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The well-publicized debate at the Creation Museum was not about two minds sparring.

In the debate, Nye allowed Ham to undermine himself before the audience. By in effect preaching, rather than sticking to scientific assertions, Ham demonstrated what we've always known about creationism, and what many canny anti-evolutionists have sought to conceal: It's a religious doctrine, not a scientific one.

Eugenie C. Scott fights the teaching of creationism in schools.