Bill Nye: Kids are "brainwashed" at Noah's Ark museum Any thoughts.

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is speaking out against a museum in Kentucky that is a replica of Noah's Ark.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-nye-kids-brainwashed-noahs-202129363.html
Do adults believe the Ark story in the bible? Do you believe the boat full of people and animals including dinosaurs? Or do you believe some of these animals were in the boat. Were dinosaurs the giants? I'm not worried about kids being brain washed. In the long run. I think parent of un religious or religious will explain their views on the subject.

 

[redleghunter]

Nye would know about brainwashing...Kids and even adults today actually believe he is a 'science guy.'

 

[iluvatar5150]

He's factually correct, but I think he's going about this the wrong way.

ETA: I'm bracing myself for an epic bout of schadenfreude when they fall hilariously short of their attendance projections.

 

[JustOneWay]

Nye would know about brainwashing...Kids and even adults today actually believe he is a 'science guy.'

He is into science and he is a guy. What proof do you have to disprove his claim?

Scientist:

1. 1 : a person learned in science and especially natural science : a scientific investigator

 

[cow451]

Fortunately the children can eventually get better theological information when they get older.

It's Disneyland for Christian fundamentalists.

 

[Cimorene]

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is speaking out against a museum in Kentucky that is a replica of Noah's Ark.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-nye-kids-brainwashed-noahs-202129363.html
Do adults believe the Ark story in the bible? Do you believe the boat full of people and animals including dinosaurs? Or do you believe some of these animals were in the boat. Were dinosaurs the giants? I'm not worried about kids being brain washed. In the long run. I think parent of un religious or religious will explain their views on the subject.

Wait. There are people who think there were dinosaurs on Noah's Ark????!!!!!!

 

[Blondepudding]

Nye would know about brainwashing...Kids and even adults today actually believe he is a 'science guy.'

The slogan was the first clue. Science guy?
He's an actor. A bad one but an actor.

As for the Noah's ark opinion he's spouting now, it's a religious freedom issue that is not his concern when he's been a liar for years! And he lied to little kids . What's worse? Little children believing in a giant boat full of animals? Or a grown man in a white lab coat lying that he's a scientist?

 

[Steve Petersen]

The slogan was the first clue. Science guy?
He's an actor. A bad one but an actor.

As for the Noah's ark opinion he's spouting now, it's a religious freedom issue that is not his concern when he's been a liar for years! And he lied to little kids . What's worse? Little children believing in a giant boat full of animals? Or a grown man in a white lab coat lying that he's a scientist?

Source these allegations of lying please, or retract.

 

[TLK Valentine]

The slogan was the first clue. Science guy?
He's an actor. A bad one but an actor.

Actually, he has a degree in engineering, and occasionally lectures at Cornell on astronomy and ecology.

As for the Noah's ark opinion he's spouting now, it's a religious freedom issue that is not his concern when he's been a liar for years!

Well, considering that the Ark project is on the public dole, isn't it a church/state separation issue?

And he lied to little kids . What's worse? Little children believing in a giant boat full of animals? Or a grown man in a white lab coat lying that he's a scientist?

Except that he is a scientist, as demonstrated above.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Wait. There are people who think there were dinosaurs on Noah's Ark????!!!!!!

In the video. It shows dinosaur in the boat. So I guess the person, that built the Noah's ark believes it.

 

[Blondepudding]

An honored as Rhodes Class of '56 Visiting Professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He studied under Carl Sagan.
Premiered his Science Guy character on the Seattle sketch comedy show Almost Live!(1984).

IMDB

 

[Blondepudding]

Very few people rock the bowtie like Bill Nye. Blue lab coat, safety goggles, and that marvelous bow tie—he really looked like a scientist, didn’t he? Except he is not, nor ever claimed to be, a scientist. He popularized science, making it accessible to school children (you?), explaining concepts beautifully and with humor, without ever saying he was more than a mechanical engineer. That little semantic issue—scientist, mechanical engineer—is important to Bill, just as knowing the difference between a mechanical engineer and a mechanical engineering technologist is important.

ECPI Blog

 

[Blondepudding]

Well, considering that the Ark project is on the public dole, isn't it a church/state separation issue?

Why don't you join wit FFRF and try to launch a lawsuit to find out.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

The slogan was the first clue. Science guy?
He's an actor. A bad one but an actor.

As for the Noah's ark opinion he's spouting now, it's a religious freedom issue that is not his concern when he's been a liar for years! And he lied to little kids . What's worse? Little children believing in a giant boat full of animals? Or a grown man in a white lab coat lying that he's a scientist?

How is he lying? He's a mechanical engineer.

You do realize "Science Guy" is not an official title but just the title of the character on the tv show, right?

 

[iluvatar5150]

What's worse? Little children believing in a giant boat full of animals? Or a grown man in a white lab coat lying that he's a scientist?

IMO, the ark story by itself is pretty harmless, but when you start to look at the broader creationism ideas and anti-scientific-persecution paranoia that Ham et al peddle, and how that influences his gullible audience into pushing their public officials to block policies based on sound science, then you see how the "boat full of animals" story starts taking on some more ominous significance.

 

[MennoSota]

Is brainwashing a scientific term? Perhaps Bill Nye the brainwash guy can tell us. [emoji41]

 

[Smidlee]

Nye would know about brainwashing...Kids and even adults today actually believe he is a 'science guy.'

Everybody is a science guy (or gal).

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

If I ever go to Kentucky and that Ark replica is still standing, I will definitely go take a look. I mean its interesting and weird to build an ark replica if nothing else.
Even back when I was an Atheist, I would have gone to visit it.

Especcially if they have Dinosaurs in it. What I am wondering is how did they fit 2 Apatosaurs, 2 Triceratops, 2 diplodocii, 2 stegosaurs etc. on it? I assume they have one stall with a like one or two species of dinosaurs, but the premise of even fitting 2 of each species with or without dinosaurs is already problematic.
I'd be more interested to see what animals they decided to put on it, as this would give me an idea of what people think are all the species on earth. Is there an Okapi or Quagga on it, for instance?

 

[SkyWriting]

If I ever go to Kentucky and that Ark replica is still standing, I will definitely go take a look. I mean its interesting and weird to build an ark replica if nothing else.
Even back when I was an Atheist, I would have gone to visit it.

Especcially if they have Dinosaurs in it. What I am wondering is how did they fit 2 Apatosaurs, 2 Triceratops, 2 diplodocii, 2 stegosaurs etc. on it? I assume they have one stall with a like one or two species of dinosaurs, but the premise of even fitting 2 of each species with or without dinosaurs is already problematic.
I'd be more interested to see what animals they decided to put on it, as this would give me an idea of what people think are all the species on earth. Is there an Okapi or Quagga on it, for instance?

The average species size would be a pig. And these individuals were hand-picked by God
to repopulate the planet afterward. And it was mostly only land animals and birds.
And none need be adults.

 

[iluvatar5150]

If I ever go to Kentucky and that Ark replica is still standing, I will definitely go take a look. I mean its interesting and weird to build an ark replica if nothing else.
Even back when I was an Atheist, I would have gone to visit it.

Especcially if they have Dinosaurs in it. What I am wondering is how did they fit 2 Apatosaurs, 2 Triceratops, 2 diplodocii, 2 stegosaurs etc. on it? I assume they have one stall with a like one or two species of dinosaurs, but the premise of even fitting 2 of each species with or without dinosaurs is already problematic.
I'd be more interested to see what animals they decided to put on it, as this would give me an idea of what people think are all the species on earth. Is there an Okapi or Quagga on it, for instance?

The prevailing YEC idea regarding dinosaurs on the ark is that they were very young (and thus, small) when they embarked.