Bill Nye on Creationism

Bill Nye is best known for the TV show he had during the 90s. Countless numbers of kids would tune in to learn how to do simple experiments in their home without having the need to for a full on lab. Following in the tradition of Carl Sagan with his show cosmos Nye aimed to bring science to the masses and try and get people more interested in it again. Once his kids science show ended Nye was on the quit side for a few years and has come back out into the light to battle against what he sees as a dangerous mentality that is being forced into public schools.

Creationism is the literal belief that the events in the bible in regards to the start of life are true. The earth is roughly only 10,000 years old and dinosaurs co-existed with man. Besides the more obvious reasons that this makes little to know sense this whole "theory" can be viewed as really nothing more than cheap marketing tricks (or at least we are making that claim here). Ken Ham who Bill Nye had to debate on one occasion, is a prime example of everything that is wrong with this religious movement. Ham and his followers want to see this model being taught in the science classroom along side evolution. Despite that fact that enough evidence has been presented to prove evolution is real and the fact that all of the life sciences are based off of this simple concept, it hasn't stopped the trend of people rejecting it on the grounds that it goes against their faith. 

The creationism movement has also become a new field in the battle ground for a separation of church and state. As more radical elements of the religious right in this country have gained momentum we are seeing school distracts where text books much teach Christian belief in the science classroom and has even seen teachers getting fired for refusing to teach the model based on the Christian origin story. For Nye this not only means that less kids will become interested in science but the economy of the United States could be in jeopardy since we will have less of the innovators we need to create new jobs and keep the US a couple of steps a head of other nations in the world. 

Bill Nye and Ken Ham

Creationism has become an issue that has many school distracts debating on the viability of this so called model. Despite the fact that evidence grows every year and it is accepted by most of the world as fact, there are still a few who think it is completely wrong and that they are right and should present a religious arguments into science classrooms. While creationism has been around for a bit of time now the level of impact it has had when it comes to the education system in the United States have gone up to new levels. The debate posted below shows how much of a "fighting a brick wall" kind of fight this really is. Ken Ham who has made a name for himself pushing his brand of Christianity has made very little real arguments during this whole thing. It is kind of sad that Bill Nye has had to take the stage to try and have a sensible conversation with a charlatan of this degree. Recently Ham has been caught in a legal struggle in which he is accused of using tax breaks to fund the building of a religious park that will only hire people who subscribe to his religious views. He used the excuse of job creation to take tax payer money to not just create a theme park but to also build a life size Noah's Ark to prove that it was possible for such a ship to have existed at any point.