So, another poster accused me of provoking him but couldn't give any examples, "brother" Bob accused me of insulting somebody (although, oddly enough, he's just fine with all of the insults those in his little clique have thrown at me), but can't say who I insulted or what I allegedly said, and now you're accusing me of provoking him, butt can't give any examples.
The silence is deafening.
You guys are awfully good at making false accusations and bearing false witness, but you stink at backing it up.
Whether you "believe" me or not, I understand personal tensions on this board.
We all have them.
I have noted that SN "loses his cool and composure" with you.
I have also noted SN attempts to apologize and offer some form of reconciliation, then to be met with a snarky rejection on your part.
Perhaps the deafness affects you....I don't know.
BTW, I don't know who you mean by Brother Bob and his entourage.
I don't believe you and the fact that you can't even provide one example shows that you're not telling the truth.
...and others.
You left out the part where, immediately after he apologizes, he goes right back to the same personal attacks and insults he just allegedly apologized for, thus showing that his apology was not sincere, but an ploy to get sympathy. "Oh, look! I'm a poor victim being picked on by the big, bad bully even after I was so humble and contrite to apologize. Boo hoo."
And then, he goes right back to the name calling and personal attacks and you defend him.
I don't really care.
You realize that even while you guys were all rubbing his head and telling him
"there, there, honey" and singing Soft Kitty to him, he was sending me PMs and calling me names, right?
Re the OP... I'm concerned that both Ham and Nye will frame the debate in a false dilemma: One must choose their faith or science, the two are mutually exclusive.
I have no doubt that Ham will do this. Nye has a chance to triangulate the issue and welcome believers to accept evolution and keep their faith as well. Will he do it? If he values the idea of more people accepting evolution more than he values people abandoning their faith then his best approach is to argue, even though he is personally agnostic, that the Bible IS compatible with science, a la Michael Ruse and the arguments of John Walton, Denis Lamoureux and BioLogos.
I know Nye has been hostile to creationists for a while and was saddened by that because my kids and I loved to watch his show years ago.
But about a year or so ago (maybe 2?) he put out this video stating that creationism is damaging and should not be taught to children.
"I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that's completely inconsistent with the world we observe, that's fine.
But don't make your kids do it.
Because we need them.
We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.
We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems,"
So in other words, believing God created the universe makes one unable to be a scientist (I'd love to introduce him to MANY scientists who are Christian that I know - they are even YEC!!).
He also said at the end that he knows that in another generation, the belief that God created the heavens and the earth will no longer be around.
That's sad.
I think Nye took my email to heart. ;-) He did a great job of presenting the case that there are billions of believers (Baptists included) who have no problem with accepting evolution and rejecting "Ken Ham's model" of science. I feel that Ken Ham's performance was, on the whole, embarrassing to the YEC cause, but it's not really his fault, such would be the case for anyone I think. The DVDs of the debate advertised on Ham's site have an "Uncensored" stamp on them... Is that such a good idea?
45 minutes into, out comes the charge from Hovind.....You are like a mormon, you worship a different god.
1:28
Wait for it.....yes....yes....Its the H bomb.
Many don't make right........see context? I will say that Bill was very disingenuous with Ken saying "prove the Earth is young and all the science community will rally behind you."