[Little Donkey]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

It's really quite pathetic to see the fumbling explanations of "scientists" and people on this forum taking a guess at explaining the mystery. We KNOW it is God's doing. END OF STORY.

You can't explain away God with your fancy talk and invisible gravitational forces. The so-called explanations are just Satan spreading doubt and confusion, do not fall for this old old trick.

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

I always thought the tides were caused by the wind blowing the water on-shore.

Good point.

And what about the thousands of people and animals and motorboats that swim in the ocean daily? Do the scientists think that has zero effect?

They leave waves in their wake.

[Cindy Lou Jenkins]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

Here is more for for thought on the subject. Turns out Bill O'Reilly has been using this argument for a while. Here is Stephen Colbert's analysis:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...xrs=share_copy

The fact that Bill O'Reilly repeats the same argument over and over just proves that it is more believable. If he said it only once or twice, it wouldn't have the same conviction.

(Billy Bob: I approve this post.)

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

1) How can the moon pull water away from the Earth when the Earth has a stronger gravitational pull?

Plus, quite simply, if "the moon can pull water away from the Earth," then why is there no water on the moon?

It's the very "scientists" who cobble together this claptrap that went to the moon and reported there was no water there. They had to bring water with them to drink!

[InvisiblePinkUnicorn]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

Here is more for for thought on the subject. Turns out Bill O'Reilly has been using this argument for a while. Here is Stephen Colbert's analysis:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/370183/january-06-2011/bill-o-reilly-proves-god-s-existence---neil-degrasse-tyson?xrs=share_copy

[Nobar King]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

I always thought the tides were caused by the wind blowing the water on-shore.

[Rev. Jim Osborne]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

When God created the earth 6000 years ago, when he poured the waters into the oceans they naturally sloshed a little bit, just like the water in your bath tub does when you get in. 6000 years later, the seas are still sloshing a bit, and they will continue to do so for a very long time. The sloshing in your bathtub dies out quickly because the bath tub is so small, the oceans are HUGE, the sloshing will last a long time.

This is the proper explanation for the tides, unlike the preposterous theory that the moon is somehow involved. Here are three glaring mistakes in the secular scientist's thinking which makes their precious theory fall apart.

1) How can the moon pull water away from the Earth when the Earth has a stronger gravitational pull? One thing that these secularist idiots kept saying in the 3 experiments thread is that the the Earth is a sphere and gravity pulls everything towards the center. Okay, for argument's sake, let's assume that crazy idea is true. So if the Earth, which is much more massive and stronger than the moon, is pulling water towards its center, how can the moon overcome it? We know the Earth is stronger because the moon revolves around us (according to their theory). If the moon was strong enough to create tides, it would mean that the Earth would have to be revolving around the moon. No secular scientist would admit that.

2) How can the moon overcome the sun's gravity, when the sun is even stronger than the Earth? This just gets even more absurd. The Earth is stronger than the moon, but the Sun is stronger than the Earth. How the heck could the tides be created by the moon and not the sun? The scientists will say "Well because it's only 280,000 miles away." (It's actually only about 500). But okay, even at that, it would be the same idea presented in the first question: We would be revolving around the moon if that were the case.

3) If the moon is strong enough to pull water from a far-away planet, how come there is an absence of gravity on the moon? It cannot contain an atmosphere, and if the Apollo hoax is to be believed, you can jump around like bunny rabbits on pogo sticks. The moon is so weak in gravity it can't even hold a 200 lb man to the surface, let alone weightless air particles. Yet, yet, this same object is somehow able to pull billions and billions of cubic tons of water, hundreds of thousand of miles away, and beat the gravitational field of the Earth!

The problem with the above three mistakes is they try to have it both ways in gravity. If object A is more powerful than B, A will exert influence on B, but not the other way around. A smaller object cannot affect a larger object. They say if you jump out of an airplane, it's the Earth's gravity pulling a smaller object (you) to the ground. Well, why don't we affect the Earth's gravity? Why don't we push the Earth back?

The only logical conclusion is that

• The Earth is flat, like the Bible says.
• The Sun and Moon are both nearby and small objects, about 500 miles away, which revolve around the Earth
• Tides are caused by the Bathtub Theory.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

Oh God, I laugh at you guys... The tides are moved by the gravitational force between the Earth, Sun and Moon... Look it up...

I don't know where you guys went to school, but we learn this in 5th grade how the tides are moved...

So then why is it your David Silverfish Silverman, President of American Atheists, couldn't offer such a simple explanation?

He's one of your Great Leaders, you follow him blindly and send your money to American Atheists, and yet he can't explain your "the moon, herp derp" explanation to O'Reilly?

He can't even get his story straight, how pathetic is that?

Personally, I think Silverman is the atheist version of a Poe. He works overtime to make atheists look even MORE stupid, petty, and hateful than they actually are, so Christians know that all atheists are evil, intolerant monsters that must be destroyed.

I mean, this is his idea of "outreach":



And he put it up in ALABAMA! Why would he do that, if not to make Christians despise his organization and raise funds for the War on Atheism?

Maybe I will send them a donation. They could put up a billboard in North Salem . . .

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

LMAO, really... keep living in that world... LMAO

The age of the Earth has been determined to be 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%).This age is based on evidence from radiometric age (often called radioactive dating) of meteorite material and is consistent with the ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.

I'm sorry your dad made you drop out of school when you were in the first grade, I'm sure he didn't want you to know the truth...

by the way, Santa Claus is not real...

Also, everything is made of Atoms, just in case you skip that part of the school lesson...

Not sure who you're talking to, but I have a BBA and a BSc, but I'm sure that they're from more "redneck schools" since they were accredited universities.

For the life of me I cannot figure out why you people can just follow what people say blindly. I sat in those classes with my mouth shut, I regurgitated everything they said because I wanted the degrees, but in my heart I knew it was garbage.

[James Dewitt]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

LMAO, really... keep living in that world... LMAO

The age of the Earth has been determined to be 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%).This age is based on evidence from radiometric age (often called radioactive dating) of meteorite material and is consistent with the ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.

I'm sorry your dad made you drop out of school when you were in the first grade, I'm sure he didn't want you to know the truth...

by the way, Santa Claus is not real...

Also, everything is made of Atoms, just in case you skip that part of the school lesson...

Back er down a notch sport, Santa is a Catlik thing. We deal in the real world not some made up fantasy. You need to get a grip on reality, God created the tides.

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

"Yet according to Virginia Tech It is important to note that the centrifugal force does not actually exist."

Yet the source you included here it is not from VT... it is from a made up website by a redneck... so yeah, keep telling yourself that...

Next!!!!

My mistake, Virginia.edu is THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, not Virginia tech which is vt.edu. Big, honkin mistake on my part.

But hey, you want to call them a bunch of rednecks be my guest

[JJTruth]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

"Yet according to Virginia Tech It is important to note that the centrifugal force does not actually exist."

Yet the source you included here it is not from VT... it is from a made up website by a redneck... so yeah, keep telling yourself that...

Next!!!!

[JJTruth]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

LMAO, really... keep living in that world... LMAO

The age of the Earth has been determined to be 4.54 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%).This age is based on evidence from radiometric age (often called radioactive dating) of meteorite material and is consistent with the ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.

I'm sorry your dad made you drop out of school when you were in the first grade, I'm sure he didn't want you to know the truth...

by the way, Santa Claus is not real...

Also, everything is made of Atoms, just in case you skip that part of the school lesson...

[Oakland "Reb" Griner]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

I thought everyone knew what causes the tides.

When God created the earth 6000 years ago, when he poured the waters into the oceans they naturally sloshed a little bit, just like the water in your bath tub does when you get in. 6000 years later, the seas are still sloshing a bit, and they will continue to do so for a very long time. The sloshing in your bathtub dies out quickly because the bath tub is so small, the oceans are HUGE, the sloshing will last a long time.

It's all part of God's plan!

REJOICE!!

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Bill O'Reilly OWNS Atheist: "You can't explain the tides!"

Ah, I see centrifugal force.

Yet according to Virginia Tech It is important to note that the centrifugal force does not actually exist.

a child on a merry-go-round is not experiencing any real force outward, but he/she must exert a force to keep from flying off the merry-go-round.

So going back to our science section, why are we not thrown off of the earth if the Centrifugal force is that strong?

See what I mean by it doesn't make sense? You explain one phenomena with centrifugal force, yet when we point out that it doesn't affect other things, you then try and tell us "that's different".

I guess I just don't have the cognitive dissonance to be an atheist.