I'm certainly no biologist, outside of rescuing animals and growing some veggies. (yep, we do a bit of farming to.) My kind of science though is more technology based.
My quibble with religion is the assertion that without religion, we would have no basis for absolute morality, and without God as the prime example, then all morality is just subjective. I wonder if those people have read the bible though, or gone to a history class, cause the things done/still being done under Gods name, in nearly all religions, man, lots of not very moral stories out there.
I see a lot of problems with this and the idea of God in Politics as well.
A) America was built on the premise of religious freedom (at least thats what people say...) Well, yes, puritans came to America, to be free to practice their religion. Which is a very strict, rigorous religious choice. However, truth be told, America succeeded from Europe, because people were sick of being taxed by the Queen.
B) The religious freedom arguement used by religious types is assinine at best, and certainly a shade hypocritical. They want the religous freedom to force everyone else to follow their religion. Where is the religious freedom in forcing students to say "One nation under God." That isn't freedom. Where is the freedom in religion, when you make policies that affect peoples lives, under the pretense of your religion, Ie. Same sex marriage. You are forcing your religious view on someone else. That isn't religious freedom.
One thing you said that I take issue with (besides Saying Bill Nye isn't a scientist. He's not a Dr. But you don't need to be to be a scientist.) Ok, two. Your notion of "liberal" being bad. Can you quantify this? As far as I can see, most liberals just want to live and let live. I mean, just look at the definition of liberal. The second is global warming. I wanted to not believe. However, a quick google search shows so much. Just look at the average earth temp. Maybe back in the 1600's this notion that we don't affect our planets temp was true. However, there are a number of charts and report that show just how much the earth temp has changed since the onset of the industrial revolution. In 100 years, we have raised to temp of the planet (this is average temp for the WHOLE of the planet, not just a certain geographical location) nearly 2 degrees. This is a process that takes thousands of years prior to our existence. Whats the difference between then and now? Humans.