--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=186752
Tremendous. In case you were wondering, here is the Gospel According To Maher: If someone came to you today and told you, "God had a son -- He's a single parent -- and He said to his son, 'Jesus, I'm going to send you to Earth on a suicide mission, but don't worry...they can't kill you because you're really Me. But it is going to hurt for a hot minute...you're going to hate Me but it's the best thing for you, son...I mean Me. I'm you, you're Me. So here's the plan, son. I, God the Father...wink wink...I'll go down to Earth first. We'll split up the work, because we're two people...not really...and I'll see if I can't find a Palestinian woman so she can give birth to you...I mean Me.'" I honestly believe that the people who should thank Bill Maher most for this film are those who consider themselves religious. Because this film offers them an opportunity to challenge their faith, and come out the other side with not only that faith intact, but their sense of humor intact as well. If they can do that, and with grace, then the faith can actually be considered faith. If they get angry, and lose it, and attempt to demonize him for...uh... assault with a still-functional mind, then they'll come across as idiots who have sold their own minds into slavery. One of the things that Maher points out in this clip is how little religious people know about religion. He went around asking Christians what the difference was between the Devil and the Antichrist, and nobody knew. Nobody could explain the difference to him, and if they thought they were two different beings, who worked for who. Doncha think it's about time somebody THOUGHT about shit like this instead of spouting it? People like Bill Maher aren't afraid to think about this stuff. If the religious are, and prove themselves to be *afraid to think* by how they react to this film, then I'm sorry, but the case will be made for who still has the ability to think.
