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August 27th, 2012
11:31 AM ET
Bill Nye slams creationismBy Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN)–Famed TV scientist Bill Nye is slamming creationism in a new online video for Big Think titled "Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children." "Denial of evolution is unique to the United States," Nye begins in a YouTube video posted on Thursday. The video quickly picked up steam over the weekend and as of Monday morning had been viewed more than 1,100,000 times. Nye - a mechanical engineer and television personality best known for his program, "Bill Nye the Science Guy" - said the United States has great capital in scientific knowledge and "when you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in it, it holds everyone back." "Your world becomes fantastically complicated if you don't believe in evolution," Nye said in the Web video. Creationists are a vast and varied group in the United States. Most creationists believe in the account of the origins of the world as told in the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories In the creation account, God creates Adam and Eve, the world, and everything in it in six days. For Christians who read the Genesis account literally, or authoritatively as they would say, the six days in the account are literal 24-hour periods and leave no room for evolution. Young Earth creationists use this construct and biblical genealogies to determine the age of the Earth, and typically come up with 6,000 to 10,000 years. Your Take: 5 reactions to Bill Nye's creationism critique The Gallup Poll has been tracking Americans' views on creation and evolution for the past 30 years. In June it released its latest findings, which showed 46% of Americans believed in creationism, 32% believed in evolution guided by God, and 15% believed in atheistic evolution. During the 30 years Gallup has conducted the survey, creationism has remained far and away the most popular answer, with 40% to 47% of Americans surveyed saying they believed that God created humans in their present form at one point within the past 10,000 years. Survey: Nearly half of Americans subscribe to creationist view of human origins "The idea of deep time of billions of years explains so much of the world around us. If you try to ignore that, your worldview becomes crazy, untenable, itself inconsistent," Nye said in the video. "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," he said. Creationists' beliefs about the origins of the Earth are often a narrow focus, based in large part on religious beliefs, and while they reject evolution as "just one theory," they often embrace other fields of science and technology. Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter In "The Genesis Flood," the 1961 book that in many ways help launch the Young Earth creationism movement in the United States, the authors write: “Our conclusions must unavoidably be colored by our Biblical presuppositions, and this we plainly acknowledge." Their goal for the book was to harmonize the scientific evidence with the accounts in Genesis of creation and the flood. The idea of creationism has been scorned by the mainstream scientific community since shortly after Darwin introduced "The Origin of Species" in 1859. By 1880, The American Naturalists, a science journal, reported nearly every major university in America was teaching evolution. "In another couple centuries I'm sure that worldview won't even exist. There's no evidence for it. So..." Nye ends his video. soundoff (14,640 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 Next » |
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Looks like theirs about 10,000 atheist arguing with themselves on here lol. Seem so confident in their own view and insecure at the same time.
Looks like your grammar is wanting.
It's about 9,000 theists desperate to find a reason to hold onto their paradigm and 1,000 atheists rolling their eyes and looking embarrassed for their countrymen.
Scroll down and you'll see what I mean.
You just have to write with faith instead of grammar I guess.
The non-supernaturalists (you can call them whatever your church tells you to call them) are trying to wake up the ignorant so the rest of us can proceed with advancing society. Those who believe these nonsensical ideas DO hold the rest back-be it in creationist ideas about biology, or stem cell research, or limiting over-population via contraception, you name it. Ignorance cannot be tolerated under the cloak of "live and let live," because the other side is so bent on dying and seeing their savior.
Atheists aren't the insecure ones. We know that you become worm food when you die and we're okay with that. In contrast it takes blinding levels of existential fear to believe in religion.
I wonder if he can make his bow-tie spin
If I wore a bow tie I would make sure it could spin, because life is too short not to be goofy sometimes.
Only in America is the public debating this argument . All other civilized cultures have moved on to bigger and better things.
yea some of this scientist tells us one thing today and tomorrow they say something different. because they really don't know a thing. example . years ago they said eggs were bad for you then years later they said eggs were good for you and now again they are saying is bad for you as bad as cigarette smoking. i definitely know that people like this clown mr nye is bad for us all.
You "know" nothing and you are very stupid, AL.
Using science correctly means that you change your beliefs when evidence shows them to be wrong. This is a feature, not a bug.
Yes, these are the same "White Coats" that said smoking was good for us in the 70's. It IS funny, because many people who claim that they are "scientific" just blindly accept "Corporate Science" aimed at keeping them logically ignorant, meaning, they can use logic and reason (and even rhetoric if you know your Trivium) to argue well for false ideas. Ideas like: Children should get vaccinated because scientists and doctors are actually here to help us. Wake up.
God damn you people are stupid.
If you say anything positive about God here, these people resort to nasty comments.
They are a very unhappy group, and claim to be more intelligent ?
They can soak in their hatred. Back to work, those that actually have a job...
One thing I do know...your grammar is GOD awful.
Ellen, why so nasty ?? Have you evolved into a bi_tch ?
Ever hear of the term "practicing medicine"? It is just that – practicing.
Somebody may look at the cholesterol level in egg yolk and say, "don't eat egg yolks, they are filled with cholesterol!" Years later, somebody else realizes that your dietary cholesterol intake isn't as important as previously thought, so egg yolks are cool again. You learn. You adapt. You adjust. You wait for new information to come along. It doesn't necessarily mean the previous information was wrong, it was just incomplete. This is how science goes!!
Al, you should really ignore all science. Avoid any food, any medicine, the dentist. Stop brushing. All of that science stuff is really hokum for people like you who are above that sort of nonsense. Just get someone to lay hands on you and keep moving on out of the gene pool.
OK, so tell me. If something is created from the elements. When that something is created who takes care of it from infancy. Go figure, there has to be a higher being that started it all. You just cannot start something and say there it is. I guess with the evolutionist I would say stupid is as studpid does.
Evolution does not try to explain abiogenesis, that is honestly still a mystery. Evolution explains how life diversified into the myriad of forms we see today.
That's a fascinating question! Abiogenesis is a rapidly advancing branch of science. It'd be great to read up on it!
Based on your post above you really have no idea what evolution even is. Read something sometime and maybe you won't sound like an ignoramus.
In a general area, evolution and abiogenesis are one in the same when it comes to how the world became what it is today. As Carl Sagan said: "We are star stuff."
Take a chemistry class!!
yea, cause that monkey thing is really where it's at right? let's teach them a flawed theory and not a science backed up biblical approach. google grady mcmurtry and his conversion to creationism from darwinism. this guy has smacked down more so-called scientist than anyone out there. but he realized that science did prove a devine creation. so this guy can believe the monkey thing all he wants but i'm teaching my kid's the real truth! not some phony hoax b.s.!
Evolution is among the most supported theories in all of science. It does not ask for faith and it can support every prediction it makes. Creationism, on the other hand, makes no predictions and is thus a useless postulation.
God help your poor children. Seems you will continue this form of abuse. See you next time you mow my lawn.
joe, "science did prove a devine creation"
Andy Devine is the creator? Tarnation, Wild Bill!
@Hubert the fact is the science does not support evolution. If so please show me..... What is true is that if one uses the scientific theory which is what you must use to prove or disprove a theory or law then evolution simply fails. No one that has ever lived has ever reproduced any evolution experiment in a lab. If it can't be tested then how can it be supported? I used to do lab experiments on mice. We mutated their genes to see if we can find drugs to help human kind. After mutating millions of mliions of mice genes not once did we ever create a new species. Weird huh?
@harleybird
When you mutate many genes in a few cells (or even in all of the cells) within a mouse, you would not expect to create a new mouse. Think about it, these single gene changes are usually what results in tumor formation, right? Would you call that tumor "non-human?" Certainly, it is part of the human, it just has many gene changes in it! SO many more changes are required than would be expected from mutating a single somatic organism to prevent it from mating with its original species. This is why natural selection is required over such long periods of time – MANY changes have to happen.
As far as not replicating natural selection in a lab, let's go back to the tumor example. Let's say you have a lung tumor, and a doctor treats you with drug X. Drug X targets all of the cells of a certain type within your tumor. But uh, oh! There are other cells in there too, that happen to be resistant to Drug X. After some time, you look back at your lung tumor, and it is completely resistant to Drug X! The population of tumor cells was SELECTED to be resistant to the drug! Just like Darwin proposed evolution of species to occur. Truth is, this happens all the time, people just choose not to think of it in the context of evolution.
Buddhism is the answer. There was no God. It is all pure nature.
I think creationist just like the idea of god better than anything else, true or not. So they go with it to the grave. I on the other hand at this point in my life prefer what makes more sense and is more real. That being science. The smartest creationist I have met are the ones that will admit this to me. I have respect for them for that.
The smartest because they agree with you ? LOL, now that's funny !!!
even if i believe the bible, why would i worship god? the devil has done far more and been far more honest than god. god created the carrot and the stick not the devil.
i see references to the devil deceiving in the bible but dont see the deceit.
your own book should have you turn against a petty dictator of a god
what an increbibly igonorant statement from someone who claims to be so knowledgable. check Wikipedia's list of notable Christian scientists to refute Bill's claim that Christian thinking blunts scientific discovery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_thinkers_in_science
I actually find his shows very entertaining and enjoy watching them with y children. Disappointed that he would make such a ridiculous statement.
Your name is a contradiction in terms. Faith and science are antithetical.
Christains in science will only pick certain evidence that backs up their beliefs and will toss out evidence that does not lead to the conclusions that they are hoping to find. This in fact, is not science, this is fake science that christains want to believe. Your scientist that you so much want to believe are biased and are not recognized by the REAL scientific community. Please do yourself a favor and do some critical thinking.
Ignorance is lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc... But I've learned and read the same articles as many of the Atheist here and I don't BELIEVE it to be true. That doesn't make me ignorant. I learned it, I just don't believe it.
What part don't you believe? That humans have genes? That we have chromosomes? That we have DNA and RNA? That you inherit genes from your parents? That physical traits are expressed from genes? That genes can change or mutate? That some some environments are better for people with certain types of genes? Etc etc etc. What exactly is it that causes you to not believe in it?
I doubt if people who dismiss evolution as "just a theory" have much idea what a scientific theory is. Scientific theories are the basis for falsifiable hypotheses – predictions that can be found true or false by research. Hypotheses derived from evolutionary theory have been pretty universally confirmed by research.
Evolution isn't "just a" theory about biological origins. It's the ONLY theory.
Most know what impossible means. And the doctrine of evolution is impossible, but, keep the faith....
"Mommy? Where did dad go after dieing in Afghanistan?" -Son
"His particulate matter became dismembered due to an explosive charge and is no longer a symbiotic being, therefore you will never see your father again and I will attain another spouse in order to procreate." -Mom
"Couldn't daddy still be alive in heaven? -Son
"The concept of heaven is false. There is no God. You are pieces of this earth and when you die, you seize to exist." -Mom
So heartfelt. I sure would of loved to live in a family that didn't believe in creationism in at least some form.
I get what your trying to say, but its kind of dumb. Believing in religion just because you cant accept death is stupid.
Its better to live life, realize how lucky we are to be here and how beautiful life is than to spend it praying to an imaginary being hoping that this life isnt the only one.
The old "fallen hero" routine. So heaven exists if you REALLY want it to?
In what way does that scenario have anything to do with evolution or creationism? The only point you seem to be making is that athiests are incapable of empathy or of being good parents, which would be laughable if it wasn't so offensive
So let's make up stories just to make eachother feel better?
"Ohhhh, I didn't get my project done it time, i went to the bar instead" – Worker
"No, problem! We don't need to do projects to make money in this business, money just magically appears!" – Boss
MNFree – YES!!!!! I wish I had a thousand thumbs to thumbs up this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about "Your father led a good life, he died fighting for his country, his friends, and the freedom of others. We will never see him again, but we will always have the memories, and we can share that with our friends and family."
Christians need to exam a paper written by Israel Finlelstein who is a head of research in the Archaeology Dept, at the University of Tel Aviv. The paper is called "A low Chronology Update – Archaeology, history and bible". For a Jew to be saying that a century of Archaeology has found nothing to substantiate the OT is quite something.
Sorry, Israel Finkelstein
I'll examine that if you examine this...
http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html
realmen,
if you read both of these articles how could you even compare the stuff at the link you posted? its not even logical much less scientific
The bible is like a "Nigerian Email" from the bronze-age.
Children under the age of 18 should not be allowed in church. Their parents should not be allowed to take them there. Teaching creationism to gullible kids is child abuse. Thank the stars Palin isn't vice President, promoting creationism in schools instead of nutrition, as Michele Obama has done.
amen!!!
I am assuming this post is a joke because it too unbelievable to treat this as something a rational person would write.
Bill Bill Bill evolution is sooooo stupid
I agree with him, but if he wants to persuade people, why does he dress like a clown??
I guess should he end up burning in a lake of fire, he will say, "i guess denying Christ is not so good either."
lake of fire wasnt ever a place of punishment for humans in the old testament.
Out of the entire universe and all the billions of billions of galaxies and the trillions and trillions of worlds.... god chose us.
No wait he did not.
He selected a very tiny portion of the world in the middle east. His appearance, and his son, look like them.
He watches over us and only us. But not those other guys over there. Sorry Mormons, Muslim, Hindu, only 2000 year old Christianity has the answers. Out of the entire universe, ONLY them have it right.
Riiiiiight
he did, and you are mistaken. he watches over us all.
only humans would be arrogant enough to believe a super being could really care if you are an adulterer, covet women other than your wife, steal, etc. man created god. kept the rabble in line.
True is true. 1 + 1 =2. it will always be 2. Water is wet. It's wet in California it's wet in Africa it's wet all over the world.
We all need air to live. Truth is truth. It's not our truth. We didn't make it up. It's God's truth. Everybody can't be right.