Watch Bill Nye Eviscerate Creationist Ken Ham In Live Debate

by | Feb 5, 2014 | POLITICS

The event has been a buzz online since it happened last night and the premise was simple – get two learned men in a room and have them duke it out with words over one of the greatest questions that still plagues humanity – where did we come from?

The event has been a buzz online since it happened last night and the premise was simple – get two learned men in a room and have them duke it out with words over one of the greatest questions that still plagues humanity – where did we come from?

Enter famed tv/real life scientist Bill Nye and bestselling author and leading creationist advocate Ken Ham.

Moderated by CNN’s Tom Foreman, the two leaders of their respective communities went at it for over 2.5 hours.

The folks at Time’s Swampland blog have done their due-diligence on a breakdown of topics debated in a by-the-minute list if you’d care to see specific issues debated.

You can watch the entirety of the debate in the video below (it starts about 15 mins in.)

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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