The hubris of Rationalism. Hey Maher - haven't you heard reason and logic are tools of the White European Male Oppressor?
(pssst... I've tried the secular way. It doesn't work. Leaves you feeling empty. No matter how full your life is.)
Boy, isn't that the truth?
But as for Maher, I can't really agree the United States is similar to its emenies; nor does religion necessarily make one unenlightened (I certainly wouldn't consider Buddhists to be unenlightened people). Sure religion is pressed upon you in childhood, if you come from a Christian home as I did, but at some point you must make the choice to accept or reject those beliefs.
At least Christians in this nation are not attempting to force me to convert, or stoning me for unbelief.