Bill Maher - Enlightened?
By Doug Hagin (02/23/05)
Are you a Christian? Muslim? Jew? Hindu? A person of any religious faith at all? Well if you are then many Americans seem to think you are a person with mental problems. Yes, you are a basket case according to some on the political left. You are, according to these folks logic, a closed-minded, non-thinking, person with no belief in science or rationality. Gee, I wonder what they really think.
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Commenting on why he thinks America is a less enlightened nation than European nations Maher opined this; 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 is 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."
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Bill Maher clearly thinks himself smarter than those of us who express a belief in God. He thinks himself more rational, saner, and more enlightened than people of faith. Those who have watched his show might question his self-proclaimed mental superiority though.
This is a man who cannot seem to make any point without using the f word at least three times. This certainly takes a higher mental state now doesnt it?
I suppose in Bill Mahers obviously superior mind saying the f word makes you better, or more rational than people who go to church or read the Bible. Using this logic Rap music must be considered well above the works of Beethoven or Bach. After all those guys never had a symphony with the f word did they?
http://www.americandaily.com/article/6919
By Doug Hagin (02/23/05)
Are you a Christian? Muslim? Jew? Hindu? A person of any religious faith at all? Well if you are then many Americans seem to think you are a person with mental problems. Yes, you are a basket case according to some on the political left. You are, according to these folks logic, a closed-minded, non-thinking, person with no belief in science or rationality. Gee, I wonder what they really think.
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Commenting on why he thinks America is a less enlightened nation than European nations Maher opined this; 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 is 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."
...
Bill Maher clearly thinks himself smarter than those of us who express a belief in God. He thinks himself more rational, saner, and more enlightened than people of faith. Those who have watched his show might question his self-proclaimed mental superiority though.
This is a man who cannot seem to make any point without using the f word at least three times. This certainly takes a higher mental state now doesnt it?
I suppose in Bill Mahers obviously superior mind saying the f word makes you better, or more rational than people who go to church or read the Bible. Using this logic Rap music must be considered well above the works of Beethoven or Bach. After all those guys never had a symphony with the f word did they?
http://www.americandaily.com/article/6919
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