Is Bill Maher serious?

[_moksha]

...he only wishes he could be as funny as Dennis Miller, who seems to be his mentor. I remember when he started copying Miller's version of "the news."

The same Dennis Miller who is working a gig as a conservative Republican pundit?


Dartangan, out of curiosity have you joined an evangelical group since you left the Mormon Church?

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[_Trevor]

The same Dennis Miller who is working a gig as a conservative Republican pundit?

I wasn't aware that Bill Maher was a liberal. Is he?

[_Sethbag]

I seem to recall claims that there are a lot of god-stories with very strong parallels to the Christ story, that suggests that the Christ story is just one of the latest in a family of related mythologies.

There are parallels between humans and chimpanzees. Does that mean that humans descended from chimps? No, it doesn't. But it does support the notion that humans and chimps both descended from earlier common ancestors.

Could the Horus/Jesus parallels be because the two beliefs are cousins in a family of related religious mythologies?

by the way, for what my opinion is worth, I started to watch Zeitgeist at one point, and I got interupted for some reason and could never summon the motivation to go back and finish it all. I'm really not into conspiracy theories, and 9/11 theories in particular.

[_LifeOnaPlate]

Dennis Miller. Couldn't make it in sports broadcasting so he had to try out politics.

Wait a minute...that career path sounds familiar.

[_dartagnan]

The same Dennis Miller who is working a gig as a conservative Republican pundit?

Miller used to be a liberal and a pretty harsh critic of republicans in his standup gigs, but has changed his mind over the past decade. But he isn't an across the board conservative.

Dartangan, out of curiosity have you joined an evangelical group since you left the Mormon Church?

Hell no.

[Alf'Omega]

And so it begins (as always), where dart can't remember from one post to the next what he's said. He must isolate the only post he has at hand, because that's as far as his attention span extends, and because it's suits his purpose.

Well, go ahead and point to this illusive "theory" I mentioned.

Gee, but that's not bigotry right? They're essentially dictating with certitude why theists believe in God, but on the other hand, if a theist tries to throw out a theory why atheists disbelieve, then they are the bigots.

Yes, but by saying so, you're grouping me in with all atheists. And the bigotry goes on...

I didn't say all atheist. The stupidity goes on...

Yeah, yours. You made a general statement. You didn't specify any number. You really are stupid if you think anyone's fooled by your BS.

Yeah, that would be stupid if I made that complaint. Since I didn't, you're the one left looking like the idiot you are.

I didn't say you made that complaint. I said you can't complain. And you called me a bigot and an idiot for doing exactly what Maher does.

So you admit you are a bigot, since that's what you think Maher is, and you did the same thing. Good. Glad we've established that. Now, if you could see your way to admitting you're an idiot, you'll have hit a homerun today.

this is based on a false assumption, and again, you demonstrate your own idiocy. You're just too stupid to realize you've missed the point.

No false assumption. You did exactly what I knew you (or some others) would do. It was hilarious. Now you're pissed off about it. Oh well.

LOL

You, in maniac dart insane narcissist demented perception world, think I did something today that you think (for whatever passes for your thinking mechanism) somehow proves some idiotic idea you have, but you can't seem to get it past your dense skull that I didn't. You can only see it the way you want to. This might explain your ability to believe in other imaginary falsehoods. But out here in the real world... well, I've already explained why you're wrong. You didn't get it before, so I shouldn't expect you to get it now if I explained it again.

I'm sure you wish I was pissed off, because you just can't stand being the only one throwing a temper tantrum. We've seen this before from you. You make me laugh. Stomp your little feet in anger again, little one. Shall I call the comforting panda again for you? LOL

Oh well indeed.

Well that's new, coming from you. I like how you're backtracking to make it appear that you're not a bigot, but all along had the grand scheme to make a point about atheists.

There is nothing grand about my little social experiments. And I never said "all" atheists. Either leran to read, or just stick to books with big pictures.

Again, you aren't fooling anyone, moron.

And I recommend you take your own advice and take an English class. I'm amazed you aren't embarrassed by your own ignorance (what's funny about this is you don't even recognize it... ROTFLMAO). At least we all get a good laugh out of it (those who aren't cringing for you, I guess).

You're way too easy. I really should stop having so much fun at your expense, but sometimes, it's like you're desperately crying out to be made fun of, and I suppose today, my resistance is low.

[_aussieguy55]

Many individuals in the hyperfaith movement state that God revealed to them such and such, and yet have been found to lead extremely wealthy lives from the donations of their followers. Does God answer them like Sherri states she receives.I notice when some people live very bad lives (she had several abortions ) they go to the other extreme and become religiously fanatical.I once saw John Safferon participate in some exorcism in a Pentecostal Church where they were supposed to be exorcising some evil spirits in him. It was very funny, but the pastors looked silly.
I am going to wait til I see the movie before I make a comment.

[_Trevor]

I seem to recall claims that there are a lot of god-stories with very strong parallels to the Christ story, that suggests that the Christ story is just one of the latest in a family of related mythologies.

Myth happens to be one of my areas of scholarly interest. The influence of myth on history in antiquity is generally accepted by scholars. To say that the existence of mythological themes in stories about a historical figure proves the person did not exist is a stretch. Having said that, the evidence for Jesus' life is comparatively thin.

[_GoodK]

Any parallel that exists is meaningless.

Wait a minute. Says who?

Changing your tune, I see... I thought Maher was a liar???

Continue to be the butt of the joke if you want.

LOL. You, my friend, have been the butt of many jokes lately. Keep it up.

But I'll take that as a retraction for calling Bill Maher a liar. I'm sure he'd appreciate it.

No Egyptologist agrees with your uneducated assessment.

Back to pretending to be a scholar. I just called you on this, don't you remember?

You are hardly a scholar, let alone an amateur apologist.

My assessment is that you believe some very stupid things, so nothing you say should be taken on faith. That being said, your boring dismissal of all the Jesus myth and Horus myth parallels aren't going to cut it. It didn't convince anyone back in January either.

Harbur and Massey are not Egyptologists.

Well i don't know who this "Harbur" is, but Tom Harpur is a serious religious scholar. Do you know what a religious scholar is?

You said that no serious religious scholar would claim that the Jesus myth was borrowed from the Horus myth. That kind of religious scholar.

Massy did Egyptian stuff as a hobby in the early 20th century.

More BS. When will it stop?

Do Christians care about the truth?

Seriously, I'm beginning to wonder if Schmo is right and you really can't keep up with your own posts.

[_Some Schmo]

I wasn't aware that Bill Maher was a liberal. Is he?

Not sure if he'd call himself a liberal/democrat or not, but he's supporting Obama this election, has many beliefs normally associated with liberals, and a lot of his audience certainly seems to lean left.