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There has been more discussion of the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham since I posted my round-up earlier today. And so here is more<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Christian pastor Glenn Packiam compares Genesis<\/a> to other ancient creation accounts. Biologos presents<\/a> how pre-modern interpreters understood Genesis.<\/p>\n

The Lead explores <\/a>what Bill Nye got wrong.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Corey discusses<\/a> the detrimental influence of Ken Ham on Christianity, and Pat Robertson's warning<\/a> to Ken Ham not to \u201cmake a joke of ourselves\u201d (which Hemant Mehta also mentioned<\/a>, adding that the debate was a net win for science<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Otagosh<\/a> suspects that Ken Ham will actually lose money on the debate.<\/p>\n

Jim Kidder<\/a> posted his thoughts, based on detailed notes he took<\/p>\n

Jerry Coyne <\/a>specifies exactly what those Buzzfeed images get wrong. Matthew Magnani <\/a>also blogged about it.<\/p>\n

Scott Hoezee<\/a> suggests that the debate makes pastors' work harder.<\/p>\n

Christian Piatt<\/a> says that the debate does not reflect reality.<\/p>\n

The Slate<\/a> (more than once, including an article by Phil Plait<\/a>), the Boston Herald<\/a><\/em>, and LiveScience<\/a> feature articles on the debate.<\/p>\n

Dan Wilkinson<\/a> offers a 40-second version of the debate.<\/p>\n

And more from Steve Thorngate<\/a>, Morgan Guyton<\/a>, and Allen Clifton<\/a><\/p>\n

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