Bill Maher: Conservative Christian Values 'Love Thy Neighbor' to 'F*ck Off and Die'?

[telemann]

Bill Maher takes on some religious Republicans and conservatives religious justification for gutting social justice programs; and the mean-spirited nature of some Christians.
Mr. Maher mocked the Christian message of “I believe in charity, just not for people who need it” and concluded that “there’s always a good moral Christian to tell everyone

Comments

[hardblue]

This is the first time I heard of those fake ten-dollar bills. That's quite the spirit,
and if I got one, I might have to go to church, to do what Maher advises at the end.

[brother_dour]

This kind of BS is exactly why I'm not really interested in the more Conservative denominations that I was baptized in anymore, and am instead looking at one of those which is more progressive and socially open-minded. As you can imagine, my choices are few.

[hardblue]

You can always try the Catholics. Although they are doctrinally conservative, I don't think they do crap like this. Moreover, American Catholics run pretty free on the social issues, regardless of the Vatican.

[fizzyland]

Catholics have been leading the fight to exclude contraception from health care coverage and threw their support against Prop 8 in California for marriage equality so I wouldn't endorse them yet.

[hardblue]

I wouldn't endorse them either, but if I felt moved to sit in a congregation,
they might be better than our southern protestant/baptist sort.

[brother_dour]

Plus, if they don't accept me (Protestant) now, I'm sure as Hell not going to join their church.

[telemann]

There are joint parishes with Catholics and Anglicans (I lived near one back in Virginia).

It's not that big of a deal. You just can't share communion with them. And if anyone is more likely to loosen things up more, it's the current Pope.

[hardblue]

Some people want a stronger sense of communion with their God than that.
They just don't want the whole Inquisition thing.

[fizzyland]

I made Sunday morning brunch my replacement for church. And if I went during church hours, completely missed that crowd so I could dine in leisure.

[anfalicious]

Ignosticism FTW! The conversation is irrelevant!

[brother_dour]

Brilliant. Let me just turn off my 'belief in Jesus Christ' switch, here...

[brother_dour]

Actually, it is as simple as you believing in God.

[brother_dour]

No, it is the literal equivalent of pointing out that a belief in God is no easier to change than a belief in no God.