist-2D11844099\">NBC news<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children | Big Think\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gHbYJfwFgOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bill Nye the Science Guy plans to visit Kentucky next month for a creation-vs.-evolution debate with Creation Museum founder Ken Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Ham wrote on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.answersingenesis.org\/blogs\/ken-ham\/2014\/01\/02\/yes-the-debate-with-bill-nye-is-on\/\" target=\"_blank\">his blog<\/a>\u00a0that the museum will host Nye, the star of a long-running science show for kids, on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n<p>Nye has been critical of creationists for their opposition to evolution and their assertions that the Old Testament provides a literal account of the earth&#8217;s beginnings. In an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU\" target=\"_blank\">online video that has drawn nearly 6 million views<\/a>, Nye said teaching creationism was bad for children.<\/p>\n<p>The video prompted a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JxX11c1cSWU\" target=\"_blank\">response video from the Creation Museum<\/a>, and Ham later challenged him to a debate.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/JxX11c1cSWU<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur staff thought that a debate on creation vs. evolution with a man who has influenced so many children to believe in evolution would be a good idea,\u201d Ham wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to founding the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creationmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creation Museum<\/a>\u00a0in Petersburg, Ky., Ham is also the president, CEO and founder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.answersingenesis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Answers in Genesis-U.S<\/a>. Nye hosted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billnye.com\/for-kids-teachers\/episode-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Bill Nye the Science Guy\u201d<\/a>starting in 1993, and is now\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/about\/staff\/bill-nye.html\" target=\"_blank\">executive director of the Planetary Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Sposari, a spokeswoman for Nye, confirmed that the debate was on the science educator\u2019s schedule. \u201cThey\u2019re hosting Bill,\u201d she told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the evening debate at the museum\u2019s Legacy Hall, titled\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.answersingenesis.org\/outreach\/event\/Nye-Ham-Debate\/?utm_source=creation-museum-creation-evolution&amp;utm_medium=Banner&amp;utm_campaign=bill-nye-ken-ham-debate\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIs Creation a Viable Model of Origins,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0are $25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Nye the Science Guy plans to visit Kentucky next month for a creation-vs.-evolution debate with Creation Museum founder Ken Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Ham wrote on his blog that the museum will host Nye, the star of a long-running science show for kids, on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,159,7,21],"tags":[1132,48,1746,51,1747,1134,1133],"class_list":["post-3698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creationism","category-debates","category-evolution","category-science-and-religion","tag-bill-nye","tag-creation-museum","tag-creationism","tag-debate","tag-evolution","tag-ken-ham","tag-science-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}