Published on 14 Mar 2014
March 14, 2014 - On Friday evening,
Bill Maher's "New Rules" segment concluded with a lengthy tirade against
the arbitrary rules and customs set forth in the Bible, as well as some
of the more unbelievable details religious folks still believe to be
literally true. Maher began the monologue by declaring that America is
"stupid" because 60 percent of the country reportedly believes the tale
of Noah's ark is literally true. He went on to slam the film Noah as
"floating giraffe crap," but said it "must be doing something right"
since it's been condemned by both Muslims and Christians. And the fact
that it might lose a lot of studio money, he joked, "may put it in hot
water with the Jews too."
That gave way to a rant on how the
world is now four centuries removed from the scientific revolution, and
yet we still find the Noah's ark story to be entirely true, despite some
of the more... unbelievable... details. Christians are mad about the
blockbuster film, he noted, because it doesn't take the Bible literally
enough. "They're mad that this made-up story doesn't stay true to their
made-up story," he quipped.
But, really, Maher said, Noah's tale
is an "immoral" one because it's about a "psychotic mass murderer who
gets away with it and his name is God." The Earth's creator became so
irate that he had created mankind so flawed, as Maher related, that he
sent a flood to kill everyone, including babies.
"What kind of tyrant kills everyone just to get back at the few he's mad at? I mean, besides Chris Christie," he jabbed.
"Isn't
life hard enough without making shit up out of thin air to fuck with
yourself?" he later asked of religion's arbitrary rules about food,
clothing, and other material goods.
Bill Maher's "New Rules" segment concluded with a lengthy tirade against
the arbitrary rules and customs set forth in the Bible, as well as some
of the more unbelievable details religious folks still believe to be
literally true. Maher began the monologue by declaring that America is
"stupid" because 60 percent of the country reportedly believes the tale
of Noah's ark is literally true. He went on to slam the film Noah as
"floating giraffe crap," but said it "must be doing something right"
since it's been condemned by both Muslims and Christians. And the fact
that it might lose a lot of studio money, he joked, "may put it in hot
water with the Jews too."
That gave way to a rant on how the
world is now four centuries removed from the scientific revolution, and
yet we still find the Noah's ark story to be entirely true, despite some
of the more... unbelievable... details. Christians are mad about the
blockbuster film, he noted, because it doesn't take the Bible literally
enough. "They're mad that this made-up story doesn't stay true to their
made-up story," he quipped.
But, really, Maher said, Noah's tale
is an "immoral" one because it's about a "psychotic mass murderer who
gets away with it and his name is God." The Earth's creator became so
irate that he had created mankind so flawed, as Maher related, that he
sent a flood to kill everyone, including babies.
"What kind of tyrant kills everyone just to get back at the few he's mad at? I mean, besides Chris Christie," he jabbed.
"Isn't
life hard enough without making shit up out of thin air to fuck with
yourself?" he later asked of religion's arbitrary rules about food,
clothing, and other material goods.
