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"Bill Maher on HBO's "Real Time" goes on a rant about how atheism and theism are incompatible ideologically. He "un-baptizes" Mitt Romney's deceased father-in-law, who was himself an atheist. Funny as hell!"
From Pariah 2001
This photo is from the same monologue/editorial Bill Maher did on the same program about Atheism and religion.
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| Source:Real Time With Bill Maher- on Atheism and religion. |
Religion: "the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
"ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
Atheism: "disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods'
You can see these definitions for yourself at Dictionary.com.
Of course I agree that Atheism is not a religion. But I also believe hat if jump into a lake, I would get wet. Unless someone who was dying of first, managed to drink every last drop of water, before landed in the lake. But I don't think that's the point here.
I think the point here is that Atheists, especially hard-core Atheists who put down everyone who is religious the same way that fundamentalist believers put down everyone who disagrees with them on anything, including other believers, sound like fundamentalists as well.
If you think about it, Atheists and fundamentalists have one big thing in common and this includes Bill Maher: they don't disagree with the Golden Rule, they hate the Golden Rule to the point that they think it should be outlawed.
If you are going to live in a free society, it helps to not put down people as immoral, crazy, and stupid, simply because of religion, or any other issues where the individuals have a constitutional right to decide for themselves whether to be part of whatever the activity is.
America has lasted almost 240 years with fundamentalists, Atheists, and Agnostics, even with the fact that we've always had fundamentalists on the Far-Right, who not only love their religious beliefs, but think they should be the law of the land and hate the concept of the Separation of Church and State. And not just Atheists, but Communists on the Far-Left, who would probably try to outlaw organized religion, if they ever came to power.
One of the beauties of free speech and personal freedom, it allows for everyone to be themself and live and learn. Let's keep it that way.
