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Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children

Published on Aug 23, 2012 by Big Think [ http://www.youtube.com/user/bigthink ]

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. According to Bill Nye, aka "the science guy," if grownups want to "deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them."

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Denial of evolution is unique to the United States. I mean, we're the world's most advanced technological—I mean, you could say Japan—but generally, the United States is where most of the innovations still happens. People still move to the United States. And that's largely because of the intellectual capital we have, the general understanding of science. When you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in that, it holds everybody back, really.

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. It's like, it's very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates. You're just not going to get the right answer. Your whole world is just going to be a mystery instead of an exciting place.

As my old professor, Carl Sagan, said, "When you're in love you want to tell the world." So, once in a while I get people that really—or that claim—they don't believe in evolution. And my response generally is "Well, why not? Really, why not?" Your world just becomes fantastically complicated when you don't believe in evolution. I mean, here are these ancient dinosaur bones or fossils, here is radioactivity, here are distant stars that are just like our star but they're at a different point in their lifecycle. The idea of deep time, of this billions of years, explains so much of the world around us. If you try to ignore that, your world view just becomes crazy, just untenable, itself inconsistent.

And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, 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 people that can—we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems.

It's just really hard a thing, it's really a hard thing. You know, in another couple of centuries that world view, I'm sure, will be, it just won't exist. There's no evidence for it.

Directed / Produced by
Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU [with (over 371,000) comments]


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Bill Nye, Creationism is Highly Appropriate for our Children

Published on Aug 29, 2012 by creationmuseum [ http://www.youtube.com/user/creationmuseum ]

Check out Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell's article, "Bill Nye's Crusade for Your Kids"
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2012/08/30/bill-nye-crusade-for-your-kids

Dr. David Menton and Dr. Georgia Purdom respond to Bill Nye's comments in a recent YouTube video entitled, "Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU [just above])

See Ken Ham's response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxX11c1cSWU [next below]

Watch Ken's follow-up video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgGwnbFJBNU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-AyDtD6sPA [comments disabled]


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Ken Ham Responds to Bill Nye "The Humanist Guy"

Published on Aug 31, 2012 by creationmuseum [ http://www.youtube.com/user/creationmuseum ]

Check out Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell's article, "Bill Nye's Crusade for Your Kids"
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2012/08/30/bill-nye-crusade-for-your-kids

The president/CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis--U.S. and the Creation Museum, Ken Ham, responds to Bill Nye's recent YouTube video entitled, "Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU [second above])

See Dr. David Menton and Dr. Georgia's response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-AyDtD6sPA [just above]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxX11c1cSWU [comments disabled]


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Atheists at the Creation Museum

Published on Jun 22, 2013 by TheThinkingAtheist [ http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThinkingAtheist ]

(This is a slightly revised version of the original, with a few key shots improved for accuracy and flow.)

On October 5th, 2012, Seth Andrews joined a group of skeptics for a tour of Kentucky's infamous Creation Museum. These are the Top Ten Lessons he took away from that experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVHWq0ZGE_Y [with comments]


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Richard Dawkins documentary

Published on Jan 17, 2013 by bigrich3849 [ http://www.youtube.com/user/bigrich3849 ]

Richard Dawkins, Scientific Minds documentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLtOffrpsHQ [with comments]


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Collection of Bill Maher stand-up about religion

Published on May 24, 2013 by Agatan Fnd [ http://www.youtube.com/user/AgatanFoundation ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POhryDr0Q4g [with comments]


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Bill Maher New Rules About Religion Collection

Published on May 25, 2013 by Agatan Fnd [ http://www.youtube.com/user/AgatanFoundation ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUP7NY6US5A [with comments]


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Richard Dawkins Answers Questions & Hate Mail (Full)

Published on Jun 2, 2013 by brain3zzzz [ http://www.youtube.com/user/brain3zzzz ]

Richard Dawkins Answers Questions & Hate Mail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X65Hk3yfQ-Q [with comments]


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FREEOK 2013 - Seth Andrews: "Get Them While They're Young"

Published on Jul 2, 2013 by TheThinkingAtheist [ http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThinkingAtheist ]

On June 22nd, 2013 at Oklahoma City's Cox Convention Center, over 500 gathered for the 2013 Oklahoma Freethought Convention (FREEOK). Speakers included Sean Faircloth, Dale McGowan, Emily Boyer, Zack Kopplin, Seth Andrews and Lawrence Krauss. (Jamila Bey was scheduled but could not attend due to a conflict. She dialed into the conference A/V system, but her presentation could not be recorded for the YouTube videos.)

FREEOK 2013 was sponsored by the American Humanist Association, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Oklahoma Atheists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEUqWKfdLeM [with comments]


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FREEOK 2013 - Lawrence Krauss: "The Greatest Story Ever Told"

Published on Jul 3, 2013 by TheThinkingAtheist [ http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThinkingAtheist ]

On June 22nd, 2013 at Oklahoma City's Cox Convention Center, over 500 gathered for the 2013 Oklahoma Freethought Convention (FREEOK). Speakers included Sean Faircloth, Dale McGowan, Emily Boyer, Zack Kopplin, Seth Andrews and Lawrence Krauss. (Jamila Bey was scheduled but could not attend due to a conflict. She dialed into the conference A/V system, but her presentation could not be recorded for the YouTube videos.)

FREEOK 2013 was sponsored by the American Humanist Association, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Oklahoma Atheists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw7v6EzJDNM [with comments]


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this is part 6 of a 7-part repost of the YouTube collection in http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=96759860 , which continues/concludes with a reply to this post