Religion
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,318 posts)so that "the vast majority of Christians believe that much of what is called the Old Testament, and parts of the New Testament as well, are highly symbolic" is not true in the USA, because Adam and Eve are one of the most unbelievable parts of the Old Testament (and deGrasse Tyson would have been aiming his remarks at Americans). You don't really understand what American Christians believe.
So I don't think your ideas about the deGrasse Tyson clips are very useful. If you could point us to them, it would help give some meaning to this thread.
In the mean time, here's deGrasse Tyson saying that educated people know not to use the bible as a science textbook, but that it's the religious fundamentalists who are the problem - which seems to be what you wanted him to say: