bill nye booed in waco Options

[Seeker]

using duggmirror because the original site's server is down

http://www.duggmirror.com/general_sciences...flects_the_Sun/

[Psykopath]

Everyone that booed and left chose ignorance in the face of proven fact.

But hey, their opinion and all.

[Mommy]

eh, he should have known better. Waco is a huge Bible town. Plus, he could have simply avoided the booing by noting that it could be a translation error. The Hebrew text could say it the proper way.

[Billy]

eh, he should have known better. Waco is a huge Bible town. Plus, he could have simply avoided the booing by noting that it could be a translation error. The Hebrew text could say it the proper way.

What is a possible translation error? I am not sure wtf you are even talking about after reading that article.

And sorry, but the Waco people here aren't the victim. He should have known better? These dumb shit retards could have researched him first before they went to his lecture. They should have known better. Idiots.

[Oasis]

Christians.....rational peoples' punching bag.

[impala454]

I will never understand non-believers almost instinctive need to try to disprove Christianity and/or other religions. It's almost like a religion of its own.

And yeah, it's dumb and pointless for someone like Bill Nye to go into Waco, TX and start quoting bible verses alongside his lecture. I'm not sure what the title of his presentation was, or what the flyer or whatever said though. If it said that he was going to present that stuff, then the people who stormed out are the dumb ones for getting upset. If not, Bill Nye needs to keep his lecture on topic.

[Psykopath]

I will never understand non-believers almost instinctive need to try to disprove Christianity and/or other religions. It's almost like a religion of its own.

And yeah, it's dumb and pointless for someone like Bill Nye to go into Waco, TX and start quoting bible verses alongside his lecture. I'm not sure what the title of his presentation was, or what the flyer or whatever said though. If it said that he was going to present that stuff, then the people who stormed out are the dumb ones for getting upset. If not, Bill Nye needs to keep his lecture on topic.

People believing such obviously disproved/false points in the bible (in this case, the sun as something other than a star and the moon as a light of its on) just bleeds blind ignorance. I'm sorry Impala, I'm not cracking on the Christian faith or intelligent Christians. But to blindly accept something true that has been proven false ALL because it is in a book of moral fables is silly.

[blaarg]

I will never understand non-believers almost instinctive need to try to disprove Christianity and/or other religions.

Think what the world would be like if science had no desire to disprove falsehoods over the years and just accept the world how past generations had presented it as...

[pysex]

GO BILL NYE!

[Seeker]

I will never understand non-believers almost instinctive need to try to disprove Christianity and/or other religions. It's almost like a religion of its own.

And yeah, it's dumb and pointless for someone like Bill Nye to go into Waco, TX and start quoting bible verses alongside his lecture. I'm not sure what the title of his presentation was, or what the flyer or whatever said though. If it said that he was going to present that stuff, then the people who stormed out are the dumb ones for getting upset. If not, Bill Nye needs to keep his lecture on topic.

No one is trying to disprove Christianity you dipshit. Everyone is laughing at the stupidity of Christians. Even when it's glaringly obvious that Christians are wrong they always scream "I believe in God!!!" and run away with their fingers in their ears going "blahblahblahb I can't hear you blahblahblahbah".

Wait a minute... that's the same thing you do everytime you lose an argument on Techsans! Hahahahaha!

[THECHICKEN]

Im still missing what the people got mad at... or what nye was even "criticizing".

"god created 2 lights in the sky" .... Wouldn't the "literal" meaning of that NATURALLY mean that god created the sun (that is providing day light) and the moon (that is providing light at night... reflectively of course)?

Im confused.... waco people are wierd...

bill nye is slightly annoying/entertaining

im hungry

[Mommy]

What is a possible translation error? I am not sure wtf you are even talking about after reading that article.

And sorry, but the Waco people here aren't the victim. He should have known better? These dumb shit retards could have researched him first before they went to his lecture. They should have known better. Idiots.

Umm.. obviously a translation error in that the King James version does not mention it being a reflective source. Maybe the literal translation from the Hebrew version is something like "he created two objects to provide light in the day and night" which would make it to where it cant be broken down into two sources of light.

Dont be so ignorant, Billy.

And all Im saying is that i wouldnt waltz my ass down the streets of downtown Austin spewing shit about atheism and how its wrong and not expect to be boo'd at. Know your crowd.

[Spectatrix]

Waco people are retarded (I should know, I lived there for 12 years) and should have just chilled out, but Bill Nye also should have known his audience and not started quoting Bible verses in his presentation. I mean, really... what's the point? He could've just talked about the moon being a reflector and I doubt that any of them would've gone "no, durr, the Bible says it has its own light!"

[impala454]

a quote I like from a famous scientist:

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

[impala454]

People believing such obviously disproved/false points in the bible (in this case, the sun as something other than a star and the moon as a light of its on) just bleeds blind ignorance.

how did anything get disproved? they are two points of light. the bible doesn't say two "sources" of light. I think to many people take the bible word for word and just laugh like it's stupid, without thinking about what's being said. Even believers do it. If you take what's written in context and stop trying to apply two thousand years worth of linguistics changes, there's nothing in there that doesn't add up.

I'm sorry Impala, I'm not cracking on the Christian faith or intelligent Christians. But to blindly accept something true that has been proven false ALL because it is in a book of moral fables is silly.

I don't understand you guys sometimes... it's not blind acceptance. It's called faith. faith is believing in something that cannot be proven. That's what all religions are.