Bill O'Reilly thinks Earth is the only planet with a moon

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[QUOTE="Espada12"]

This is what we calling reaching... honestly how did you manage to retrieve this from that video?

Espada12

No, it's called reading between the lines

He said, "Did we just get lucky? Did some meteor do this?" when talking about the reason we have life.

And in the beginning of the video he said, "How come Mars doesn't have moon?" and then he said "Why don't other planets have life?"

This is clearly implying that having a moon has something to do with having life, which would imply that on a planet with life has a moon, which is why he thought that Mars doesn't have a moon.

He's implying god gave us life in the first sentance.

In your second sentance he is also implying that god put the moon there to control our tides.

The only thing is he implying is that good did all this not that moon has something to do with life.

You're failing to put the comments in proper context. Willingy I'm sure.

If he asks why other planets don't have life, he is attributing life on Earth to Good.

Then, in the same argument, he says that Mars doesn't have a moon and asks "Why?" at the same time asking why other planets don't have life.

If he is implying that the Earth only having life has something to do with God, and then implies that the moon is a result of God and says that a planet with no life doesn't have one, it is fairly obvious that he is implying that planets with life are the ones that have moons.

The only thing that is reaching is to think that he somehow wasn't implying that Earth was the only planet with a moon.

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[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

He isn't a conservative. That being said, I can't defend him on this one. I'm typically a pretty big O'Reilly fan, but when I watched that video, the force of the facepalm that I indulged in nearly gave me a concussion. Are you ****ing serious Bill? If you want to prove God's existence, this isn't the way to do it.

KH-mixerX

If he's not a conservative, what is he?

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

Being an "independent" does not mean that one is not conservative or liberal. It simply means that one is not part of a political party. One can be a independent conservative or a conservative liberal.

Bill O' Reily stances indicate that he is a conserative, especially the emphasis on "traditional values."

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="Espada12"]

This is what we calling reaching... honestly how did you manage to retrieve this from that video?

Espada12

No, it's called reading between the lines

He said, "Did we just get lucky? Did some meteor do this?" when talking about the reason we have life.

And in the beginning of the video he said, "How come Mars doesn't have moon?" and then he said "Why don't other planets have life?"

This is clearly implying that having a moon has something to do with having life, which would imply that on a planet with life has a moon, which is why he thought that Mars doesn't have a moon.

He's implying god gave us life in the first sentance.

In your second sentance he is also implying that god put the moon there to control our tides.

The only thing is he implying is that god did all this not that moon has something to do with life.

Yeah haha, I saw this on the Colbert Report the other day. Quite funny.

he thinks the moon snuck across the border to take our jobs.

probably came from that dirty asteroid belt.

I'm not a fan of him but I'm pretty sure he wasn't referring to the moon when he said "why doesn't mars have it"jeremiah06

He said "How'd the moon get there? How'd the sun get there? How'd it get there? Can you explain that to me? How come we have that and Mars doesn't have it? Venus doesn't have it. How come? Why not? How'd it get here?"

Just looking at that sentence, it's pretty clear he's talking about the moon.

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[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

If he's not a conservative, what is he?

GreySeal9

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

Being an "independent" does not mean that one is not conservative or liberal. It simply means that one is not part of a political party. One can be a independent conservative or a conservative liberal.

Bill O' Reily stances indicate that he is a conserative, especially the emphasis on "traditional values."

I understand the differences. Independents more often than not don't identify themselves with either side of the spectrum when it comes to "Liberal" and "Conservative." I'm pretty sure he has specifically said himself that he's neutral on the scale. As a regular viewer of The Factor, I can easily tell he's not a conservative. Sure he has some conservative views, but that doesn't make him a conservative. Understand?

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

KH-mixerX

Being an "independent" does not mean that one is not conservative or liberal. It simply means that one is not part of a political party. One can be a independent conservative or a conservative liberal.

Bill O' Reily stances indicate that he is a conserative, especially the emphasis on "traditional values."

I understand the differences. Independents more often than not don't identify themselves with either side of the spectrum when it comes to "Liberal" and "Conservative." I'm pretty sure he has specifically said himself that he's neutral on the scale. As a regular viewer of The Factor, I can easily tell he's not a conservative. Sure he has some conservative views, but that doesn't make him a conservative. Understand?

Independants usually don't identify as Democrat or Republican but usually do identify as ether liberal or conservative.

How do they even keep this guy on TV? for the comedy?Tetrarch9

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[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

He isn't a conservative. That being said, I can't defend him on this one. I'm typically a pretty big O'Reilly fan, but when I watched that video, the force of the facepalm that I indulged in nearly gave me a concussion. Are you ****ing serious Bill? If you want to prove God's existence, this isn't the way to do it.

KH-mixerX

If he's not a conservative, what is he?

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

Bill O'Reilly likes to present himself as being an independent with independent ideas (it's part of that "fair and balanced" shtick), but in reality, the guy is a hardcore Libertarian.

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]I'm not a fan of him but I'm pretty sure he wasn't referring to the moon when he said "why doesn't mars have it"GreySeal9

He said "How'd the moon get there? How'd the sun get there? How'd it get there? Can you explain that to me? How come we have that and Mars doesn't have it? Venus doesn't have it. How come? Why not? How'd it get here?"

Just looking at that sentence, it's pretty clear he's talking about the moon.

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[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

If he's not a conservative, what is he?

Silent_Bob32

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

Bill O'Reilly likes to present himself as being an independent with independent ideas (it's part of that "fair and balanced" shtick), but in reality, the guy is a hardcore Libertarian.

Libertarian eh? I guess I can see that. But saying he is a conservative is only about a quarter true. The guy is practically a melting pot of ideals.

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I love how he calls other people pinheads and then says Mars doesn't have a moon.

That video has 209 likes and 6,227 dislikes on youtube. :lol: I don't know if I've ever seen a like/dislike ratio like that.

Hence it has two moons.

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[QUOTE="xscrapzx"] Actually Mars does not have a moon, but it does have natural satelites. Two big pieces of rock circling it.xscrapzx

Hence it has two moons.

A moon is just a natural satelite, it doesn't have to have a particular size or shape. And some of the ones orbiting Jupiter are huge. Unless I'm mistaken Ganymede is more than twice the size of our Moon.

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Meh, I would be shocked if more than 10% of the population actually know what planets how moons and how many before every chimes in on how "dumb" he is.

Pirate700

To be fair, he never said there is only one moon.

I don't undestand why people still watch this moron. He's contributing to the downfall of society with every show he airs.

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Meh, I would be shocked if more than 10% of the population actually know what planets have moons and how many before every chimes in on how "dumb" he is.

LikeHaterade

I believe it's elementary school science to learn that other planets in our solar system have moons.

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[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]I'm not a fan of him but I'm pretty sure he wasn't referring to the moon when he said "why doesn't mars have it"jeremiah06

He said "How'd the moon get there? How'd the sun get there? How'd it get there? Can you explain that to me? How come we have that and Mars doesn't have it? Venus doesn't have it. How come? Why not? How'd it get here?"

Just looking at that sentence, it's pretty clear he's talking about the moon.

He is talking about both the tide and the moon.

The succession of the sentences make that pretty clear.

Bill O'Reily has made some pretty terrible argumentss I certainly believe he is ignorant enough to think that only Earth has a moon. I don't see why not.

Um...maybe it's just me but after watching the video I didn't hear him say, "The Earth is the only planet with a moon". His attitude is horrible, and his argument is weak but I didn't hear the statement that Earth has the only moon in existence. Can someone point me to where he says the above statement?FragStains

He implied it.

While we're on the subject does Earth's moon have a name? I know we just call it 'moon' but there are so many cool names for moons int he solar system (Europa, Titan, Triton, Calypso...etc). All we get is the generic term moon.BreakTheseLinks

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

Meh, I would be shocked if more than 10% of the population actually know what planets have moons and how many before every chimes in on how "dumb" he is.

BMD004

I believe it's elementary school science to learn that other planets in our solar system have moons.

IDK, I've known that other planets have moons since I was a little kid, so they must have taught in school.

I'd be willing to cut him slack on not knowing the other planets have moons if a) he didn't have a horrible attitude and b) the overall trajectory of his argument wasn't so flawed and b) he didn't make terrible WTF arguments on a regular basis.

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[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

If he's not a conservative, what is he?

Silent_Bob32

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

Bill O'Reilly likes to present himself as being an independent with independent ideas (it's part of that "fair and balanced" shtick), but in reality, the guy is a hardcore Libertarian.

He's a Libertarian? Seems more like a typical "traditional values" conservative to me.

[QUOTE="Silent_Bob32"]

[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

KH-mixerX

Bill O'Reilly likes to present himself as being an independent with independent ideas (it's part of that "fair and balanced" shtick), but in reality, the guy is a hardcore Libertarian.

Libertarian eh? I guess I can see that. But saying he is a conservative is only about a quarter true. The guy is practically a melting pot of ideals.

Most people are a "melting pot" of ideals. That doesn't change that the sum total most of their stances and attitudes can be described with an ideological term. Bill O'Reily may not be a straight up conservative, but most of his ideas and attitudes about life are conservative, hence why he despises the "left" so much.

[QUOTE="BreakTheseLinks"]While we're on the subject does Earth's moon have a name? I know we just call it 'moon' but there are so many cool names for moons int he solar system (Europa, Titan, Triton, Calypso...etc). All we get is the generic term moon.Inconsistancy

Personally I think we should rename our planet Arda, but that's just the Tolkien geek in me.

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[QUOTE="KH-mixerX"]

He's what you get when a necromorph mates with Geoffrey Rush. In other words, an independent.

GreySeal9

Bill O'Reilly likes to present himself as being an independent with independent ideas (it's part of that "fair and balanced" shtick), but in reality, the guy is a hardcore Libertarian.

He's a Libertarian? Seems more like a typical "traditional values" conservative to me.

The term "libertarian" is almost starting to become useless. Not exactly sure that I can use it to describe myself anymore.

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="Silent_Bob32"]

Bill O'Reilly likes to present himself as being an independent with independent ideas (it's part of that "fair and balanced" shtick), but in reality, the guy is a hardcore Libertarian.

coolbeans90

He's a Libertarian? Seems more like a typical "traditional values" conservative to me.

The term "libertarian" is almost starting to become useless. Not exactly sure that I can use it to describe myself anymore.

Just curious: what would you describe yourself as?

As for Bill O'Reily, the reason I say he doesn't seem like a Libertarian is I don't get the sense that the guy cares about individual freedom all that much. Seems like he cares about traditional values more.

I really wish people can educate themselfs before they start criticizing a foundation of knowing something rather then hoping for something.

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[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

He's a Libertarian? Seems more like a typical "traditional values" conservative to me.

GreySeal9

The term "libertarian" is almost starting to become useless. Not exactly sure that I can use it to describe myself anymore.

Just curious: what would you describe yourself as?

As for Bill O'Reily, the reason I say he doesn't seem like a Libertarian is I don't get the sense that the guy cares about individual freedom all that much. Seems like he cares about traditional values more.

Well, something similar to libertarian. (not the dogmatic Randian type)

And I'll agree with your second point.

In his defense he only said that Mars doesn't have moons, and this is coming from a guy that isn't the biggest fan of Bill O Reilly.

Anybody can cut up parts of statements and make others look bad.

Anyone with reasoning ability, who isn't biased, could see the statement was meant to explain how the moon/tides acted as an instrument to allow live to be prevalent on earth. O'Reilly's contention was that this random act of the earth having a moon (amongst other random scenarios that allow life on earth) are "proof" of God's existence.

It's the only planet with "the moon". :P

Bill O'Lielly? I farted in his general direction just now.

Anybody can cut up parts of statements and make others look bad.

Anyone with reasoning ability, who isn't biased, could see the statement was meant to explain how the moon/tides acted as an instrument to allow live to be prevalent on earth. O'Reilly's contention was that this random act of the earth having a moon (amongst other random scenarios that allow life on earth) are "proof" of God's existence.

Mafiree

That means that he is connecting life with having having a moon. Therefore, he is implying that only Earth has a moon. After all, he said that Mars and Venus don't have moons.

Some of you are trying too hard to defend this.

Just thought I would share this with you for kicks. I didn't see it posted elsewhere so if it was and I missed it, feel free to lock the thread. Thanks.

LINK

So apparently our tides come in, and they go out; and our planet is the only one with a moon.

LikeHaterade

lol.

In his defense he only said that Mars doesn't have moons, and this is coming from a guy that isn't the biggest fan of Bill O Reilly.

gatorteen

So what if he only said that Mars doesn't have moons? The rest of his statement implies that only Earth has them.

Why would he make the point that Mars doesn't have moons in isolation? What would that prove without implicitly bringing the other planets into the argument?

he doesnt really say earth is the only planet with a moon. he is talking about religion and how the moon works for the earth but why doesnt it do the same for other planets. he never said the earth is the only planet with a moon. only pinheads are the people in this thread bashing him.xbox360isgr8t

He is not talking about how the moon doesn't work the same for other planets.

If you actually closely listen to the video, he says that Mars and Vens don't have moons.

Why in the world would be isolate Mars/Venus as not havingmoons while at the time be aware that the other planets have moons? That doesn't make sense. He's clearly implying that only Earth has a moon. He doesn't have to say that explicitly to be implying that.

Perhaps he was referring to the fact that no other planet in our solar system moon-tide interaction... Meinhard1

Perhaps he was referring to the fact that no other planet in our solar system moon-tide interaction... Meinhard1

[QUOTE="Meinhard1"]Perhaps he was referring to the fact that no other planet in our solar system moon-tide interaction... Overlord93

Yeah. It's a **** argument any way you slice it.

O' Reily's **** argument wouldn't even be so bad if he didn't make so many of them and wasn't so condescending.

I love how he calls other people pinheads and then says Mars doesn't have a moon.

That video has 209 likes and 6,227 dislikes on youtube. :lol: I don't know if I've ever seen a like/dislike ratio like that.