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during these david silverman he's president of american atheists he was on
the o'reilly factor we talked on monday about this segment were bill o'reilly in
order to argue that it's ok for christmas to be a federal holiday he
basically argued will christmas is not really about christianity is not really
a religion it is a full ah sophy let's take a look at that clip to jog your
memory saying this is an essential truth he has a fact
that christianity is not a religion it is a philosophy if the company was
saying that the methodist religion alright he deserves a special place in
the public square i would be on your side so you know that i actually telling
on live television and christiane and he is not a religious correct beautiful i
was in a fundamentally disagree on that wall okay said david let's start at the
beginning here
work did you know that this was going to be part of the argument like what was
the pitch you god for that appear
the tchaikovsky
certainly different from that that was a complete beats apprised uh... somebody
uh... actually slipped be some inside information about what bill was actually
going to say at and he was completely uh...
incorrect in what bill sent uh... uh... no i i didn't expect that the religion
is a velocity thing and as soon as he said if you watch the clip you realize
that i he said it a few times before i can always stick
and uh...
i could tell that he was trying to do exactly what he tried to do last time i
was on waste are talking about the tides he was trying to derail the ca
conversation away from the equality but i want to talk about above when he
pushed real hard and i got into some take that christianity is a philosophy
not religion um...
what i was going to go for is that
the though the concept behind
christianity the fault of the and not a religion is an attempt to usurp the
constitution to usurp the right to tell you tempted to just the
in equality
warikoo where christian asian so we deserve special rights that one way to
do it
he's doing a different way all all christianity is not overly in so it's
not the bound by the separation of church and state uh... is totally
fallacious and he knows it
um... and of course it's inconsistent person with everything he's already been
corrected bio by priest on his own show uh... as far as whether or not christian
as you were is a religion
of course it's a religion and of course is subject to the separation of church
and state
of colt s
other religion that that is in the at talks about to both of them they are
sect of christianity
just as sharia and soon he s sex of islam
islam misery legend just like christianity orthodoxy conservativism
our section judaism judaism is not a philosophy it to religion so what we've
got
is an attempt
to just
by inequality
yelling funny thing too is
let's say christianity was a full awesome the since when a federal
holidays put in place for full awesome feet but where else can we point to
where that happens
in dot and
all right but that the same argument can be used in uh... you know since when our
national holidays religious all always well christmas is the only religious
holiday that the national holiday and they're trying to justify i'd by saying
well it's not a religious philosophy
bolton's wonderful turkeys celebrated on
national holiday
you know it
they're just trying to muddy the waters picture trying to
you pickups double think the fact
but we're just looking
only here and in fact we're demanding equal only and pepper going to get
equality katie and whether they kick and scream or not
it really
those against their full context of do unto others as you would have i've been
doing to you
would be a will org
uh... were i dont tel aviv it
nockard p_m_ and not christmas
would they want
passover celebrated and not
of course not
and that's one of you put that out that'll come back with all this is it
christian nation which is again
just another excuse
to check the fighting in equality on behalf of the federal government we
talked shortly after the tide goes inside goes out you can explain that
incident
and he said that really bill o'reilly plays this character on the show and
like right before and after you guys were alive he was like a different
person he knew he he was very well aware of all of the stuff that you study and
talk about so on and so forth i'm curious what happened after this but
like did i don't know if i remember if you guys want to break or what the
situation was but the he carry this through ordered the character turn-off
at like what happened
uh... a light switch went off
uh... he looked at me smile first of all we both knew
that it was great segment
we both knew it was great television
and he looked at me any file that i said
felt a lot of fun he's ludlow but i got your point across and i think we should
be to guarantee absolutely and i was smiled at was cordial list
um... and uh... i hope to do is show again
so essentially the the bill o'reilly that was arguing with you about
christianity is not a religion
it's not not only did he not really believe that we can say that for sure
but right it was a character that he's playing as as it seems to always be when
you're on the show he likes he likes having you want to be you know if it's
good for for ratings
well that's why they happening on remember them
all about money to develop but our ratings they bring me on because they
think they'll get more rating z
cut they bring the on uh... and he wants to television he wants fire he wants
that badly wants to
should always keep
in an embryo despondent
and he walked over that'll fight back and uh... i think
extremely pleased with the fragments
uh... belief
but i think from the from the lord tahiti even afterwards
you know we we shook and there was a good for and shaking thank you for
coming on
uh... it's its
it certainly the opposite of what they see
if we shop andy
which was you know f often go away
uh...
allowed seems
the up
cordial guy who's doing his job
which it in
uh... two-part radar
the horrible character until which that's interesting so with that with
your running with hannity it was a very different situation when the cameras
were not
bullitt but i don't have it easy
you know i haven't been on any showing up for purple couple of years
uh... but what but i had a show
he was polite
i'm not
afterwards
but my goodness
uh...
i don't believe hannity affecting nearly of much of that
they were and understand that the other thing
and last thing about this
after you get your mike taken off when you're walking around we've heard
stories of times when there's uh... the people that are either nonreligious or
or if not conservative that go on fox news and then afterwards i think the
entire building is giving them the cold shoulder as there quietly escorted out
is that not the case at all i mean is everybody at the o'reilly show kind of
in on when you know this hold the the whole point of these segments or people
kind of a cold to you there
uh... i would have not critical to me at all
uh... i would fail i can tell you why um...
i dated metal point this time
uh... talking to her elite makan
figured out how many people i talked
i talked to fix people
during this event
and four are above six
writer atheist
or seriously doubting religion
four of the checking out
the building is filled with a theater to new york
that they are just two american ups
and and um...
for some people there but i'm not i'm naming and because i don't know if there
are there are some people there
but becky everytime
and then when we recognize each other at yes they're they're their rug really
uh...
that did not
they don't seem to before they'd uh...
and i'm at a couple of another whole from another portion of a t_v_ show from
another fox news tv show
and uh... but person seemed to be an atheist and uh... hopefully albion power
her show
sometime soon
well and that the other email easiest hosted fox news i wonder who it is i'm
looking for a i'd strife is that she didn't say if i may be a book
but by certainly think so yes
and uh... i would
i would love to their name i don't want to none obscene you would say in a sense
of some some people say that they have a gaidar you have like an eight c_ is dark
thank you i had a tough eight oh yes
ada uh... i have a doubt why do is our a lot of people will tell me
arm well
i believe in this pic
bearable even an afterlife now believe that this is not all that
and and the question that i ask is
well do you believe that
or do you wish that were true
and when i get when i ask that question that's perfect
the question ari canterbury very
innocent set of responses
a lot of times i get well
i really wish that work
and
man video don't really believe it but i really wish it were true and i a at that
a lot and that's what i got the partners
um...
uh... from some people
that we are there's a couple more things i want to mention yet uh... and
because they call passionate the commish elena i want to talk just a bit about
that
only on it so absurd i well you're going to bring it up or go ahead yeah
well you know i i
buddy call okke fascist
okay idu levity called me a fascist anil up but the baby
for her
regret roller a capital area uh... state director
was called up a terrorist
uh... um now where being called fashion if i was called a fascist because
i'd dare to demand equality of prague armament
and might uh... henrik
robust called a terrorist
because he dared
all the rules
uh... and legally put up a sign on public
property that with him and boots
um...
i want
people to understand
that we need to start liking
in when that happens
because that is a fine of desperation
that is a sign
fierer and panic
when they cut when they're calling us fascists and terrorist
he basis buddy
but worse than incall
then let the grasping with sad eyes and making comparisons that hitler when
things are going away in an argument
exactly that exactly what it is
and they know they're on the losing fat
i know there on the losing sight of progress
um... i've gotten a lot of people of where a man
to our account saying you know
what the white you know where your response to being called a fascist
i love it
i won't bother happen over over again
key colony fascist ke bunny characterised you-know-what
and we're going to limits
and i'm very very competent
all right david silverman president of american eight this will keep an eye out
for the next door i li appearance uh... thanks as always for being on david
thank sharma monday particular ok we'll take a break the part about the play
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