Bill O'Reilly has used the phenomena of tidal activity as "empirical" scientific evidence of the existence of God. When Mr. O'Reilly's theory is questioned, he lets off a major brain fart. An astronomy novice responds. Well put, young man.
The individuals who we look to for news, as well as the "experts" they employ, are not proficient in all fields of study, but more likely just moderately familiar with one (if we're lucky). Bill O'Reilly isn't a physicist or astronomer. He's a God-fearing dunce who used loud noises to overthrow logic. Even a novice astronomer can easily defeat O'Reilly's simple retort. In high school debating, we used to laugh at the "prove it wrong" crowd, explaining with no success that just saying, "Well then tell me why?" is not an effective defense against facts and logic.Unfortunately, there are plenty of viewers who take his word for it, and do not seek their own facts or logic. He is their erroneous encyclopedia and bible.
O'Reilly is wrong in one more statement he makes. Being an atheist does NOT take more faith than believing in a God, it takes more courage. Believing in a magic sky friend who sees all you do, and punishes you for being bad by sending you to Hell...but loves you, takes tons of faith; it also needs no logic to support.And Bill O'Reilly is ANYTHING but logical.
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