Bill Nye Ken Hamm Creation Debate at Answers in Genesis museum in Kentucky

As longtime readers know, I loathe creationism. I though Nye did a great job, presenting a thumbnail sketch of how we know science is the best guide to the natural world, and confining Hamm to circular appeals to authority and just plain Bible thumping. If our answer to the questions of the natural world is "God did it", then that's the end of any inquiry, since God can do anything He wants, and His ways are unsearchable. But an open-ended universe following discoverable natural laws offers vistas of potential discovery.

And that's all I've got. Have some good tweets from the #creationdebate tag. Boy, was it a fast thread!

This sums up the #creationdebate pretty well. pic.twitter.com/RLe1BoJTpc

— Carolyn McDowell (@Arumi_kai) February 5, 2014

Bill Nye vs Ken Ham #CreationDebate pic.twitter.com/kPftq7lxhL

— Lisa R (@txvoodoo) February 5, 2014

Here's a great photo summary of the #creationdebate @TheScienceGuy pic.twitter.com/fCJPMyC2D5

— iVote (@Kris_SacreBleu) February 5, 2014

Ken Hams argument in a nutshell #creationdebate pic.twitter.com/6f94Ap7ZlG

— Ungodly News (@ungodlynews) February 5, 2014

We hit bingo far too long ago. I hope no one kills themselves by making this into a drinking game #CreationDebate. pic.twitter.com/0wiuT9JASn

— Zack Kopplin (@ZackKopplin) February 5, 2014