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Bill Maher on Liberal California

As a Californian, I can say that Maher’s description of the state is dead-on. It really is nice here.

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Bill Maher on the New Pope

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The Alexandra Pelosi and Bill Maher Stereotype Controversy: Whites in Mississippi; Welfare Recipients in New York

Here’s Alexandra Pelosi’s “The South will Rise Again” segment for Bill Maher’s program, putting on display a small sample of Rick Santorum’s base: _____ And here’s the follow-up segment, a week later, in which Alexandra Pelosi gets some Barack Obama … Continue reading

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The Human Bones Discovered at Masada: An Example of Religion Hindering Science

At the academic web magazine, Bible and Interpretation, anthropologist Joe Zias complains about ultra-orthodox Jews hindering archaeology and anthropology: For several decades self-appointed groups of the ultra-orthodox have been waging an all out cultural war against the archaeological community in general and … Continue reading

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I Thought Bill Maher is an Atheist

But in this clip he suggests that he is an agnostic, and rejects atheism because it “mirrors the certitude that is religion”: Maher’s views in the clip mirror my own (straddling the confidence atheist and confidence theist divide). The clip dates to … Continue reading

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America’s Comedic Socrates: Bill Maher on “Religulous” and His “I don’t know” Agnosticism

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The Emperor Has No Clothes?: A Film Review of Bill Maher’s “Religulous”

Religulous sets Bill Maher in the role of a modern-day, ironic Socrates, roaming about (in the United States, England, Italy, and Israel) and asking “What do human beings think that they know about ultimate things?” Maher knows that he doesn’t know the … Continue reading

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“The People I Call Rationalists . . . Let’s Have Our Voices Heard and Be in the Debate”: Bill Maher on Out-of-the-Closet Agnosticism, and His New Film, “Religulous”

Bill Maher talked to Salon.com today about his new film, Religulous. Money quote: I don’t use the word “atheist” about myself, because I think it mirrors the certitude I’m so opposed to in religion. What I say in the film … Continue reading

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