The issue is that people can, and will be stupid regardless of their background.
There was a poll in the US, when gas was $4.00 a barrel, and it asked the question 'Who is responsible for the gas prices being so high?' - The top answer was George W. Bush at 40%+
The fact is that many people do not understand things very often. Few understand the economy, science, religion, history, and other valuable areas of life.
From my perspective, as a very fundamentalist Christian PoV, I would of gladly slammed the Christians that attacked Nye if the situation was repeated verbatim. They really don't understand the Bible, but they've been preached to by some idiot that takes the Bible 100% litterally, in such a way that it distorts the original context of scripture. The Bible says that there were 2 lights to rule the day and night. Does that mean both create light in and of themselves? The Bible doesn't make that judgement call. It just says that the moon was created to govern the night....Not a real in-depth statement, and shouldn't be taken out of context.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
