On Friday evening, Bill Maher‘s “New Rules” segment
concluded with a lengthy evisceration 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.
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