{"id":8842,"date":"2006-04-07T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/04\/07\/this-is-provocative.html"},"modified":"2006-04-07T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2006-04-07T21:04:14","slug":"this_is_provoca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/04\/07\/this_is_provoca.html","title":{"rendered":"This is “provocative”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Nye (“the Science Guy”) evidently was “entertaining and provocative<\/a>” at a lecture at McLennan Community College in Waco, TX.<\/p>\n

The Emmy-winning scientist angered a few audience members when he criticized literal interpretation of the biblical verse Genesis 1:16, which reads: \u201cGod made two great lights \u2014 the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the sun, the \u201cgreater light,\u201d is but one of countless stars and that the \u201clesser light\u201d is the moon, which really is not a light at all, rather a reflector of light.<\/p>\n

A number of audience members left the room at that point, visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe in a God!\u201d exclaimed one woman as she left the room with three young children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article does make it clear that most of the folks in the audience were not so “provoked” by this, which is good to know. It’s less clear how Nye couched his “criticism.” But, come on, people — if you go to see the Science Guy, he’s probably going to talk about, y’know, science. That may well include observations that invalidate the moon as an independent light source, the stopping of the earth’s rotation, the creation of the world in seven days, etc. If you’re not ready to handle that, then save on your blood pressure medication and just stay home.<\/p>\n

(Note athat nothing on Nye’s web site<\/a> indicates whether or not he believes in “a God,” and certainly, based on the quote above, there’s not a reason to think he doesn’t (or does).)<\/p>\n

(via J-Walk<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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