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Old 01-04-2015, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

Right. What a clown! Can't even stomach him.
Wow! How deep!!! That actually sounds like something a fifteen year old girl would say.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:28 PM
 
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Click on what? The Federalist? That is a waste of time extremist right winger site....no, I am not going on your wild goose chase. You said Tyson makes up quotes, I wanted you to prove it. It is okay if you can't, I totally understand.
Fraud. I gave you a website. There are many others out there. Go fetch it yourself, lol.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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No, he is an actual, bona fide rocket scientist (astro-physicist.)

I admit I often find him funny, but then I am a science geek.
No, he is not.

He has arts degrees, in the world of science, this is considered a joke, no matter how far you go with them. Cripes, most arts degrees don't even require math!!!
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:31 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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If you were aware that Jews and Muslims didn't celebrate Christmas and further that pretty much everyone on the planet is aware of the same, why do you think he felt he needed to tweet this fact?

He was being a snarky a-hole.
Because he has a sense of humor....unlike some people on this thread.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:33 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Fraud. I gave you a website. There are many others out there. Go fetch it yourself, lol.
And? You gave me a random extremist website....that doesn't mean anything other than points out the type of websites that you visit. I asked you to prove how Tyson makes up quotes...your suggestion did not do that. Therefore you have no proof.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:34 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Because he has a sense of humor....unlike some people on this thread.
Oh, ok, my bad. I usually require humor to actually be funny.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:36 PM
 
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And? You gave me a random extremist website....that doesn't mean anything other than points out the type of websites that you visit. I asked you to prove how Tyson makes up quotes...your suggestion did not do that. Therefore you have no proof.
Gutless much.....you got your citation. Tough luck you don't like the source. There are others.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Oh, ok, my bad. I usually require humor to actually be funny.
Humor is subjective and in the eye of the beholder. I thought the quote was funny, though religious jokes don't really offend me.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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Wow! How deep!!! That actually sounds like something a fifteen year old girl would say.
How petty.

What is it that you want from him? To declare his allegiance to your faith? To promise to never poke fun at Christians who are evidently so insecure about their faith that tweets with comedic intentions are taken seriously?

As I've said multiple times on this post, people really need to take a look at themselves. If someone questioning your faith upsets you so much, you should be asking yourself why. I did this and I realized it was because I had no real connection to my Christian faith. My faith was too weak and once questioned, I became defensive instead of thoughtful. Changed my life.

Christians are not the only important people in the world. They've gone hundreds of years thinking they were and people are now more willing to point this out. It's not discrimination or disrespectful; it's fact. There are legitimate forms of disrespectful and hatred throughout the world. Jokes on twitter (none of those jokes, by the way, made any false of unbelievable claims) should not be getting the kind of response they've gotten.
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Old 01-04-2015, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Gutless much.....you got your citation. Tough luck you don't like the source. There are others.
You didn't give any citations or any actual specific sources....that would be like me telling you to go to Huffington Post and expect you to know specifically what I was talking about. You have yet to proved proof.
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