tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post8908019179757321340..comments2023-10-12T05:00:35.247-04:00Comments on Jacob's Land of Bliss and Blisters: Bill Maher May Be an AssJacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-10765640607962199132008-10-03T13:33:00.000-04:002008-10-03T13:33:00.000-04:00I agree it's very unfair to categorize all religio...I agree it's very unfair to categorize all religious people as idiots --- surprise surprise.<BR/><BR/>I wonder whether Maher's film is intended as a blatant response to Ben Stein's "Expelled", a defense of teaching intelligent design in public schools (which critics unanimously called an idiotic film).<BR/><BR/>http://www.expelledthemovie.com/video.phpChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796345438886867796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-11967138253347103932008-10-02T06:45:00.000-04:002008-10-02T06:45:00.000-04:00I agree with Courtney. I stopped going to church b...I agree with Courtney. I stopped going to church because even as a teenager I could not handle the holier-than-thous chastizing me for not being Christian enough when I knew exactly what they did at football games and parties.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245359960166359487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-10059101608066049062008-10-01T12:16:00.000-04:002008-10-01T12:16:00.000-04:00Agreed. People who try to impose their atheism on ...Agreed. People who try to impose their atheism on others are just as bad as Bible-beaters. The only difference that stands out in my mind is that a lot of religious people equate their religion with morality, while a lot of atheists realize you can be a good person regardless of your spirituality. Of course, there are also the atheists who think all religious people are idiots, and that's not Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940936362201799176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-87806051368420359252008-10-01T10:30:00.000-04:002008-10-01T10:30:00.000-04:00Yeah, that's always been my point. If you didn't h...Yeah, that's always been my point. If you didn't have religion, people would find other reasons to kill each other. I kind of like the Southpark where Cartman goes into the future and Dawkins (I think) had converted the world to atheism so the different brands of atheism were fighting each other.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768654376657640904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061577.post-17410833698863314082008-10-01T10:26:00.000-04:002008-10-01T10:26:00.000-04:00I agree. I'm not a religious person, but I very mu...I agree. I'm not a religious person, but I very much admire the good that comes out of various religious organizations. In my view, the main purpose of a church is to organize people in a way that can benefit the greater good, and few establishments are better at this than churches. The problems arise when that effort begins to infringe on the freedoms of others.<BR/><BR/>Religions are not Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16980072484914437668noreply@blogger.com