Bill Nye the Science Guy Booed in TX

Bill Nye the Science Guy was booed in Texas recently for breaking the news to a bunch of Bible literalists that moon only reflects the rays of the sun and does not in fact give off its own light.

From the Waco Tribune:

Nye was in town to participate in McLennan Community College's Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave two lectures on such unfunny and adult topics as global warming, Mars exploration, and energy consumption.




But nothing got people as riled as when he brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: "God made two great lights -- the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars."




The lesser light, he pointed out, is not a light at all, but only a reflector.




At that point, several people in the audience, ["visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence"] stormed out in fury. One woman yelled "We believe in God!" and left with three children, thus ensuring that people across America would read about the incident and conclude that Waco is as nutty as they'd always suspected.