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maced666

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86. LOL - as a muted agnostic he sure is a loud jerk!

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 03:01 PM

Dec 2014

Muted because he doesn't like any label though he says agnostic is closest to his 'beliefs'- but jerk fits nicely. When I first sped read this I thought he was just playing with dates and maybe Jesus wasn't born on specifically De. 25th, as his point.
On second take the obvious is he's just proving 'there is no war on Christmas' people wrong.

Why jerk? Well, he's made no secret that he doesn't believe in any religion.
Adding, "My total output on God and spirituality sums to less than 1% of all that I have delivered in speeches and written in books."
LOL okay - then what was the intent of this tweet?!

"I say I don’t care if people are religious"
Uh, hello! We have a bill of rights as protection just in case you do care - which I'm sure you (and millions of others) would had we not the protection. As is, whether you care or not means NOTHING.

I would say this - give me one - just one mind you - backhanded slap Tweet about Islam on an Islamic religious holiday, and I don't repeat the jerk label.
Until then (which will NEVER happen as everyone knows)
LOL - He's a jerk!

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolls Christians on Christmas [View all] n2doc Dec 2014 OP

How DARE he wish Isaac Newton a happy birthday on the date he was born!? True Blue Door Dec 2014 #1

Maybe Neil just didn't Plucketeer Dec 2014 #15

You just had to weigh in, didn't you? Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #16

I did check to see Plucketeer Dec 2014 #30

The momentum may be in Dr. Tyson's direction. hifiguy Dec 2014 #72

Wait, does Tyson believe in an afterlife? FirstClassTicket Dec 2014 #40

That doesn't stop people from celebrating hifiguy Dec 2014 #73

He has some great tweets... tecelote Dec 2014 #46

As a Christian ... dawg Dec 2014 #2

... Enthusiast Dec 2014 #8

Me neither nxylas Dec 2014 #42

If there is a war on Christmas, ebola may have won it. Or the latest battle, anyway. merrily Dec 2014 #51

Neither do I. He's a national treasure. calimary Dec 2014 #66

All of this!!! nt hifiguy Dec 2014 #74

If this makes him happy let him go, doesnt take much for some. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #3

" let him go ? amuse bouche Dec 2014 #10

having a hard time with translator, eh. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #22

"having a hard time with translator, eh." amuse bouche Dec 2014 #48

It is colloquialism, have fun undersanding. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #50

So which are the colloquial words ? amuse bouche Dec 2014 #53

The phrase you do not understand. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #58

FWIW I don't know what you meant either. n/t Gore1FL Dec 2014 #60

Go back and follow the conversation, it is very simple, a comment was made and apparently someone Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #61

Several of us apparently do not understand. Gore1FL Dec 2014 #68

Are you saying you do not understand " If this makes him happy let him go, doesnt take much for some Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #69

Maybe it's a colloquialism in a language other than American English. merrily Dec 2014 #78

Probably just cowardice as per usual amuse bouche Jan 2015 #89

Very well done Neil, doesnt take much to get idiotic rightwing xtians pissed off LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #4

I'm sure it's not just right wing amuse bouche Dec 2014 #11

I have to say it that way to avoid being attacked here at DU NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #20

Ah yes. They can be quite the snippy and humorless lot amuse bouche Dec 2014 #49

There is no way to avoid being attacked at DU for some thing or another.* merrily Dec 2014 #52

Well done, sir! demigoddess Dec 2014 #5

K&R. Wonderful tweet! Overseas Dec 2014 #6

Great tweet! hatrack Dec 2014 #7

n2doc Diclotican Dec 2014 #9

It's ridiculous to say Newton "actually wasn�t born on December 25" starroute Dec 2014 #12

I agree. F4lconF16 Dec 2014 #43

I am Christian and I agree with the tweets! oldandhappy Dec 2014 #13

The trolling is perpetrated by the writer of article. defacto7 Dec 2014 #14

Exactly. cyberswede Dec 2014 #38

Indeed.. whathehell Dec 2014 #45

Not a troll, just a simple cast of fate seveneyes Dec 2014 #17

So, Christians aren't supposed to believe that Isaac Newton was real? 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #18

one little added note defacto7 Dec 2014 #19

Ha ha! Neil DeGrasse Tyson is awesome. Initech Dec 2014 #21

thanking Dr. Tyson Skittles Dec 2014 #23

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Many climatologists believe ancient Palestine former9thward Dec 2014 #32

Irony that Newton was a very devout Christian ErikJ Dec 2014 #25

He also believed in alchemy... phil89 Dec 2014 #70

This doesn't bother me any more... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #26

One of the Catholic Holy Days on which Catholics must attend Mass LiberalElite Dec 2014 #29

The "immaculate conception" okasha Dec 2014 #34

ok - LiberalElite Dec 2014 #55

Do we know that Mary's mom was not also a virgin when Mary was born? merrily Dec 2014 #80

Mary:s "immaculate coception" okasha Dec 2014 #81

So we still have a few days before Newton's mmonk Dec 2014 #27

And the perihelion of Earth Paulie Dec 2014 #36

it's interesting what type of things make people angry JI7 Dec 2014 #28

Challenging beliefs does that to a lot of people. Tobin S. Dec 2014 #31

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Most Christians don't think of Christmas as a former Pagan holiday. Tobin S. Dec 2014 #44

Sir Issac Newton vs Bill Nye FrodosPet Dec 2014 #33

why'd he use a reckoning that deliberately rejected a scientific advance in the name of the most MisterP Dec 2014 #37

Newton was no Einstein Bad Thoughts Dec 2014 #39

Well I guess you're right, they were not the same person! Adrahil Dec 2014 #57

Well, Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton! Cha Dec 2014 #41

Sheldon on "Big Bang Theory" beat him to it a couple Christmas episodes ago. nt 7962 Dec 2014 #47

Christmas Today Is A Pagan Holiday 0nirevets Dec 2014 #54

The Julian calendar was a version of the Egyptian calendar that had been messed up by a Greek. merrily Dec 2014 #56

Oh boy. You really lit my fuse with that "no year zero" nonsense. gregcrawford Dec 2014 #71

Guess you missed the point of my post, vis a vis Ben Jacobs article. merrily Dec 2014 #77

Oh, it wasn't anger... gregcrawford Dec 2014 #83

As a Christian Peacetrain Dec 2014 #59

Trolled? Nah Fred Friendlier Dec 2014 #67

Bingo. They don't care. maced666 Dec 2014 #85

Looks like Newton's First Law Of The Internet in play. Beach Rat Dec 2014 #62

I don't care FiggyJay Dec 2014 #63

They're OK, but they're not that great. Silent3 Dec 2014 #64

Tyson uses Lead to explain the age of the Earth. Also he discusses the connection to the worship DhhD Dec 2014 #65

Delish malaise Dec 2014 #75

I think Jesus was born on Halloween, after the final grain harvest. Tax collecting time. hunter Dec 2014 #76

BTW, if that's "trolling", then my right hand is a four-ton scoop shovel, and my breath levels trees hatrack Dec 2014 #79

people of "faith" seem very disturbed by reality Skittles Dec 2014 #82

Already accepted that among Christians specific day is inconsequential. maced666 Dec 2014 #84

LOL - as a muted agnostic he sure is a loud jerk! maced666 Dec 2014 #86

I previously just sensed what a jerk he was, this does indeed closeupready Dec 2014 #88

Oh, how pleased he sounds with himself. closeupready Dec 2014 #87