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Nicole Belle on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 at 1:59 PM - PDT
I am one of those very lucky people who primarily telecommutes for work. But because I am working, it’s very rare for me to watch daytime TV. After watching this clip that C&Ler Arlen tipped us to, all I can say is “whew!” Because if I had watched this little bit of “The View” I might have thrown something at the TV set.
When new co-host Sherri Shepherd told co-host Whoopi Goldberg that she did not believe in evolution, Goldberg decided to test out just how far her rejection of accepted scientific theories went.
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You are now looking at the result of the concentrated effort to dumb down America. All I can say: bring back Rosie!
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I have always joked that creationists = flat earthers. Wow, once again, I am correct.
there’s only one threat to Sherri’s kids having food on the table…and that’s sherri…..take a look at her inhaling food on that show.
average religious person right there…no really…
Why would you want to bring back Rosie O? She believes that WTC-7 was a controlled demolition and inside job. Is that scientific?
I saw this video on Morning Joe this morning and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing. She never thought about it? What does she think about other than feeding her kids? Has she never seen a globe? Maybe she and that beauty queen talking about maps should get together.
I am married to a scientist and I couldn’t wait for him to wake up so I could tell him about this. When I told him he just looked at me and said okay what’s the punch line. I had a hard time convincing him that there was no punch line, just a real stupid woman.
You all seen this?
http://1820.org.uk/2007/09/lan.....home.shtml
Whoopi: “Is the world flat?”
Sherri: “I don’t know.”
I am almost literally speechless.
At least she said she’d go to the library, and not her church, to find the answer.
And these are the types of people who voted for Bush. No surprise there…
It’s not a question of “believing” in evolution since it’s not a religion, but a science so it’s a question of accepting reality.
I honestly am at a lose for words. Unreal.
as I saw on a bumpersticker -
“Fine, I evolved, you didn’t.”
wow this is extremely disturbing
Dr. Matt @ 1:
Not flat chesters?
UN-BEE-LIEVABLE!
i think it’s good that the creationist looks like a complete dolt in this clip. make people that are on the fence think about how dumb they would sound if they rejected the “theory” of evolution.
Sweetie, get your ass to the library today. It’s filled with all the these wonderful things call facts.
JEEZ, was that one of the stupidest exchanges I’ve ever watched.
Wow,.. just wow,…!!!
Well of course the Bible is literally true. It says so right in the Bible, and really, who could argue with that logic? Of course the Bible does contradict itself, but I am sure that is all part of the big plan. Somehow. And people wonder how Bush can still have supporters, well, there is the reason right there.
The only people dumber and more ignorant than the people on the show are the dumb-a*s people who watch it.
A better question to ask her was if she believed in vaccines to treat illnesses.
It was the principles of evolution that led to genetics and discoveries of vaccines.
Who is this chick and how did she get on the view? What does she do besides show us that she is as dumb as dirt?
Dear Sheri,
did you go to school?
google is your friend…
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Praise Bob!
And the Big Bang
He had after Connie served him nachos with extra jalapenos.
Wow… what to say.
Obviously admitting the Earth is round would be to score one for science and embolden the homosexual agenda. I suspect she has a special “Christian library” that will give her the answer she seeks. I fear for her son.
pissed off patricia @ 5:
A globe? Hell, POP, how about the pictures from the satellites? Great Flying Spaghetti Monster!
To be fair, it is nearly impossible to feed your kids AND form an opinion about the shape of the earth.
Um, I think we need just a wee bit more emphasis on teaching science in this country!
“no muscle bound man can take me away from my God!”
Heh! Sorry; that was Sister Act, not The View…
Anyway:
Can ANYBODY let ANYONE ELSE finish a sentence anymore??? Other than Whoopie, all of those morons sounded like a bunch of squawking chickens! GAAAAHHH! {throws stapler across office}
Truth be Known @ 4:
Assuming you’re being serious and not sarcastic, the whole WTC-7 being an inside job thing IS based on science, not on the govt.’s “trust us, we wouldn’t lie to you” leap of faith (pun intended) explanation . And the best thing about that clip is that Hasselbeck couldn’t get a word in .
So, what does the nutty, reich-wing blonde think?
Fanon @ 28:
Or the mere fact that the nav system in her minivan works.
Why on earth would one want to see Rosie O’Donnell on television? Or through any viewing apparatus, for that matter? Whoopie Goldberg encountered a fact that she disagreed with and remained civil in her discourse against the dissenter; this is far too much to ask from Ms. O’Donnell…
Sherri Shepherd really made herself look like a huge fool! Is this really what The View wants to have representing their panel? Why do they have 2 extreme right wingers on their panel? Elizabeth Hasselbeck is slightly more inteligent but not much of an improvement. Good for Whoopi! I’m glad she’s on the panel. It would have been hysterical fun to watch Rosie tackle this one though!
Is the world flat?
Ask Chris Columbus.
Is the new co-host a dip shit?
Of course.
greg @ 11:
When evolution is outlawed, then only outlaws will evolve.
Rusty Shackleford @ 34:
No, no, jebus tells her how to get to the supermarket. Don’t be foolish
Christ, what a retarded cow!
Sounds like the perfect host for Fox’s new “Real Science” channel.
They hired someone even dumber than Hasselbeck? I didn’t think that was possible… Wow.
How could you not know if the world flat or not?? I don’t know how anyone in this day and age in America could have escaped seeing at least one picture of Earth from space– much less a MEDIA personality.
She talks about providing for her kids…but not knowing the basics of the reality that her kids live in will, in some way or another, do them a disservice.
This is evidence that there are people out there that think stupidity is a virtue.
I’ve been having a number of discussions with people about this very subject. Quite a few of the people involved are fundamentalists.
I, myself, and an Atheist. I don’t hate the idea of a ‘god’. I just don’t believe in it. To me, ‘god’ seems like he was made by man, and not the other way around.
But, my point is, that I’ve noticed that most of these people have a fear of knowledge and learning, and often see intelligence as a weakness. To them, god is meant to be there to fill all the gaps in their knowledge that they’re too lazy to fill…
And those gaps seem to be becoming bigger, and bigger, everyday.
George W. Bush loves to attack education, because uneducated people are easy to manipulate. His god, is the definitely the ‘god of the gaps’ and George, the Ugly Chimp, considers himself to be his prophet.
Rusty Shackleford @ 34:
[high-fives Rusty]
Nice one!
Now make it “global nav system” and really bake that NIMBY’s brain!
Criminy, talk about self centered! Sherri basically said, “I don’t think about the rest of the (flat) world; just me and mine.” Truly, a perfect Bush American.
In 2007, it is beyond belief that an educated person could say what she said, how she said it.
Now, I know she was taught in school that John Glenn orbited the earth. I’m sure she heard about the moon orbiting the earth. But, I’m sure she was trying to look past all that she was taught in those evil, government-sponsored, liberal dominated, secular schools and was having difficulty recalling what her pastor had told her. The first phone call after the show was not to the Marian the Librarian, but to the most-likely home schooled leader of her church.
Sad.
That was just fake anyway. The reason that she was at a loss of words is because she doesn’t really believe that. She is supposed to represent the evolution crowd and she can’t cause it is idiotic so she has to do that whole feed my kids BS. She is on the View and i am supposed to believe she has problems feeding her kids. She is a liar and would rather look stupid than agree with someone else. Seriously the whole god shows us markers is stupid too. It is just a way to pretend to be religious and use religious language without really being religious. Basically someone at home is supposed to say about politics or any issue I don’t have time to think about that I am just feeding my kids. How about getting health care for your kids? Or keeping your kids out of wars? Or making sure that your kids know enough not to be little Christian fascists.
We better get to the library, course I didn’t bother teaching you to read so it wouldn’t do any good. BTW WTC7 while I don’t agree had many scientists say that it was suspicious. It is hardly the same thing as evolution or the world is flat. You are just trying to equate those issues and that is BS too.
America used to be a “can do” country, we’re moving toward pathetic really fast.
There was a poll last year that showed that over 40% of Americans doubt Evolution and believe the Creationist model for science. We’re on the Highway to Hell, that’s for sure.
The only thing that can save us is illegal immigration.
X @ 35:
Wasn’t Whoopi’s mom a teacher?
Truly astonishing. I’m surprised she didn’t say, let me consult my Bible. It does seem like this country is becoming more ignornant rather than less.
you people better wake up and start dragging your knuckles.
After all, we are nothing but animals………….right?
“Won’t somebody think of the children!” It was great to watcher her do what a lot of religious nuts do when they get called out. She only cares about her children. All this other crap in the world is meaningless. I loved it! She was plying up to the crowd waiting for them to go “awe! she may believe the world is flat, but she loves her kids…I like her now. Leave her alone Whoopie” Never mind she is raising children who will also now believe the world is flat.
what an absolute dodge…”I don’t have time to find out if the world is flat or round”. Hmmm…how long does it take to check on Google for pictures of Earth from outer space? Or pictures of some of the other planets from some of our satellite probes that we’ve sent out throughout our solar system? That was an attempt at saving face in what was an obvious victory for the scientific part of the debate (argued by Goldberg): if we can deduce that the Earth is round from scientific evidence (pictures from outer space, seasons, mathematical formulas, etc.), surely we can deduce the path of evolution through examining the remains of our ancestors on this Earth. And we can do it all either believing that a God created this amazing process of evolution or that it was a simple accident of molecules coming together.
But, her answers were either disigeneous or she’s that dumb that she needs to go the library to get information…(incidentally, that information she’d need to refer to would be scientific evidence…not the Bible).
I can’t believe that people THAT dumb still exist in this day and age…
The “I-Don’t-Know-Nothin’-About-Nothin’-But-Raisin’-My-Kids!” attitude is SO what’s wrong with America these days. That woman should be as embarassed as can be, but