Bill O'Reilly & Intelligent Design
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Alrighty, many of you already know about the controversy ( or comic relief ) that Bill O'Reilly has caused by his rhetorical questions to a guest on his show ... for those who don't know, here is how Lawrence O'Donnell handled it:
http://www.youtube.com/wat
Ok, to some people out there, all these statements from Bill O'Reilly prove that he is an incredible moron who has no business speaking at all. They give him no leeway whatsoever, and so on and so forth. In fact, one of my friends went so far as to say this: " Electroweak fermion loop contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment? You can't explain that!!! (To some people)"
Well first off, I'll bet my friend can't explain " Electroweak fermion loop contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment?", and I've told him that. However, in an argument, trying to prove that you are smarter than the other person does not invalidate that other person's point.
As a person who saw the original segemnt on the O'Reilly Factor, I remember the "tides come in, the tides go out" comment as a minor comment in that segment. An atheist wrote in and commented on the segment, and Bill repeated his statement. When apparently the mockery that ensued went viral, Bill posted a longer reply on Youtube, in which he stepped in it again, so to speak, and both Colbert and O'Donnell ...neither of whom are friends of O'Reilly or sympathetic to him ... used for fodder on their shows.
In short Bill, no they can't explain how the moon affects the tides in the greater scheme of how God created the universe. However, God should play less of a role on the O'Reilly Factor, and in political analysis in general.
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John B.
Blogger Guy
Alrighty, many of you already know about the controversy ( or comic relief ) that Bill O'Reilly has caused by his rhetorical questions to a guest on his show ... for those who don't know, here is how Lawrence O'Donnell handled it:
http://www.youtube.com/wat
Ok, to some people out there, all these statements from Bill O'Reilly prove that he is an incredible moron who has no business speaking at all. They give him no leeway whatsoever, and so on and so forth. In fact, one of my friends went so far as to say this: " Electroweak fermion loop contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment? You can't explain that!!! (To some people)"
Well first off, I'll bet my friend can't explain " Electroweak fermion loop contributions to the muon anomalous magnetic moment?", and I've told him that. However, in an argument, trying to prove that you are smarter than the other person does not invalidate that other person's point.
As a person who saw the original segemnt on the O'Reilly Factor, I remember the "tides come in, the tides go out" comment as a minor comment in that segment. An atheist wrote in and commented on the segment, and Bill repeated his statement. When apparently the mockery that ensued went viral, Bill posted a longer reply on Youtube, in which he stepped in it again, so to speak, and both Colbert and O'Donnell ...neither of whom are friends of O'Reilly or sympathetic to him ... used for fodder on their shows.
There are a few things I need to say about this incident. The first is that a fair-minded individual would take a look at the clips, especially the O'Donnell one, and know immediately that Bill is trying to point to the intelligent design o...f the universe. How were the intricate things that make up the universe created so that we have these things evident for us to see? Yes, the tides are caused by the pull of our moon, but how did these things come about? Our human bodies are incredibly complex things, that work on a macro-atomic level as well as a subatomic level. If you need more info, have a listen to Dr. Ronald Hoffman's medical advice show and see how long it takes him to start talking about some chemical reaction within the body. All of what goes on in our body, and for the most part, it seems to work. For those times when it doesn't work, we humans happen to have the intelligence to have figured out how to correct what's not working correctly at that time ... for the most part.
Bill just mispoke. And HEY, I'll give Colbert, O'Donnell, and anyone else who wants to jump on that particular bandwagon and point at Bill O'Reilly and laugh ... I'll give them that. But to try to make the point that you are smarter than th...ey are because you know more about mathematics than other people do is simply showing how small YOU are. I got into this argument because a friend of mine feels so put out by O'Reilly's comments that he changed his Facebook profile picture to reflect it, and posted the " Electroweak fermion loop contributions..." comment. My response to him was basically "If you don't like Bill O'Reilly so much, ignore him". Perhaps there would be less partisan rancor if people ignored those that they dislike, rather than pay MORE attention to them, and attack them.
As for Bill O'Reilly ... well, I *know* that this event will not affect his popularity, or the popularity of his show. Even this controversy will fade from the minds of the comics (Colbert) and commentators (O'Donnell) and Bill will go on t...o other topics. O'Donnell even commented that Bill had an upcoming interview with the President of the United States, and as of this writing, that interview has happened. The moving on to other topics has been going on for a while now, and the interview with the President was highly regarded, and it brought Fox News a lot more gravitas than its detractors might have wished. The interview pretty much washed away any effect from the "tides" incident.
However, when Bill starts mixing religion with politics, I believe he does both subjects a disservice. Those of us who have read his books know he is a deeply-religious man, of Catholic and Irish upbringing. Both he and Hannity sometimes ha...ve religious subjects on their shows, and religious guests, and things can get very heated. When it happens, it's a dis-service to God and to the politics that you support. Hannity's comments to Anjem Choudary, a muslim cleric, at the end of his interview: "You're one sick, miserable, evil SOB" made my jaw drop. It was not one of his brighter moments. A link to the entire interview is right here: http://www.youtube.com/wat
In short Bill, no they can't explain how the moon affects the tides in the greater scheme of how God created the universe. However, God should play less of a role on the O'Reilly Factor, and in political analysis in general.
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John B.
Blogger Guy
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