Watch out, “Cosmos”! The Holy Inquisition is not happy with you

[DonViejo]

The religious right attacks Neil deGrasse Tyson's "agitprop for scientific materialism"

ANDREW LEONARD

If you are the kind of Christian liable to get upset when scientists deploy their annoying facts to prove crazy stuff like their “theories” that the Earth is older than 6,000 years or that the universe began with a Big Bang, then the resurrection of “Cosmos” must be extremely irritating. First, those damned progressives stopped allowing the Church to burn heretics at the stake; now even Fox News is broadcasting “science” documentaries. Truly, to quote the great Erick Erickson, “we do live in a fallen, depraved world destined for the fire.”

Some of the poor souls oppressed by Neil deGrasse Tyson’s return to the promised land first pioneered by Carl Sagan took to Twitter with their predictable grumblings. My favorite: “Dear #cosmos, the origin of the universe actually is not mysterious. God had Moses write about it in the #Bible. You should read it sometime.”

So THERE!

But the folks at Evolution News and Views chose a more sophisticated approach, preferring instead to engage in a convoluted argument about Tyson’s decision to focus part of the first episode on the martyred Giordano Bruno. (Hat tip: Steve Silberman).

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[longship]

1. Fox News is not broadcasting "Cosmos"

It's Fox, but not Fox News.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I caught that too

I wondered if the article was referring to some other documentary-style programming on FAUX 'News,' but upon reflection, I decided, 'NAAAH! Couldn't be.'

[Separation]

3. Neil Tyson said himself that the Romans

we actually the ones that burned him. That is a strangely familiar sounding story. I think there was another dude that the religous bigwigs at the time wanted to get rid of but didn't want to get their hands dirty. So they had Rome kill him too.

[sibelian]

4. They're just not very bright.

I have to say, you know.

I know I'm not supposed to require IQ tests for people to vote. But. A dark part of my mind thinks dark things, on cocasion.

[Vashta Nerada]

5. You know it must be good if it pisses off creationists.

[Laxman]

6. I Like The Tweet....

God: Moses, could you come in here for a moment and bring your pad and pencil

Moses: Certainly Lord

God: Listen carefully, take this down.... In the beginning...

[dembotoz]

7. some years ago i was selling small business ld for AT&T. I was thrown out of a number of businesses

in central wisconsin because
att was being preached against in the churches due to their liberal agenda.

yes--the liberal agenda supported by att


can not imagine how those churches are handling things today

[Lex]

8. The article you quoted does not say "Fox News" is broadcasting science documentaries.

The article says Fox is, which is correct.

[johnp3907]

9. Apparently it originally did but they fixed it.

"UPDATE: This story originally reported that Fox News was airing the Cosmos series. That is incorrect. “Cosmos” is airing on nine other Fox networks, including National Geographic Channel, FX, FXX, FXM, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo and FOX Life."

[hrmjustin]

10. This Christian loved the show.

[geomon666]

11. Just wait until the episode about evolution.

The Earth may undergo a rapid cooling from all the dust thrown up by these freeper heads exploding.