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In reply to the discussion: Bill Nye Booed in Waco for saying Moon doesn't have its own light. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)90. No! Please tell me this isn't so.
Couldn't somebody start a reality show that embarrasses people who are totally, completely and stubbornly ignorant?
There would be lots and lots of subjects. Texas and Alabama are nice in the winter by the way.
And you could start with really simple stuff like this moon thing or how oil was "created" and why it is, therefore, not available in endless supply. (The real story.)
This is to cry.
I consider myself pretty ignorant when it comes to science. There is so much to learn, but . . . . . . .
This is where the reality show industry could really do society a service.
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Okay, so reverence for...what? The Moon God? What exactly do those people in Waco believe?
AllyCat
May 2012
#10
The bible sez that "god made two lights", so since the bible is ALWAYS RIGHT
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#18
Stated clearly, they have reverence for ignorance. They are proud and righteous about their general
Lionessa
May 2012
#19
Well, it was much more efficient for God to create a reflector rather than another light source....
cbdo2007
May 2012
#4
In that same spirit of simplicity and efficiency, rather than actually existing
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#22
actually I would think it to be more efficient for God to exist and to have actually created
cbdo2007
May 2012
#27
I've yet to meet a theist who wants to have that "debate" and is willing to even define their terms
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#39
And if that definition works for your 12 step program, bully for you.
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#55
I still can't believe that the GOP was not supportive of Obama's pre-emptive strike on the Moon!!
JoePhilly
May 2012
#37
Yeah, he got started in Seattle. I took my kids to see him once and we talked.
nolabear
May 2012
#15
And since the Earth is only 4,000 years old, this story is fucking ANCIENT!!!!
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#41
lest ye forget,Waco is home of The Branch Davidiens... you know,David Koresh et al.
w8liftinglady
May 2012
#66
yep, red meat. here y'all are making fun of people who were offended by nye three years ago.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#76
i'm not offended that easily. i think they're every bit as funny & myth-driven as their
HiPointDem
May 2012
#92
Happened in 2009, not in 2012. And he wasn't booed, and he didn't have trouble because
HiPointDem
May 2012
#70
i don't recall that this story had anything to do with that statement. my point is, nye didn't
HiPointDem
May 2012
#75
the quotes points up the misleading reporting in the op. several people storming out doesn't equal
HiPointDem
May 2012
#85
Since fundamentalists are trying to repackage creationism as intelligent design
Justpat
May 2012
#100
some fundamentalists are. others aren't. the ones who are are often working for big-money
HiPointDem
May 2012
#105
And if he'd said the moon was made of swiss cheese he would have been booed.
aint_no_life_nowhere
May 2012
#89