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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains His Christmas Tweet
140Mandak262Jamuna writes Neil DeGrasse Tyson tweeted on christmas day what appeared to begin as a tribute to Infant Jesus, but ended up celebrating Isaac Newton. Apparently this was retweeted some 77000 times, far above his average of 3.5K retweets and caused many to be angry. He doubled down on it by tweeting about people being offended by objective truths. Then wrote a fuller explanation.
What's even worse is that Jesus was born in the spring "while shepherds were watching their flocks by night." The actual date is unknown. The date was moved to December 25th to compete with the feast of Saturninus.
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The only thing offensive is that there are still people who think that Christmas is Jesus' (Joshua, Yeshua) was born on Christmas day.
Sorry, Christmas (Christ's Mass) celebrates the birth of Jesus (Joshua, Yeshua) of Nazareth, but doesn't actually claim to be his birthdate. Note that the Gospels that even mention his birth include elements that are not consistent with a December birth.
Okay, there are TWO things that are offensive - the other is that nominally educated people can't spell "believe".
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"