While Penn & Teller’s Bullshit was a great show as long as you were already part of the choir they were preaching to (and you took their more libertarian episodes with a grain of salt), Jillette’s public appearances elsewhere are becoming considerably less cringe-inducing to watch. Level-headed debate may do nothing positive for ratings, but it’s what all sides of any argument needs to make an actual point.
I don’t know. I find this video noteworthy simply because I’m so sick of negativity and arrogance in the main stream media. I think we need less people like Bill Maher (who’s far from being an actual skeptic, but seems to claim the title anyway) and Richard Dawkins (too arrogant), and more nice guys like the new and improved Penn, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bill Nye.
Video courtesy of the following tweet:
Absolutely stunning: Atheist @pennjillette intelligently defending Catholicism from Piers Morgan’s ignorance ow.ly/it0HU
— Aleteia(@AleteiaEN) March 6, 2013
The Goug' Blog 
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a hero of mine. It's interesting that level-headed debate is not around more on our screens. Is that because the media favours extremist opinions because that's more “interesting to watch”, whether those opinions are ridiculous or not.
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