Maher: Religion as brain disease
19 February 2005 by RonFun interview with Bill Maher, who is becoming the new George Carlin when he talks about religion: Bill Maher: Christians have neurological disorder (As reported by WorldNet Daily, who will report the best parts, although they think of them as the worst parts). A few tidbits:
I think religion is a neurological disorder…. 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.
Go Bill.
21 February 2005, on 3:07 am
He’s going on my heros’ list
22 February 2005, on 1:14 am
I love him too, he is too funny.
22 February 2005, on 2:19 pm
Are people mad at God or christians and how they represent GOd?
22 February 2005, on 3:43 pm
Uh, Marnia, we don’t believe in God — hence the “atheist” label. Hence, not “mad at God”. I personally AM mad at at least some Xians for the lies, the attempts to oppress, and the attempts to undermine our secular institutions. And what’s angrier, anyway — our ranting against stupidity, or the Xians condemning all those who don’t share their idiocy to enternal torture? And iff Xians say we deserve eternal torture for our religious beliefs — as many of them do — I think we’re entitled to a little anger in response.
25 February 2005, on 10:01 am
When I was a Christian, I really hated Bill & people like him. They made me so angry talking about my God & my religion that way.
Now that I have stepped into the light (atheism) I am able to enjoy humor so much better. No more off-limits subjects.
Man, I missed a lot of good stuff over the years.
25 February 2005, on 3:10 pm
When I first read the post I thought it said Bill MOYERs and I thought, wow, that’s farther than I thought he’d go. He’s said some spot on things about the rapture believers, but nothing that strongly atheistic. Then I realized it was Maher, which seems more in line. Either way, I applaud them both!
27 February 2005, on 1:22 pm
It is quite refreshing to see people coming out against religion, but I don’t think Mr. Maher’s comments would make a difference. As an atheist I think that I was born into the wrong era as humans are still extremely primitive. Although I enjoy his comments regarding religion, I just don’t know if his message reaches out to a large number of people.
2 August 2005, on 8:44 am
I have to agree that there isn’t enough atheist stuff getting out to the public. It might have someting to to do with the general feeling that personal principles have been been pushed aside by media trendiness and the philosophy of the “cool”. THIS GIVES religious people an opportunity to say ‘I told you so’. What to do?