TYT: Neil deGrasse Tyson Angers Christians with Christmas Tweets

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"Neil deGrasse Tyson undoubtedly hopes you and your family are having a wonderful holiday season. Nevertheless, a series of tweets sent by the astrophysicist on Christmas have incensed some, as he provocatively questioned both the significance of the holiday -- and the reason we celebrate it.

The messages drew a strong response across the Internet, with incensed commenters referring to the physicist as "a bigoted hack" and a "satanic shrill," among other names.

On Friday, apparently in response to the strong reactions his statements drew a day earlier, Tyson again took to Twitter, this time to ponder, "Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.""

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[Skittles]

1. no, he angers sactimonious fools

how can so-called faith be so easily rattled by........FACTS?

[unrepentant progress]

2. He pissed off historians too

Why doesn't anybody ever care about offending us?

[MisterP]

6. they do seem to have a dislike for any history written after 1920

heck, Hawking says studying history's downright worthless: you'd never hear Eric Foner or Ken Burns or R.W. Southern saying "people shouldn't study science because Planck completed it and everything since him has been mere confirmation or elaboration"

[Tom_Foolery]

3. A world where the truth pisses people off...

WTF?

[TreasonousBastard]

4. The people complaining about the tweets are assholes, BUT...

come on, don't try to tell anyone he didn't know exactly what he was doing poking the eyes of believers.

There really wasn't any good reason for him to make those points right smack in the middle of the season unless he wanted to stir shit.

Or get some more press. He loves those headlines.

[Skittles]

5. of course he knows

makes me love him just that much more

[ffr]

8. +1 n/t

[ffr]

10. One reason: he educated me.

I was unaware Sir Isaac Newton was born on December 25th, 1642.

Tyson also reinforces my belief that Sir Isaac Newton was probably the most mathematically talented genius of all time.

On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642. Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[Taitertots]

16. It might blow your mind to find out that the Newtonian Gravity Equation is wrong

It is just an accurate approximation. Masses don't interact as points, the force is the sum of the system of forces of each particle on all the others.

It would be pretty hilarious to go back in time and try to explain modern mathematics/physics to him on his death bed (to avoid massive changes to history).

[longship]

11. Or maybe he just wants to promote science.

Which is his day job.

[edhopper]

14. When should he acknowledge

Isaac Newton's birthday?


Or is the only significance of Dec. 25th allowed is the mythical story of a baby, that even if it did happen, no historian says that that is the time of year it occurred.

People who push fables as real offend me.

[hatrack]

15. And your point would be . . . .?

[Taitertots]

17. "Poking the eyes"... By the same standard, any mention of religion pokes a finger in my eye

"Stir shit"...Anything that you say is stirring shit if I don't like hearing it (Regardless if it is true).

[amuse bouche]

20. He's awesome

I love watching believers of myths, lose it

[vkkv]

7. Christians write, "God created man in his own image" - WRONG

Man created the Christian God in man's own image, with a fragile ego in need of praise, vengeful, loves money (gold) and angels (beautiful woman). Also known to have a superiority complex.

[tclambert]

12. What? Next you'll argue that God's beard isn't exactly 6 inches long.

I hate it when people try to diminish God's beard!





('Cause, you know, someone might take the whole God's beard thing seriously.)

[longship]

9. I love me some NdGT!

This one is an easy R&K.

[1step]

13. WTF is up with that freeze shot?

Trying to make Tyson look like a fiery ideologue? Sorry. FAIL! (I'm referring, of course, to the person who constructed the video, not the OP.)

[Oldenuff]

18. and maybe

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a pompous a**.


All of you here you can throw rose petals at his feet and all that if you want,but in my mind,he is an egotistical jerk.

[Diclotican]

19. WhoIsNumberNone

WhoIsNumberNone

This christian was not angered about Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Tweet in fact I saw the funny in it - and had a great time reading how angry others was - as it is true that Sir Issac Newton indeed was born on 25th december - according to the Julian Calender who England still used then - in the Gregorian calendar who is more correct he was born at 4th of january... So I guess it is all about how you count it - and witch calendar you choose to use...

Diclotican