Bill Nye the Science Guy Debates Creationist Ken Ham

Bill Nye, better known to children of the ’90s as “the Science Guy,” will travel to Kentucky tonight, Tuesday, February 4th to debate Ken Ham, the president of the Creation Museum. In an interview with HuffPost Live last month, Nye explained why decided to debate Ham despite criticism from atheists who believe he is lending credibility to the creationist movement by taking it seriously.

Nye said he accepted the debate challenge because the spread of creationism “frightens” him. “I don’t think I’m going to win Mr. Ham over any more than Mr. Ham thinks he’s going to win me over,” Nye said. “Instead, I want to show people that this belief is still among us. It finds its way onto school boards in the United States.”

Ham, on the other side, told TheBlaze why he challenged Nye to the debate. “I just think it’s really healthy for the public to actually hear two people like this that are really polar opposites in many ways,” he said, “because what you believe about who you are [and] where you came from affects your whole worldview.”

UPDATE:
Watch full debate below, via YouTube:

UPDATE #2: Nye and Ham followed up the debate with a joint appearance on CNN, where they continued debating science and religion.

[photo via Creation Museum]

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