On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:37:46 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> He thinks the tides are magic and proof that God exists ("Tide goes in,
>> tide goes out - never a miscommunication." - WTF?)
> 
> When he was given an elementary school level lecture on what makes tides
> happen, rather than admitting he was wrong about them, he just moved the
> goalposts. "How did the Moon get there?"

I remember it - Jon Stewart made a huge deal about it, and either he or 
Colbert had Neil DeGrasse Tyson on to explain it to O'Reilly.

> This is so typical of creationists, conspiracy theorists and the like.
> When a claim they make is refuted so completely that even they cannot
> deny the explanation anylonger, they still cannot admit being wrong.
> They will simply try to evade by moving to something else.

Yep.

Jim

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