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How DARE he wish Isaac Newton a happy birthday on the date he was born!? True Blue Door Dec 2014 #1
Maybe Neil just didn't Plucketeer Dec 2014 #15
You just had to weigh in, didn't you? Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #16
I did check to see Plucketeer Dec 2014 #30
The momentum may be in Dr. Tyson's direction. hifiguy Dec 2014 #72
Wait, does Tyson believe in an afterlife? FirstClassTicket Dec 2014 #40
That doesn't stop people from celebrating hifiguy Dec 2014 #73
He has some great tweets... tecelote Dec 2014 #46
As a Christian ... dawg Dec 2014 #2
... Enthusiast Dec 2014 #8
Me neither nxylas Dec 2014 #42
If there is a war on Christmas, ebola may have won it. Or the latest battle, anyway. merrily Dec 2014 #51
Neither do I. He's a national treasure. calimary Dec 2014 #66
All of this!!! nt hifiguy Dec 2014 #74
If this makes him happy let him go, doesnt take much for some. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #3
" let him go ? amuse bouche Dec 2014 #10
having a hard time with translator, eh. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #22
"having a hard time with translator, eh." amuse bouche Dec 2014 #48
It is colloquialism, have fun undersanding. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #50
So which are the colloquial words ? amuse bouche Dec 2014 #53
The phrase you do not understand. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #58
FWIW I don't know what you meant either. n/t Gore1FL Dec 2014 #60
Go back and follow the conversation, it is very simple, a comment was made and apparently someone Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #61
Several of us apparently do not understand. Gore1FL Dec 2014 #68
Are you saying you do not understand " If this makes him happy let him go, doesnt take much for some Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #69
Maybe it's a colloquialism in a language other than American English. merrily Dec 2014 #78
Probably just cowardice as per usual amuse bouche Jan 2015 #89
Very well done Neil, doesnt take much to get idiotic rightwing xtians pissed off LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #4
I'm sure it's not just right wing amuse bouche Dec 2014 #11
I have to say it that way to avoid being attacked here at DU NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #20
Ah yes. They can be quite the snippy and humorless lot amuse bouche Dec 2014 #49
There is no way to avoid being attacked at DU for some thing or another.* merrily Dec 2014 #52
Well done, sir! demigoddess Dec 2014 #5
K&R. Wonderful tweet! Overseas Dec 2014 #6
Great tweet! hatrack Dec 2014 #7
n2doc Diclotican Dec 2014 #9
It's ridiculous to say Newton "actually wasn’t born on December 25" starroute Dec 2014 #12
I agree. F4lconF16 Dec 2014 #43
I am Christian and I agree with the tweets! oldandhappy Dec 2014 #13
The trolling is perpetrated by the writer of article. defacto7 Dec 2014 #14
Exactly. cyberswede Dec 2014 #38
Indeed.. whathehell Dec 2014 #45
Not a troll, just a simple cast of fate seveneyes Dec 2014 #17
So, Christians aren't supposed to believe that Isaac Newton was real? 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #18
one little added note defacto7 Dec 2014 #19
Ha ha! Neil DeGrasse Tyson is awesome. Initech Dec 2014 #21
thanking Dr. Tyson Skittles Dec 2014 #23
Jesus was born in spring? With shepherds watching their flocks by night? eridani Dec 2014 #24
Many climatologists believe ancient Palestine former9thward Dec 2014 #32
Irony that Newton was a very devout Christian ErikJ Dec 2014 #25
He also believed in alchemy... phil89 Dec 2014 #70
This doesn't bother me any more... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #26
One of the Catholic Holy Days on which Catholics must attend Mass LiberalElite Dec 2014 #29
The "immaculate conception" okasha Dec 2014 #34
ok - LiberalElite Dec 2014 #55
Do we know that Mary's mom was not also a virgin when Mary was born? merrily Dec 2014 #80
Mary:s "immaculate coception" okasha Dec 2014 #81
So we still have a few days before Newton's mmonk Dec 2014 #27
And the perihelion of Earth Paulie Dec 2014 #36
it's interesting what type of things make people angry JI7 Dec 2014 #28
Challenging beliefs does that to a lot of people. Tobin S. Dec 2014 #31
How is wishing Isaac Newton a happy birthday "challenging beliefs"? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #35
Most Christians don't think of Christmas as a former Pagan holiday. Tobin S. Dec 2014 #44
Sir Issac Newton vs Bill Nye FrodosPet Dec 2014 #33
why'd he use a reckoning that deliberately rejected a scientific advance in the name of the most MisterP Dec 2014 #37
Newton was no Einstein Bad Thoughts Dec 2014 #39
Well I guess you're right, they were not the same person! Adrahil Dec 2014 #57
Well, Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton! Cha Dec 2014 #41
Sheldon on "Big Bang Theory" beat him to it a couple Christmas episodes ago. nt 7962 Dec 2014 #47
Christmas Today Is A Pagan Holiday 0nirevets Dec 2014 #54
The Julian calendar was a version of the Egyptian calendar that had been messed up by a Greek. merrily Dec 2014 #56
Oh boy. You really lit my fuse with that "no year zero" nonsense. gregcrawford Dec 2014 #71
Guess you missed the point of my post, vis a vis Ben Jacobs article. merrily Dec 2014 #77
Oh, it wasn't anger... gregcrawford Dec 2014 #83
As a Christian Peacetrain Dec 2014 #59
Trolled? Nah Fred Friendlier Dec 2014 #67
Bingo. They don't care. maced666 Dec 2014 #85
Looks like Newton's First Law Of The Internet in play. Beach Rat Dec 2014 #62
I don't care FiggyJay Dec 2014 #63
They're OK, but they're not that great. Silent3 Dec 2014 #64
Tyson uses Lead to explain the age of the Earth. Also he discusses the connection to the worship DhhD Dec 2014 #65
Delish malaise Dec 2014 #75
I think Jesus was born on Halloween, after the final grain harvest. Tax collecting time. hunter Dec 2014 #76
BTW, if that's "trolling", then my right hand is a four-ton scoop shovel, and my breath levels trees hatrack Dec 2014 #79
people of "faith" seem very disturbed by reality Skittles Dec 2014 #82
Already accepted that among Christians specific day is inconsequential. maced666 Dec 2014 #84
LOL - as a muted agnostic he sure is a loud jerk! maced666 Dec 2014 #86
I previously just sensed what a jerk he was, this does indeed closeupready Dec 2014 #88
Oh, how pleased he sounds with himself. closeupready Dec 2014 #87
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