Bill Maher's 'Questions to Ponder'

While I sometimes chafe at Bill Maher's seemingly excessive self-assurance, just as I chafe at say, Pat Robertson, I think he poses questions Christians profit from being able to answer--whether or not he cares to listen to the answers. I'll be going to the movie.

I have followed Bill Maher avidly since the days of 'Politically Incorrect' on ABC (in the 90s).

Even Maher isn't totally void of spirituality. He somewhat subscribes to Deepak Chopra and speaks about the virtues of some of Mr. Chopra's products and techniques.

Personally, I find Mr. Chopra genuine. I use a bio-feedback device he endorses on his website and have read several of his books.

I go to the Church of Religious Science. Last season, Mr. Maher interviewed a Californian and fellow parishioner of my church and said that Religious Science was the church of hair splitting.

That's alright!

I totally agree with Ron's post above and ditto: "I think he poses questions Christians profit from being able to answer--whether or not he cares to listen to the answers. I'll be going to the movie."

I think the problem with fundamentalists and hard-core folks (there are SOME hard-core New Agers, Wiccans, Scientologists, Hare Krishnas, etc. too) is that they don't understand that doubt is an essential component of faith.

The alternatives to faith are knowledge (which can be helpful) and delusion. Neither of these alternatives is the same as faith.
I think questioning faith allows for exploration and growth.

I think Bill Maher (John Stewart & Steven Colbert) have actually done a great service in the political spectrum too. Their ability to mock and raise doubts about all sides in the political arena seems to be more honest than the cable and network news.

God bless Bill Maher!

I don't go to the movies very often. I'll probably give this a pass but it doesn't mean that I won't go see it. Christians have always been able to laugh at them selves. As kids we have asked these very questions. Being able to see pass these things and not take ourselves to seriously has made us stronger.

Bill Maher is a comic/satirist/political junkie. I hope that he does offend everybody and that they can laugh at themselves. I have been accused of being a heretic because I have called the creationists "Flat-Earth Christians" who fail to see God as the only true Father and Author of Science.

I like Bill Mahar, have always appreciated his sense of humour, as well as his intelligence. He is an equal opportunity offender, and no race, religion, gender or political party is safe from his barbs. I will see this as I enjoy his take on everything.

I find Maher extremely funny except when I find his hostility toward faith extremely offensive. I realize that most of his attacks really only are aimed at those who are both politically conservative and religiously far right conservative. But he paints with such a broad brush that he seems completely dismissive of any legitimate faith. Interestingly, he tones down the anti-Christian rhetoric if someone like Jesse Jackson or Cornel West is on his show.

I don't find his questions difficult to answer from a faith based perspective at all. Much like certain militantly atheist scientists, he seems to believe that he's completed defeated Christianity when all he has really done is attack the most conservative versions of it.