I’ve seen that argument as well - lowering expectations for Nye in order to make his defeat less ignoble.
The “what” is in the bible, but not so much the “how”. The evidence is what is to be researched in order to refute the interpretation of the secularists whose goal is not “science” but a refutation of God.
Define defeat? Convert people from evolution to creationism? I don't see that happen; there is nothing new in the creationism argument that might convert someone. It's all been said before. Convert people from creationism to evolution? If it hasn't happened yet then nothing Nye could ever say could make it happen. It's an exercise in futility, a publicity stunt, a paycheck for Nye.
The “what” is in the bible, but not so much the “how”.
Sure it is. God did it. God separated dark from light, firmament from water, and on the fifth and sixth days created all the animals of the Earth as well and man and woman in the exact condition that they exist today. What more research do creationist require in that respect?
The evidence is what is to be researched in order to refute the interpretation of the secularists whose goal is not “science” but a refutation of God.
What if the evidence refutes Genesis? Does it no longer become evidence but is instead heresy?