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Title: Bill Maher: Christians Have Neurological Disorder
Source: WorldNetDaily.com
URL Source: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42906
Published: Feb 18, 2005
Author: WorldNetDaily.com
Post Date: 2005-02-18 10:31:24 by Brian S
Keywords: Neurological, Christians, Disorder
Views: 2641
Comments: 76

Says parents 'drill' religion into kids' heads using biblical 'fairy tales'


Posted: February 18, 2005

Television personality Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," says Christians and others who are religious suffer from a neurological disorder that "stops people from thinking."

Appearing as a guest on MSNBC's "Scarborough County" this week, Maher told host Joe Scarborough:

"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's 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."

The former host of "Politically Incorrect" said the lack of enlightenment of so many Americans means the nation actually has more in common with its enemies than one might think.

Said Maher: "When you look at beliefs in such things as, do you go to heaven, is there a devil, we have more in common with Turkey and Iran and Syria than we do with European nations and Canada and nations that, yes, I would consider more enlightened than us."

Maher explained that he was not singling out evangelicals, but was targeting all "religious" people.

"I think the vote in Missouri [rejecting same-sex marriage] and a lot of other states is because people are religious," Maher said. "They don't have to be evangelical, but they're religious. They believe in religion, which as – I think it was Jesse Ventura who had that quote about religion is a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers."

The television host told Scarborough he was convinced evangelicals' influence will wane.

Said Maher: "When people say to me, 'You hate America,' I don't hate America. I love America. I am just embarrassed that it has been taken over by people like evangelicals, by people who do not believe in science and rationality. It is the 21st century. And I will tell you, my friend. The future does not belong to the evangelicals. The future does not belong to religion."

Later in the interview, Maher returned to the childhood-religion theme, comparing fairy tales to Bible stories:

"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."

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#5. To: Brian S (#0)

Said Maher: "When people say to me, 'You hate America,' I don't hate America. I love America. I am just embarrassed that it has been taken over by people like evangelicals, by people who do not believe in science and rationality. It is the 21st century. And I will tell you, my friend. The future does not belong to the evangelicals. The future does not belong to religion."

So says the man who one day will wake up in the fires of hell unless he at least changes his hatred of Christians.

CAPPSMADNESS  posted on  2005-02-18   17:07:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#5)

So says the man who one day will wake up in the fires of hell unless he at least changes his hatred of Christians.

Oh, my friend. Tsk. There is no such thing as hell. We've been thru that. And if he's going to this mythic place, so am I, cuz I hate most of 'em too. (Christians).

Samuel Gray  posted on  2005-02-18   18:30:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Samuel Gray (#8)

hate most of 'em too. (Christians).

Then you hate me?

Or do you hate the neocon, new age Christians????

CAPPSMADNESS  posted on  2005-02-18   18:46:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#12)

Then you hate me?

Aw, c'mon. I don't hate you. You confound me with that diamond wall of faith that no amount of logic or data to the contrary can breach, but no, quite the opposite, where you're concerned.

The rest of 'em, case by case basis, but as a species, I could live without 'em.

Samuel Gray  posted on  2005-02-18   18:49:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Samuel Gray (#15)

You confound me with that diamond wall of faith that no amount of logic or data to the contrary can breach

THAT is the beauty of faith! I believe with my heart and my soul. all logic and data changes as the times change. Faith never changes and God never changes.

Why place my heart upon the evershifting sands when I can place it on firm foundations???

CAPPSMADNESS  posted on  2005-02-18   18:52:40 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#16)

THAT is the beauty of faith! I believe with my heart and my soul. all logic and data changes as the times change. Faith never changes and God never changes.

Why place my heart upon the evershifting sands when I can place it on firm foundations???

Nothing I can say will persuade you that you are wrong, so I'll just shake my head, and say with fondness "whatever makes you happy."

:)

Samuel Gray  posted on  2005-02-18   18:57:12 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Samuel Gray (#18)

But I am not the one who is wrong....

=0)

CAPPSMADNESS  posted on  2005-02-18   19:01:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#19)

I'm comfortable with that possibility. I've made my choice.

Samuel Gray  posted on  2005-02-18   19:03:31 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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