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 Offline John59
PostPosted: 01/06/11 3:19 pm • # 1 
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Bill O'Reilly thinks that we don't know what causes tides.


O'REILLY: I'll tell you why [religion's] not a scam, in my opinion: tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that.

SILVERMAN: Tide goes in, tide goes out?

O'REILLY: See, the water, the tide comes in and it goes out, Mr. Silverman. It always comes in, and always goes out. You can't explain that.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/oreilly-god-causes-tides_n_805262.html
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 Offline grampatom
PostPosted: 01/06/11 3:35 pm • # 2 
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There must be a full moon.
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/06/11 3:54 pm • # 3 
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i find it hard to believe that two adult men don't know what makes the tide come in.
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 Offline sooz06
PostPosted: 01/06/11 3:56 pm • # 4 
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LOL, John ~ O'Reilly will never be part of ANY brain trust ~ but I'm still marveling over Michele Bachmann mulling a run for prez in 2012 ~ so ... I'm thinking maybe gramps is on to something ~ Image

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 Offline grampatom
PostPosted: 01/06/11 4:05 pm • # 5 
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Obviously the moon has something to do with all of these events.  I think it's O'Reilly's time of the month again.
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Sidartha
PostPosted: 01/06/11 4:14 pm • # 6 
Gee... all this time I thought it had to do with the position of the moon relative to the Earth but it turns out it's really "Splish Splash God's Takin' A Bath"....

That O'Really character is a real piece o' work ain't he?
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/06/11 5:10 pm • # 7 
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Sidartha wrote:
Gee... all this time I thought it had to do with the position of the moon relative to the Earth but it turns out it's really "Splish Splash God's Takin' A Bath"....

That O'Really character is a real piece o' work ain't he?

for an atheist to not know that is almost worse.  where does o'reilly find these guys?
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 Offline Chaos333
PostPosted: 01/06/11 6:36 pm • # 8 
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for an atheist to not know that is almost worse.

I think he was stunned into silence by the stupidity being tossed at him. 
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 Offline queenoftheuniverse
PostPosted: 01/07/11 4:47 am • # 9 
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Nice entry John, but I believe the contest will heat up over the next 11 months...
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 Offline macroscopic
PostPosted: 01/07/11 5:17 am • # 10 
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Chaos333 wrote:
for an atheist to not know that is almost worse.

I think he was stunned into silence by the stupidity being tossed at him. 

i would have pointed it out.  but i guess that is just me.
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 Offline John59
PostPosted: 01/07/11 7:33 am • # 11 
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macroscopic wrote:
Chaos333 wrote:
for an atheist to not know that is almost worse.

I think he was stunned into silence by the stupidity being tossed at him. 

i would have pointed it out.  but i guess that is just me.
I would have to, macro. I don't know if he didn't know or if he didn't think it worth mentioning. He did say, "It doesn't matter if I can explain it."
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 Offline jabra2
PostPosted: 01/07/11 2:25 pm • # 12 
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John59 wrote:
macroscopic wrote:
Chaos333 wrote:
for an atheist to not know that is almost worse.

I think he was stunned into silence by the stupidity being tossed at him. 

i would have pointed it out.  but i guess that is just me.
I would have to, macro. I don't know if he didn't know or if he didn't think it worth mentioning. He did say, "It doesn't matter if I can explain it."
What a missed opportunity to point out that religion was created to explain phenomena to goat herders what today's science (or in this specific case yesterday's science) can explain without invoking some bearded man in the sky!
I think the guy was following a different line of thought and never realized Billo's ignorance.
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 Offline green apple tree
PostPosted: 01/07/11 3:43 pm • # 13 
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He could have been afraid of coming across as a snob.  Athiests get accused of that.
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