Anyone got a problem with their teeth being way too long?

[P3nT4gR4m]

This oughta sort that out for you

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[Ben Shapiro]

Again Bill Nye wasted 2 1/2 hours debating a creationist. Bravo dumbass Bravo!

[Red]

Again Bill Nye wasted 2 1/2 hours debating a creationist. Bravo dumbass Bravo!

Truth is that a lot of people wanted to hear that debate. I'm not sure what it says about humanity as a whole, but there you have it.

[Bruno]

I guess since he knew he wasn't getting the Cosmos gig, he felt he had to do something.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Yeah, Dawkins kind of summed it up perfectly -

"Just as I wouldn't expect a gynaecologist to have a debate with somebody who believes in the Stork-theory of reproduction, I won't do debates with Young Earth creationists"

I don't have a problem with people believing ridiculously dumb, statistically improbable shit. I'd rather they didn't but it really aint my business until they try to pollute science with retardedness and bullshit whilst, simultaneously polluting the minds of new generations of potential scientists with the fairy-story model. Bear in mind if they manage to pull off their primary objective - convince the whole world that - god and jesus and talking unicorns - there will be no more science. Science will actually die. I'm an optimist, I don't think there are enough idiots on the planet but this shit is making ground in whole states in the US. That is fucking unacceptable.

I realise that the popular view among critical thinkers is that there's no real harm in religion nowadays but I've always felt that religion is potentially very fucking dangerous due to the viral nature of the pathology.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It kind of bummed me out, because I respected Bill Nye a lot before this. Now... less so.

The people who really loved it seem mostly to be that exact type of insecure Atheist I have talked about before; the ones who can't just be OK with what they believe, but need to shit on others in order to enable them to feel superior.

[hooplala]

Naw, creationism is different, for exactly the reasons Pent pointed out.  When it was just a bunch of hambones blowing their farts up each other's assholes, I would have agreed with you.  Actually I probably wouldn't have, since it seems likely I was one of those very insecure Atheists you often enjoy lambasting, but, I likely would have agreed that Bill Nye had better things to do with his time... but sadly this sort of shit is gaining genuine traction in a lot of places, and frankly needs to be mocked back into the sort of ghettos the Westboro Baptists shamed homophobes in to.  The downside is that it's 99% preaching to the choir, because the creationists likely aren't watching.

[P3nT4gR4m]

It kind of bummed me out, because I respected Bill Nye a lot before this. Now... less so.

The people who really loved it seem mostly to be that exact type of insecure Atheist I have talked about before; the ones who can't just be OK with what they believe, but need to shit on others in order to enable them to feel superior.

Maybe it's more a case of feeling like they're under attack. This one insane faction of bible believers has launched an attack on the rational establishment. And they're gaining traction. Kids are currently being taught that the earth is only a couple of thousand years old and arks and adam and eve and a whole bunch of shit. Their plan is that everyone should be taught this.

I am seriously not okay with that. Where the fuck do you draw the line? Flat earth? Virgin sacrifice? I draw it at - works of primitive fiction masquerading as science. You call yourself a feminist, right? The kind of feminist I actually have respect for, as opposed to the man hating feminazi comedy stereotype. Man's god given right to treat women like shit are well covered in this book. You like the idea of kids being taught the - smack my bitch up - word of god, alongside the history of the suffragette movement?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I say let everyone rant their guts up.  Both sides, as loudly as possible until EVERYONE is sick of it.

[Ben Shapiro]

I say let everyone rant their guts up.  Both sides, as loudly as possible until EVERYONE is sick of it.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT!!! Can we throw in some swords? Maybe alcohol, or crank?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I say let everyone rant their guts up.  Both sides, as loudly as possible until EVERYONE is sick of it.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT!!! Can we throw in some swords? Maybe alcohol, or crank?

Bad crank makes all arguments better.

[Ben Shapiro]

I say let everyone rant their guts up.  Both sides, as loudly as possible until EVERYONE is sick of it.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT!!! Can we throw in some swords? Maybe alcohol, or crank?

Bad crank Bath salts makes all arguments better.

I just got a holy vision!

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It kind of bummed me out, because I respected Bill Nye a lot before this. Now... less so.

The people who really loved it seem mostly to be that exact type of insecure Atheist I have talked about before; the ones who can't just be OK with what they believe, but need to shit on others in order to enable them to feel superior.

Why?

Bill Nye would be the last person to shit on anyone, for anything.

I'm not sure this whole guilt by association thing is fair to Nye or the bulk of his fans.

[Bruno]

This oughta sort that out for you

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Mickey Rooney telling Tammy Faye Bakker a story about the time he met an angel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7UmP_5xfwg&feature=youtu.be&t=35m2s

Hope this helps.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It kind of bummed me out, because I respected Bill Nye a lot before this. Now... less so.

The people who really loved it seem mostly to be that exact type of insecure Atheist I have talked about before; the ones who can't just be OK with what they believe, but need to shit on others in order to enable them to feel superior.

Why?

Bill Nye would be the last person to shit on anyone, for anything.

I'm not sure this whole guilt by association thing is fair to Nye or the bulk of his fans.

Why? Because the "debate" was contrived and can only serve to strengthen the positions of both those who are smug Atheists and those who are self-righteous Creationists. It did nothing to change minds or promote scientific thinking, but rather served to polarize people further. It was a cringing babyshambles; a scientist engaging with a fanatic in an argument over a fairy tale.