Christian leader Ken Ham went after his ideological nemesis Bill Nye this week, slamming the "science guy" over a recent video in which Nye took aim at pro-life sentiment, saying that women should be left to make their own reproductive health choices.
"When it comes to women's rights with respect to their reproduction, I think you should leave it to women," Nye said in a recent Big Think video. "You cannot help but notice ... you have a lot of men of European descent passing these extraordinary laws based on ignorance."
And he wasn't done there, claiming that "recommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective," and proceeding to invoke the Bible.
Creation Museum head Ken Ham, right, speaks during a debate on evolution with TV's "Science Guy" Bill Nye, at the Creation Museum Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Petersburg, Ky. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Matt Stone)
"Sorry guys, I know it was written — or your interpretation of a book written 5,000 years ago makes you think that when a man and woman have sexual intercourse, they always have a baby. That's wrong," Nye continued. "And so to pass laws based on that belief is inconsistent with nature."
Nye, who admitted that the debate frustrates him, said that "nobody likes abortion," but that it is wrong to tell somebody else what to do.
Ham blasted these comments and the video as a whole, writing on his blog this week that Nye spent his time in the clip telling others not to tell women what to do, while at the same time sending a message to women that "they should abort (murder, really) a baby if they want to."
The Answers in Genesis leader went on to decry Nye's "attack" on the Bible as well, explaining that he believes that he and Nye are simply approaching the world from two very different positions — a fact that Ham said was evident in their highly publicized debate over evolution and creationism last year.
"Now in this video where Bill Nye is urging people not to stop the work of abortion clinics, he attacks the Bible!" Ham wrote. "He just couldn’t help himself as he has to 'suppress the truth in unrighteousness' as Romans 1 states such people do, and justify his own rebellion against God."
He continued, "It’s a battle over God’s word and man’s word — the two ultimate religions that have fueled a battle that has been raging around us since the events of Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve trusted man’s word instead of God’s word."
Watch Nye's Big Think video below:
While Nye said in his Big Think video that he does understand the "deeply held beliefs" of those who oppose abortion, Ham challenged the scientist to admit, too, that he is also driven by deeply held beliefs that shape his worldview.
"You need to admit that your 'deeply held beliefs' determine your worldview which is why you are telling women what to do — they should abort (murder) a baby if they want to!" Ham wrote.
Read Ham's entire response here.
