I'm not sure if the level of Bill O'Reilly's scientific education is funny, or horrifying. Probably the latter.
Bill O'Reilly, a Catholic, interviewed an atheist who had been involved in putting up highway banners stating that all religions being scams.
O'Reilly's argument for the existence of God is that "tide goes in, tide goes out [. . .] It always comes in, it always goes out", and atheists have no way of explaining this.
In a follow-up video, O'Reilly concedes that the moon might be causing the tides, but then asks "OK how'd the moon get there?":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyjGySFCU9c ["Tide Goes In Tide Goes Out Explained By Science; Bill O'Reilly is an idiot!." March 2013]
The full 5 minute interview between O'Reilly and the atheist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3AFMe2OQY ["Bill O'Reilly vs David Silverman - Tide Goes In, Tide Goes Out" Feb 2011]
Richard Feynman gives an explanation of tides and the motion of the moon in Newtonian terms here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMQbwY2fQQ ["Richard Feynman tries to teach Bill O'Reilly science." Dec 2011]
(Of course I don't mean to suggest that atheists are right and scientifically correct, and religion is wrong. Rather just that religious people who are flagship presenters and bestselling authors should try to keep abreast of scientific knowledge, and not be taking us back into the dark ages.)
Bill O'Reilly, a Catholic, interviewed an atheist who had been involved in putting up highway banners stating that all religions being scams.
O'Reilly's argument for the existence of God is that "tide goes in, tide goes out [. . .] It always comes in, it always goes out", and atheists have no way of explaining this.
In a follow-up video, O'Reilly concedes that the moon might be causing the tides, but then asks "OK how'd the moon get there?":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyjGySFCU9c ["Tide Goes In Tide Goes Out Explained By Science; Bill O'Reilly is an idiot!." March 2013]
The full 5 minute interview between O'Reilly and the atheist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3AFMe2OQY ["Bill O'Reilly vs David Silverman - Tide Goes In, Tide Goes Out" Feb 2011]
Richard Feynman gives an explanation of tides and the motion of the moon in Newtonian terms here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMQbwY2fQQ ["Richard Feynman tries to teach Bill O'Reilly science." Dec 2011]
(Of course I don't mean to suggest that atheists are right and scientifically correct, and religion is wrong. Rather just that religious people who are flagship presenters and bestselling authors should try to keep abreast of scientific knowledge, and not be taking us back into the dark ages.)