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Noah, Bill Maher Calls Out the Stupid

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Few people can put together a bit like Bill to poke fun at all the silly inconsistencies in religions. Here's a good rant which pokes fun at the new movie, "Noah" and then goes further by ripping on a few points beyond.

 
Anyone who takes the Noahic flood story literally is an idiot.

No discussion. They're idiots.

Right now there's science stories about "oceans in the mantle" and dumb &*( creationists are all like "FLOOD STORY LITERALLY TRUE!!!!"

Apparently they don't realize that, one, the water down there is superheated and two, releasing that much water to flood the Earth would not only kill nearly all life, it would ensure that anything that did live through would have a much hotter planet as well as a much higher pressure planet from all of the water vapor.

Congratulations. You just promoted an argument that results in the greatest extinction of life the planet has ever known as proof that the Bible is true.

Literal Creationists are in my book, the stupidest people on the debate ladder.
 
Anyone who takes the Noahic flood story literally is an idiot.

No discussion. They're idiots.

Right now there's science stories about "oceans in the mantle" and dumb &*( creationists are all like "FLOOD STORY LITERALLY TRUE!!!!"

Apparently they don't realize that, one, the water down there is superheated and two, releasing that much water to flood the Earth would not only kill nearly all life, it would ensure that anything that did live through would have a much hotter planet as well as a much higher pressure planet from all of the water vapor.

Congratulations. You just promoted an argument that results in the greatest extinction of life the planet has ever known as proof that the Bible is true.

Literal Creationists are in my book, the stupidest people on the debate ladder.

Honestly, the funny part thing here is that "literal" interpretation isn't even necessary.

There very likely was a "flood" of sorts in the Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the last ice age. The event would have encompassed the whole of the "known world" for the peoples who experienced it.

Hell! It's impossible to prove, but there very well might have been some prehistoric chieftain who lead his people to safety following the event.

Trying to concoct nonsensical means of explaining how the entire globe could "flood" and leave no trace of the event behind afterwards simply makes Fundamentalist Protestants and Creationists look foolish.
 
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What is truly sad (but quite expected) is that Maher and much of the entertainment industry is apparently so short on material, they will go beyond simply critiquing a movie to bashing religious faith and God in order to get a few laughs. Bravo Bill Maher! You've pointed out the empirical and scientific inconsistencies in the Noachian Flood story.....like this hasn't been done before.....like it's some new revelation!

When will the secular world ever be able to comprehend that those of true faith (regardless of religion) simply do not require proof.....or even scientific evidence? (this is a rhetorical question, btw).......It kind of contradicts the whole idea of having "faith" in the first place. Its a movie for mercy's sake.....it's entertainment........what difference does it really make if some people prefer a literal interpretation and others an allegorical one? Calm down......its just a movie.......not a social revolution. Geez. :shrug:
 
the only stupid bill maher ever proves is how dumb he really is.
 
I'm still waiting for the Biblical adaptation I really want to see.

A man. A whale. An adventure. Shia LaBeouf stars in ...

JONAH
 
Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

The rabid atheist Bill Maher says, that God is a psychotic mass murderer in the reference to the movie "Noah". Okay, he's allowed an opinion. A strange one for a guy who doesn't believe in this deities existence, he's vilifying.

Then he says, "Conservatives are always going on about how Americans are losing their values and their morality, well maybe it’s because you worship a guy who drowns babies.”

Is it my imagination or is that a little "too far" in assumptions?


Late night comedian Bill Maher told his HBO “Real Time” audience on Friday that God was a “psychotic mass murderer.” He made the comments during a conversation on the biblical story of Noah and the upcoming Hollywood version of it that’s about to hit the big screen.

Mr. Maher continued: “Hey God, you know you’re kind of a [expletive] when you’re in a movie with Russell Crowe and you’re the one with anger issues. […] Conservatives are always going on about how Americans are losing their values and their morality, well maybe it’s because you worship a guy who drowns babies.”
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Well, if one takes the story of the flood literally, what else would you call it?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

You're taking a comedian/entertainer seriously. You shouldn't.
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

It's Bill Maher. Why would anyone bother paying attention to him in the first place?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Well, if one takes the story of the flood literally, what else would you call it?

I'd call it "everyone dies anyway", so why isn't God just a 'give it and take it away' kind of guy?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

He is not vilifying god, but rather he is vilifying the concept of this particular god that people revere.
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

I'd call it "everyone dies anyway", so why isn't God just a 'give it and take it away' kind of guy?

Because "give it and take it away" kind of guys don't punish the many for the few (floods, locusts, & more), don't rape innocent young girls in their sleep, then crucify her child when he becomes a man. They don't threaten the life of someone's child in order to force someone to worship him.

I'm sure there's more, but that's a good start.
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

According to the books written about this entity, it has indeed done the things he accuses it of. Those that see these stories as truth and then decide to follow it, either condone the actions or accept the terrible acts as Okay.
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Well, for an avowed atheist, Bill Maher saying that "God," is a "this or a that," is oxymoronic to begin with.

I think in his gnashing of his teeth, he was mocking the biblical account for "God," which, pretty much presents Him as a psychotic mass murderer. Who can deny that really?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Bill Mahler badmouths God.... how remarkable and surprising. :roll:
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Well, for an avowed atheist, Bill Maher saying that "God," is a "this or a that," is oxymoronic to begin with.

I think in his gnashing of his teeth, he was mocking the biblical account for "God," which, pretty much presents Him as a psychotic mass murderer. Who can deny that really?

I am confused ... are you saying that god is not presented as a psychotic mass murderer in the bible? Or are you saying, yeah, he's mocking appropriately because god is presented as a psychotic mass murderer?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Because "give it and take it away" kind of guys don't punish the many for the few (floods, locusts, & more), don't rape innocent young girls in their sleep, then crucify her child when he becomes a man. They don't threaten the life of someone's child in order to force someone to worship him.

I'm sure there's more, but that's a good start.
With a god like that ...
... who needs a satan??
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

The rabid atheist Bill Maher says, that God is a psychotic mass murderer in the reference to the movie "Noah". Okay, he's allowed an opinion. A strange one for a guy who doesn't believe in this deities existence, he's vilifying.

Then he says, "Conservatives are always going on about how Americans are losing their values and their morality, well maybe it’s because you worship a guy who drowns babies.”

Is it my imagination or is that a little "too far" in assumptions?

Bill Mayer is a vile excuse for a man - not surprising, however, that the Obama reelection Super PAC accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from this upstanding model of liberal tolerance and virtue.
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

He is not vilifying god, but rather he is vilifying the concept of this particular god that people revere.

actions have consequences is such an awful concept
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Bill Mahler badmouths God.... how remarkable and surprising. :roll:

True he does, and can you in anyway deny his remarks are true according to the presentation of god in the bible? Or are you, like Bill suggests, so indoctrinated in your beliefs that you can't see that your god as presented in the bible is a psychotic mass murderer, rapist, and an insecure fellow that needs tons of useless worshipping?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Bill Mayer is a vile excuse for a man - not surprising, however, that the Obama reelection Super PAC accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from this upstanding model of liberal tolerance and virtue.

I'd compare Bill Maher's life and times as being a whole lot less vile than the biblical history of god.
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

Bill Mayer is a vile excuse for a man - not surprising, however, that the Obama reelection Super PAC accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from this upstanding model of liberal tolerance and virtue.

Why, exactly, are liberals supposed to be "tolerant" of views that are intolerant at their very core?
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

With a god like that ...
... who needs a satan??
Exactly right, but I guess they had to create a hell and devil even worse than god so god would look good by comparison, because that's the only way he looks in anyway "good".
 
Re: Bill Maher: God a ‘psychotic mass murderer’ who ‘drowns babies’

actions have consequences is such an awful concept

Despite your post being a non sequitur it does prompt this follow up question

Are you implying that exterminating humanity aside from a select few is an appropriate consequence? As a non believer this does seem absolutely ludicrous.
 
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