when john scavarla made the comments in the tv interview the day before he took office in north carolina, the alt weekly called indy week reacted with some alarm to learning this was the guy who was going to be in charge of environmental issues for the state. they listen to his interview and took the claims to a retired geology professor from unc to ask if this theory about new oil being made every day has any scientific credence whatsoever. the professor told indy week no, the theory is, quote, his words,another idea conservatives have latched on to as a way to denying there s any limitation that the earth places on the way we live. they also noted part of the reason this theory has some appeal is if you think that the earth is not very old. i mean, i m not bill nye the science guy, but if you are a creationist, if you believe there is nothing actually old on earth, that god created all of us including the dinosaurs just
compare to chris kyle story. he s my hero. bless him. i love him. indeed, chris is an american hero. jim, what was the hardest part of the book to write? i think that once i got to know johnny, it wasn t hard at all. but because of the language barrier, we i wouldn t say it was hard. we had to spend a lot of time together. sometimes his family got a little tired of me hanging around and taking him up. but it was always my pleasure. hopefully they ll forgive me now. they love you. johnny, jim, thank you so much for everything you ve done. next, the new hbo doc examines darwinism from a creationist point of view and vice versa. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go
checking our top stories at 11 ments past the hour. the navy is investigating whether sailors cheated on tests in using nuclear reactors in 2010. this is the third time in three weeks the military has addressed charges of cheating on exams. bill nye, the science guy went head to head with creationist, ken ham, in a public debate on evolution. that was at the creation museum in kentucky. ham believes in the literal interpretation of the bible, including stories about noah s arc and nye took him on. it is important to take the bible as a whole, interpreting scripture for scripture. if it really is the word of god, there is not going to be any contradiction, which there is not. it sounds to me that there are certain parts of this document, the bible, that you embrace literally and other parts you consider poetry. well, it is online if you
science guy. thank you for joining us, bill. we appreciate it. how did this debate come about? well, a little over a year ago, i mentioned something to the associated press about my concern about science literacy, and people who want to teach that the earth might be 10,000 years old in science class, and how this would not be in the best interests of the united states or really of the world. and so one thing led to another, and this notorious or well-known creationist asked me to debate him. i said, okay. let me bring in what the founder of the creation museum, who you will be debating wrote about all of this. he says this debate will help highlight the fact that so many are just missing the bible because of evolution, even many young people decided the
we re back with our panel. next we re going to take a look at the reality deniers of the right-wing. these are the folks for whatever reason still don t or won t get it. kick off this category at number three is georgia congressman paul brown a creationist who shuns science in favor of the literal interpretation of the bible. this guy cyst on the house committee on science, space and technology. have a listen to what he told a group of his supporters last year. all this stuff i was talking about, evolution, big bang theory is straight lies. it s lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior. i hold the holy bible as being the major directions to me of how i vote in washington, d.c.