i respect that that s fine. i don t look down on you. i don t think you are a pinhead. thank you. bill: if you want to be an atheist that s why we have america. be it. why are you messing around with my tradition? why are you messing around with christmas? just leave it alone. is there a compelling reason for you to mess around with it. we are only messing around we are not messing around with anything. we re stopping the government from preferring one religion over another. bill: stop there. no. no. bill: no, no, no, no. you listen to me and answer my questions. i try to enat questions, go ahead. bill: what religion is involved with christmas? what religion? christianity. bill: that s not a religion. that s a philosophy. okay. so, since the dawn of time the winter solstice has been celebrated by multiple religions. bill: winter solstice. shortest dave the year. evergreen trees because they don t die, giving gifts, family songs. bill: you like the winter
year by force. it s a winter holiday. bill: nobody is going to stop you. right you won t but i also have to take off christmas because it s a mandated federal holiday. bill: you run this organization? you run this atheist organization. i run american atheists. bill: keep it open. while we are on the topic of christmas, if you are looking for a great christmas gift be sure to check out bill o reilly.com where you can order any of the three best sellers killing kennedy, killing lincoln or children s book lincoln s last days. if you want to want your book signed order by monday. check out the site this he could would. all the money from bill o reilly.com comes from charity. still the most controversial story of the night. a group of doctors want to give teenage girls the morning after pill just in case they might need it. o reilly and leno and late night. like you have never seen it from the best players in history
because the governor is not in a position of promoting atheism. bill: winter solstice is not a religion. it s a holiday. if he wants to put winter soltis up on door i have no problem with it. you are right it could be secular. if you put up there. bill: jesus christ he was a man. christmas tree is a secular symbol. nothing to do with christianity. what s that first word? bill: secular symbol. christmas. christmas is a christmas tree. bill: this is so unreasonable. you are so unreasonable. no it s not unreasonable. bill: it s frightening. i m not unreasonable at all. i m saying the government has to be fair. the government has to not take sides. everybody is equal. bill: it s a federal holiday. why don t you get off your butt and get it revoked. don t have the votes. bill: of course you don t because your view is insane. no, it s not. you can celebrate christmas without being a christian.
to pick sides and say religious belief or philosophy, fine. over another. bill: the government cannot promote a religion. no it says the congress shall not establish any laws respecting bill: reaj, not a philosophy. so you wouldn t have a problem then then with the government of the united states establishing atheism because that s also a philosophy. that would be fair for you. bill: establishing it? what does that mean. in governed we don t trust in all coins. one nation under no god in the pledge of allegiance. bill: if you wanted to go up to albany, new york and put a happy winter solstice on andrew cuomo s office door i have no problem with it it? yes you would. i think you would. bill: don t tell me what i think. when i said i don t i didn t haa problem i don t have a problem. got it. sir, sir, you would have a problem with it. bill: no i would not. i would challenge you on that. bill: don t challenge me. you are ridiculous. i watch your show, look.
you are atheist, nonbeliever, i respect that that s fine. i don t look down on you. i don t think you are a pinhead. thank you. bill: if you want to be an atheist that s why we have america. be it. why are you messing around with my tradition? why are you messing around with christmas? just leave it alone. is there a compelling reason for you to mess around with it. we are only messing around we are not messing around with anything. we re stopping the government from preferring one religion over another. bill: stop there. no. no. bill: no, no, no, no. you listen to me and answer my questions. i try to enat questions, go ahead. bill: what religion is involved with christmas? what religion? christianity. bill: that s not a religion. that s a philosophy. okay. so, since the dawn of time the winter solstice has been celebrated by multiple religions. bill: winter solstice. shortest dave the year. evergreen trees because they don t die, giving gifts, family song