Bill Maher: Christians have neurological disorder

WorldNetDaily ^ | Feb 18, 2005 | Unk

[RobinOfKingston]

Bill Maher: Christians have neurological disorder Says parents 'drill' religion into kids' heads using biblical 'fairy tales' Posted: February 18, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern

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Bill Maher

Television personality Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," says Christians and others who are religious suffer from a neurological disorder that "stops people from thinking."

Appearing as a guest on MSNBC's "Scarborough County" this week, Maher told host Joe Scarborough:

"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. If you look at it logically, it's something that was drilled into your head when you were a small child. It certainly was drilled into mine at that age. And you really can't be responsible when you are a kid for what adults put into your head."

The former host of "Politically Incorrect" said the lack of enlightenment of so many Americans means the nation actually has more in common with its enemies than one might think.

Said Maher: "When you look at beliefs in such things as, do you go to heaven, is there a devil, we have more in common with Turkey and Iran and Syria than we do with European nations and Canada and nations that, yes, I would consider more enlightened than us."

Maher explained that he was not singling out evangelicals, but was targeting all "religious" people.

"I think the vote in Missouri [rejecting same-sex marriage] and a lot of other states is because people are religious," Maher said. "They don't have to be evangelical, but they're religious. They believe in religion, which as – I think it was Jesse Ventura who had that quote about religion is a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers."

The television host told Scarborough he was convinced evangelicals' influence will wane.

Said Maher: "When people say to me, 'You hate America,' I don't hate America. I love America. I am just embarrassed that it has been taken over by people like evangelicals, by people who do not believe in science and rationality. It is the 21st century. And I will tell you, my friend. The future does not belong to the evangelicals. The future does not belong to religion."

Later in the interview, Maher returned to the childhood-religion theme, comparing fairy tales to Bible stories:

"When you were a kid and they were telling you whatever you believe in religion, do you think if they had switched the fairy tales that they read to you in bed with the Bible, you would know the difference?

"Do you think if it was the fairy tale about a man who lived inside of a whale and it was religion that Jack built a beanstalk today, you would know the difference? Why do you believe in one fairy tale and not the other? Just because adults told you it was true and they scared you into believing it, at pain of death, at pain of burning in hell."

[loveitor..]

and he's a flying monkey too.

[Gal.5:1]

I truly am sad for people with this view. He is on the wrong side. Hopefully he will wake up spiritually one day and see the truth.

[AmericanChef]

-The former host of "Politically Incorrect"...-

Let's call it like we see it:
The has-been and lackluster comedian and terrible actor, plus former host of the mind-numbing and therefore cancelled "Politically Incorrect"...

[arizonarachel]

I recently became more involved in church and forming a relationship with God and Jesus. Prior to this, I had bouts of depression that were difficult to deal with. I no longer feel weighed down by things that I cannot change because I know God is with me through all the difficult times. I feel more free and more happy than I have in a long, long time. I am a better fiancee, more productive at my job, and am nicer to strangers than ever before. I don't think I have a disorder of any sort.

To see this just makes me feel bad for him - he obviously has no hope for himself or for his future. How sad.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Christians have neurological disorder

I would think it's the Muslims that have disorders.

[housewife101]

Speaking from personal experience, he isn't the only one who believes this way. Back when all of my health problems started, I was said to have "conversion disorder" due to the fact my father was a pastor and we had strong religious beliefs. I have now had it for 12 years so that is out the window, but it was a "real doctor" who diagnosed me with this.

Just pointing out that there are wackos like this everywhere! :-)

[nosofar]

Does anyone care what a washed-up has-been like Bill Maher thinks?

Apparently, whoever booked him on Scarborough County does.

[longtermmemmory]

actually his comments are a continuing symptom of denial from the far left where Mahr resides. They DESPERATLY hold on to the notion that conservative means "keep status quo". That is not the case, conserving individual rights, protecting for future generations (remember the CONSERVation movement of the 1960's-then the word was switched to environmentalism for politics) all perhaps.

Mahr wants to push the BS notion of only leftists are thinkers. It is a pathetic effort at self validation. Otherwise their whole worldview continues to colapse.

[nosofar]

My thought was why is he on these shows like he has some field of expertise in anything but comedy and he isn't even funny.

Nobody's perfect. My thought was why do people bother interviewing him?

[rcocean]

Funny how I never hear Maher trashing Judaism.

Wonder Why.

[DM1]

this guy is a scumbag
if nothing else religion helps teach morality something this yutz could learn

[pogo101]

Firing Bill Maher is one of the few sound decisions made by Disney's Michael Eisner since, oh, 1995.

[uncbob]

THing that gets me about these left wing boobs is as they make light of Christian beliefs they themselves adopt the religion of the left SOCIALISM with fanatical fervor

[Chunga]

I have no idea how he made it in show business. In his early days as a standup comedian he would frequently bomb at the best New York City comedy clubs. I saw him cuss out a packed house at Catch A Rising Star in the early '80s for refusing to laugh at a single joke.

This man ranks with the worst of the worst. I would rather listen to a tone-deaf musician, or view watercolors by a colorblind painter, or read a critique of Goethe by someone who knows nothing about the German language, than listen to this unfunny, blundering, tin-eared buffoon try to pass himself off as a comedian.

[polymuser]

I just searched ("Bill Maher" sick) and got 73,500 hits.

Remember this one?

"Oh, I tell you, things are getting so bad over there. On Wednesday, for example, three severed heads were found by the side of the road outside of Baghdad . Hey, memo to the Iraqi people: severed head pickup is Tuesday. [laughter] Look, if you want to sleep late, roll them out on Monday night and then…[laughter]"

[cubreporter]

Dear Mr. Maher,

You my friend will find out all about God and faith when you draw your last breath.

You are a needy, pathetic, comical little joke of a man with no life.

[cubreporter]

Dear Mr. Maher,

You my friend will find out all about God and faith when you draw your last breath.

You are a needy, pathetic, comical little joke of a man with no life.

[cubreporter]

Nope. He is a lost, wandering little person. The only neurological disorder here is: "him."

[OldEagle]

Honest, this is a serious question, it really is.
Does anybody care what this clown allegedly thinks?

[rcocean]

More wisdom from Bill Maher - genius - and friend of the Jews:

"I do think Mel Gibson is anti-Semitic," Maher told radio host Don Imus. "So, by the way, is Tom DeLay. So, by the way, are all these Christian right people who pretend to be friends of Israel."

Then Maher accused Christian fundamentalists of befriending Israel only because, ultimately, they'd like to see Jews die:

"You know, this is the sickest thing. They go over to Israel and they're not for the Bush road map to peace over there in the Middle East. Because they don't want Arabs in Jerusalem – because what they say is the Bible says that when Jesus comes back for the Second Coming, Jerusalem has