There was to have been a broadcast debate today between a Creationist and a Biologist. Ray Comfort (of the Banana Proves Creationism fame) against PZ Myers (a.k.a Pharyngula). But the station wimped out, and broadcast Comfort in relative quiet comfort today, and will allow Myers to respond tomorrow morning (Weds. Aug. 6, 2008 10:00 CDT (GMT-5)) on WDAY
Here is Pharyngula’s play-by-play, blogged during the first 40 minutes of the broadcast.
The first response comment was:
A friendly reminder to turn all irony meters and bullshit detectors to the lowest sensitivity, lest they be vaporized.
with a reply at comment #73 that I appreciated
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I’ve blown up electronic panels with inadequately specified parts in the past, with actual noise and smoke. So I “get” each of these units. Except, how many MegaDubyas are there in a TeraHaggert?
Here's the Comfort interview in mp3 format: Rt-click to download (14.6Mb)
First question, right out of the box:
Question: Explain what intelligent design is?
Answer by the Banana Guy: Everything is intelligently designed, it didn't happen by accident.
Then who designed God, Banana Guy? Ever hear of an eternal regress?
And here is the PZMyers interview:
Rt-click to download (15.4Mb)
If either of these links go bad, let me know. I have copies, but not the rights to put files of this size up on the blog.