So this week I had a couple beers and watched the Bill Nye/Ken Ham debate. And I enjoyed it immensely. Afterwards, I went trawling the net, looking for commentary on it. One of my favourite articles was by a pastor who, while a devout Christian, was troubled by Ken Ham's attempt (and failure) to fight the creationist cause on scientific grounds. The pastor felt that spiritual matters should remain spiritual, and that trying to prove them with scientific evidence was folly. I couldn't agree more; within minutes I was drafting a comment that quickly developed Biblical (boom boom) proportions. I have pasted it below. While I tried to remain respectful to other people's worldviews, I recognise that I sometimes find it difficult to remain so while still being intellectually honest with myself. Nobody pats themselves on the back for tolerating the views of flat-Earthers, Scientologists, or Holocaust-deniers, after all.
