Posted on 09/30/2008 12:34:30 PM PDT by Zakeet
America is "dumb" because it remains the most religious country in the western world. This according to Bill Maher, who made such a statement on the September 30 edition of "The View." Appearing to promote his new documentary "Religulous," Maher continued his soapbox rants against organized religion. Elisabeth Hasselbeck set up Maher noting his comparison of President Bush to Osama Bin Laden, and noted that many presidents such as John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, spoke publicly of a higher power. Maher likewise replied "of course, it’s, it’s a religious country, unlike every other civilized western democracy in the world, this country is still extremely religious because we’re young and dumb."
After denying judgement in his film, Bill Maher chastised those of faith for lacking "critical thinking." Hasselbeck followed up wondering if he believes those of faith are lacking intelligence. Maher denied he subscribes to such a sentiment, but added intelligent people of faith have a "neurological disorder" who "walled off part of [their] mind."
At the end of the segment Sherri Shepherd wondered if the comedian " ever just talked to God and asked God what does He think." Maher answered Sherri with the question "did he answer you?" When Shepherd answered in the affirmative, Bill Maher suggested she suffers from a mental disorder.
Before quickly moving to religion, Maher weighed in on the presidential campaign. On the subject of Sarah Palin, the comedian made an unintentionally funny line: "If Joe Biden made some of the comments she made to Katie Couric, we would think he had brain damage." Actually, the opposite holds true as, as NewsBusters has documented, the networks have been much quicker to jump on Sarah Palin’s gaffes than they have Joe Biden’s. Sherri Shepherd was quick to note Biden’s comment that FDR appeared on television when the stock market crashed.
Maher also, in his rant against Sarah Palin, labeled the Alaska governor a "bimbo," but very quickly added a bimbo can be a man or a woman. In an attempt to recover more, Maher also called Dan Quayle a "bimbo."
Relevent portions of the transcript follow.
Maher: The Moose Shooter is a young dumb religious bimbo!
Zak: Maher is a poor stupid lost liberal twit!
I think they are describing their reflections in the mirror.
Bill Maher is old and out of touch. America is no longer a Christian nation.
Mahr deserves a good beating. He is the devil.
I’d like to give Maher the worst atomic wedgie of his life and that would take some doing! One that defies the stretchability of the cotton/spandex/latex.
Bill, religion is part of America’s heritage and foundation. You’re just going to have to get over it!
The liberals are trying to hijack America and turn it into an anything-but-Christian socialist state. Jesus and Christianity is what they really hate.
Here is a little Religious Proficiency Test for ya’...
Imagine Bill Maher having a death-bed conversion and being saved at the last minute and try to smile about it.
If you have a hard time with that, you have more work to do, as I do.
I disagree. Maher deserves the passive scorn of being ignored. His little movie isn’t likely to do very well either.
Is there some way I can add Maher to an ignore list so his name won’t show up when I view FR anymore?
Nothing this repulsive mutoid says or does is of the slightest interest to me.
My guess is that Maher is mad at his Mommy and Daddy, and has never gotten over it. He’ll probably never grow up.
Maher’s arms are too short to box with God.
Old and stupid is no way to go through life.
What does Bill Maher say one second after he dies?
Answer: Ooops!
i don’t think he’s funny. i won’t spend one minute of my time or one dollar on that human debris.
i do wonder though, the commercials, he calls it “bible land” and then you see explosions.
the explosions in “bible land” (israel, middle east) are coming from those that use the koran to excuse their islamic facist, murderous behavior
did he also insult the muslims? and the koran? or only the bible?
if he didn’t take on fanatical islam, he’s a coward.
or maybe the truth is that Jesus IS real, and we are accountable to God for our own actions!!
Bill Maher does not deserve any attention. He is a lowly, scumbag elitist that made his money being negative. Plus he is a buffoon.
Yeah I do, but it’s not for the same reason you allude to, it is because I will know that he has wasted pretty much his whole life up until that point!
Hey Bill.
I seem to recall that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a religious man. A Christian even. A Reverend, I believe.
Was he suffering from a “neurological disorder”?
Isn’t he one of your heroes?
I saw an ad for your movie last night, and it looked like an unfunny, execrable piece of filth.
Just like you.
From someone who believes he has no reason to exist.
ABCDisney didn’t learn their lesson after 9-11 when Bill Maher shot his trap off.
And he’s the past tense of a dumb “twit”.
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