by Mulan 3 Replies latest social entertainment
Real Time With Bill Maher plays on HBO throughout the week. The new show was on last night, and during the discussion, he started in on religion and talked about Jehovah's witnesses and Michael Jackson's upbringing, including no birthday celebrations.
Try to catch it, if you can.
Eh, for those of us without HBO, can you go into a little more detail? I strongly admire Maher for contesting the puerile belittling of the 9/11 hijackers by pundits in admitting their heinous act was in fact the opposite of "cowardly." Here is a man unafraid to speak the truth. Although I don't always agree with his views, I'd like to know what was said.
Bill Maher was speaking of the harm that religion inflicts on its adherents. As an example he pointed out that Michael Jackson growing up without celebrating birthdays caused him enormous guilt and emotional pain when he did celebrate his mothers birthday. Maher was about to make the point that Jacksons' other problems were made worse by his Jehovah's Witness beliefs, but the Baptist Congresswoman from Ohio was too upset at the idea that religion could possibly be harmfull to allow Maher to finish his thought.
I loved the way Bill Maher was talking about the Muslims ruling in Iraq and how crazy their religion was. Then he stated he was watching VH1 and how Michael Jackson was raised a JW and how guilty Michael was just throwing a birthday party for his mother.
Wasn't hard to connect the dots that he thought the crazy Muslims and JWs were similar with their crazy behavior and doctrines.
