Bill Nye may attend Ken Ham's Ark Encounter, Noah's Ark replica

Creationist Ken Ham revealed Bill Nye "The Science Guy" is considering to attend a tour of the Ark Encounter, a life-sized replica of the biblical Noah's Ark which is scheduled to open this week.

Ham's Ark Encounter is set to officially launch Thursday, July 7 and Ham said that Nye, his debate foe and also a popular science educator, gave him a positive response when he publicly invited him in May to give the tour in Kentucky a try.

"Yes, we have had a response back from him," Ham told The Christian Post in an interview. "I believe he is considering coming out here. We've had a positive response in that regard, so we'll just have to see what happens."

The CEO and president of the Answers in Genesis museum and "The Science Guy" are at loggerheads on the theory of man's origin. They appeared on a 2014 debate on creationism that both considered as necessary and valuable.

Speaking in an interview with Vox last year, Nye noted that the debate garnered 4.5 million views in a year. He said the numbers validated the fact that his supporters were following him online. He also said he was aware of concerns that the debate may just be used to even further popularize the other camp.

On the other hand, Ham pegged the numbers higher at around 15 million. He also said that many secularists and atheists opposed to the idea of Nye appearing on a debate with him.

"The secularists do not want to hear the information that we have," Ham said in an interview with WDN last year.

Nye said the debate came about after he said on Big Think, "If you want to believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, that's fine, but don't make your kids believe it."

"The Science Guy" considers the creationist theory "a formula for disaster" and thinks it's not good to teach this to children.

"This is against our national interest, and if you raise a generation like this, they're victims," Nye told Vox.