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Bill Maher - " All religions are not alike " .

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 16:22
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AURAPTOR

Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:07 PM

#!

On this point, his words are undeniable.

Yes, in history, most if not all religions have their 'fringe' element, who'll commit unspeakable acts.

But we don't live 500 or 1200 years ago. We live in the NOW. And NOW, there's only one religion that is far more likely than not to murder you for not believing in or respecting THEIR way. Doesn't mean everyone who is Muslim will do that, but of the top 10 or top 100 acts of violence committed in the name of some god or religion, odds are greatly in your favor that if you guessed 'Allah' or ' Muslim ', and you'd be right.

JONGSSTRAW

Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:42 PM

He lost 99.9% of his audience with that one! Even guest Salman Rushdie did a double take listening to Maher go on. Dude better beef up his armed security asap.

AURAPTOR

Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:43 PM

Loved the " that's just liberal bullshit " line.

Nailed it.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:58 PM

Nothing in the original post here was flawed....

AURAPTOR

Friday, April 26, 2013 2:45 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Nothing in the original post here was flawed....

Of course it wasn't. That's why the hippie Kumbaya nuts won't even dare TRY to dispute it.

They know.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

MAGONSDAUGHTER

Friday, April 26, 2013 4:14 AM

All religions are alike in that they follow orders from a mythical being.

HKCAVALIER

Friday, April 26, 2013 5:35 AM

And meanwhile, whom have we been bombing pretty much constantly for the past 10 years with no end in sight? What religion is most prominent in those regions of the world we have been bombing the most? Terrorism is a byproduct of occupation, always has been, always will be. You guys think you live in a moral vacuum and ya don't. Sorry.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

AURAPTOR

Friday, April 26, 2013 11:45 AM

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Terrorism is a byproduct of occupation

It's staggering that you actually believe that crap.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

HKCAVALIER

Friday, April 26, 2013 1:19 PM

Stagger away, my friend. Stagger away.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

NIKI2

Friday, April 26, 2013 4:46 PM

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Terrorism is a byproduct of occupation, always has been, always will be.

Amen, Cav. OUR terrorism was a byproduct of occupation, many conveniently forget that. Afghan terrorism against the Russians was a byproduct of occupation (and one we supported). When any hugely superior force overtakes a people who haven't the ability to fight back on their own terms, they fight back the only way they can, one at a time or in small groups, and we call them "freedom fighters" or "terrorists", depending on which side we're on.

Unquestionably, we are partly to blame for what has befallen us when it comes to Islamist extremism; their religion is used as a way to indoctrinate and recruit them (as Christianity has been in past history). Just as Christianity was utilized to burn witches, create pogroms, create the Spanish Inquisition...the fact that THIS is the world we live in today of course erases all of that for some, but the fact is that this IS the world we live in today...yesterday it was a different religion, tomorrow it will probably be another. The evangelical "branch" of Christianity is doing it's damndest to become the "religion of hate" right now; they just haven't gotten there yet. Given time, and power, they'd manage it.

Bill Maher is an asshole; I gave up on him long ago. He's the closest thing to a Rush Limbaugh for stirring up hatred and encouraging black-and-white thinking and he's an intelligent enough person that he should be ashamed of himself. It's easy to hate; it's harder to try and understand and recognize that all religions CAN BE dangerous and all humans CAN BE susceptible to being manipulated.

"It's not like people who are Muslim who do wacky things have a monopoly on it. We have hypocrites across faiths ... who say they're out for god and they end up doing..." (Maher interrupted him to blather on at that point)

Truer words were never spoken. Maher didn't want to hear them. Nor do some here, but they are true.