Real Time with Bill Maher: Fighting Fundamentalism (HBO)

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In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher addresses Indiana’s new “religious freedom” law and calls on moderates of all religions to come out against fundamentalism.
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[@danieldougan269]

Want to blow a Christian fundamentalist's mind? Point out all the things he has in common with an Islamic fundamentalist.

[@skitboyz7418]

@@armedwombat6816 it's also vice versa for Muslims too

[@annnee6818]

@@armedwombat6816 agree. They'd just say it's different. If they could reason they wouldn't be fundamentalist Christians in the first place.

[@Killthagirl]

Good clip. Bill nailed it.

[@juanbueno4]

What an eloquent critique of religion. I mean it is impossible to rebut his thesis by any religious person because all he is saying is crystal clear correct. This guy is a genius.

[@DreamsCatcher101]

For those places that wont make cakes for gay weddings. Bad business model. People will just go elsewhere.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

in Indiana...lol you realize how many religious anti gay people are in those bible states?

[@GenuineMtech]

DreamsCatcher101 Not heterosexual people

[@breeny162]

i love Bill Maher - the only political commentator i can stomach

[@lbch_youtube]

This is a video completely made from the religious right perspective.

[@MichaelRodriguez-uf3zp]

bill maher iz the shit

[@nickarcher03]

Due respect to Mr. Maher but the gay neighbors would be Robert and Lee not Rob and Larry.

[@cliffedward]

It was fundamentalists that founded your country.

[@phishfearme2]

+cliffedward they also did that crazy slavery thing as well as commit genocide on the native Americans because they weren't Christians (ie; humans). but I would not call the majority of the founders "fundamentalists" - if it were so there would be at least one mention of a god in the constitution - at most they were deists and most we free of theisms.

[@jonahthrow4213]

Arrogance with Bill

[@izzyandthesubterraneans370]

3:30 he looks like he just sharted

[@mookjuice]

Bill I love you. Shit you got balls saying that in front of Fareed.

[@mookjuice]

TheJames1745 Last I heard his original religion was Catholicism. Your response/anger is a result of congitive dissoance. You understand that there's truth to what Bill's saying but that conflicts with your existing beliefs. So you excuse it by calling Bill an immoral Jew: none of which is true. Psychology 101.

[@AmaranthOriginal]

***** If he speaks the truth, why does he keep pretending this is a Muslim thing, when Christians are beheading infidels and killing gays in other countries as well? Oh...I get it. "speaks the truth" is like Fox News' "fair and balanced," right?

[@martinledermann1862]

+Zachary Amaranth Just list all the countries in which Christians are beheading anyone nowadays cos I haven't heard of that yet in our century...

[@AmaranthOriginal]

Martin Ledermann I'm sure you can't name Christian terrorism in the US, either. I'm sorry your head is in the sand.

[@martinledermann1862]

Zachary Amaranth Oh, but you didn't mention terrorism in general, but something very specific, ie. beheadings. So, I asked you to cite at least 1 example where Western Christians would do sth like that.

[@BK-qx6pl]

2002: “Gays should not be allowed to have sex.” 2010: “Gays should not be allowed to serve in the military.” 2014: “Gays should not be allowed to marry.” 2015: “I’ll be damned if I’m gonna sign that marriage license.” 2018: “I’m not going to bake you a cake.” Conservatives have indeed lost. Tis a good day when they’ve resigned themselves to denying us sweets.

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

Yikes

[@grege5074]

April 10, 2015 and that stupid Indiana law....good thing we'll never hear from Mike Pence again. Update: SHIT!

[@mckenzie.latham91]

on the other hand he is hated in his home state and left them in turmoil in order to play Donald trump's pet poodle.

[@rachelgarber1423]

Greg E Ikr?

[@thesmasher138]

Well, there’s that

[@Dagens24]

Fucking nailed it with the moderates highjacked the religion comment.

[@davidriggs538]

Dagens24 Nailed it he did. Any theological debate between fundamentalists and moderates will be won by the fundamentalists because they are scriptural literalists. It doesn't get more theologically pure than that. So, if the moderates are in control of a religion, then it is because they have "hijacked" the religion from the fundamentalists. In other words, the moderates have enough sense to ignore the bad and/or outdated ideas. The next logical step is to drop religion and faith altogether and recognize it for the superstition and mythology that it really is.

[@AndieBlack13]

David Riggs Clearly ancient "christian" texts are purely allegorical & open to interpretation. Unfortunately the intent of these texts to apply "meaning" was long since lost on those who fancy them literal.

[@davidriggs538]

Ricardo Ellison No. It's not clear at all. Ancient peoples actually did believe the supernatural myths and fables regarding things such as a creator god, a 'fallen' mankind, the existence of an afterlife, the existence of supernatural beings like, talking serpents, dragons, unicorns, satyrs, giants, etc (all in the Bible). It's the moderates that will claim it's merely metaphorical in order to justify such nonsensical beliefs.

[@cyber151]

Metaphore? Do you know what that word means. Okay, lets look at the jewish text for a moment, the god of the jews are worshipped by christians and they believe that at one point, god did put down 613 total commandments, into the old testament. Two of them we shall review. Honor the sabbath day, keep it holy. Slay those who break the sabbath. Now, you think its a metaphore, kinda a way to scare people into keeping the sabbath, they shouldnt literally kill people, despite the clear instruction....the book of Numbers. A man, is gathering sticks on the sabbath. Probably for firewood, deserts are real cold at night. The crowd seizes him. They bring him to the jewish courts and to moses. Moses 'conveigns' with 'god'. Then orders the man killed, FOR BREAKING THE SABBATH. Quote: and they stoned the man with stones, until he had died, as the LORD had commanded Moses. no no numb nuts. Not metaphore. Literal. You like all who cry metaphore, havent read these books, cover to cover, once in your life. That and that alone, is what you made clear.

[@MarcusDarkstar]

David Riggs ya i like redacting the crazy and literal translations but it doesnt mean the entire scripture is full of nonsense. Many early religious types were also philosophers asking the important question "what is the right thing to do". Many of the things attributed to Jesus or to christian faith are good things to live by like love your neighbor, be thy brother's keeper, help the poor and less fortunate etc etc. Its just horrible to see faithful people stick to the more horrible and crazy aspects of faith than its virtues. Pope Francis and his ilk are what i believe are putting a proper empathizes on their respective beliefs. Problem with religion is Dogma aka the false belief that the bible or the koran is infallible and not written by man but of a higher authority like an infallible god. Even if divinely inspired it was still translated and written down by fucking humans who could probably only understand a minor fraction of what an infallible begin could say to them. Dogma and the adherence to it impedes the progress of the faithful to pursue spiritual fulfillment which i believe comes about when you do what you truly believe is good acts in your life. It's easier to lie to yourself that gays or whatever are hediious begins worthy of your condemnation and hatred but eventually if you have a conscientious and a brain you will realize it was WRONG then regret it. Dogma comes from a fear of being wrong in your actions telling yourself God an infallible all knowing begin approves to stop yourself from questioning your own actions.

[@stephencordell4647]

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony

[@silat13]

Can some brilliant Kkkservative tell me why they spend so much time thinking about gay sex?

[@hazzard5011]

silat13 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@jameslyles1503]

Thank you ! They only think about the sexual component of homosexual relationships. Why? More often with gay men than lesbian women? Why?

[@Tony29103]

@@jameslyles1503 Because ones disgusting and the other is half their google search. According to them of course

[@corymenedez2369]

Because it's a sin that is embraced by liberals.

[@subinshrestha710]

Huge respect to Maher for doing what he does.

[@MTimtam]

4:07 dam fucking straight.

[@Jake007123]

+MTimtam Priceless.

[@Ariccio123]

2:36 did not age well 🤣🤔🙄😱😰😫😥

[@drakeiverson755]

Christianity belongs on the same dusty shelf as Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Norse mythologies. Go to ANY of these more ancient texts and you will find talking animals, virgin births, half-god half-human offspring, plus numerous other "miracles". Nothing new to see here, folks. Move along.

[@JK_2998]

Except Egyptian, Roman, Greek and Norse are more interesting

[@josephcockburn1402]

Yet you hate Christianity not that you think it's a Fairytale but your fear that it might be truth.

[@adrianhamilton8377]

Joseph Cockburn what the fuck is Christianity???

[@coralarch]

So if God got snakey about New Orleans Gay Pride parade, why didn't he zap it when it was happening? Why wait til it was all over?

[@matt99121]

My name is Matt Mclaughlan. I hope I don't get confused with that son of a bitch

[@ASkepticalHumanOnYouTube]

"possibly" a meteor The other stuff? Yeah, that's gonna happen. But the meteor is a MAYBE. lol

[@tranquilrabies]

"He's not a kook!" Lol

[@Lotmeister]

I'm going to become a lawyer for a conservative state. Talk about money for nothing - you get to charge hundreds upon hundreds of hours trying to defend laws that have no chance of being allowed to go into effect, and you send the bill straight to the good ol' taxpayers, who then blame a single mom who gets food stamps for their taxes being so high.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

As a public defender? Public Defenders have so much case work they can't even meet with clients and have only a couple minutes to deal with each client. This is because Conservatives in the 90's gutted funding to public defenders because of several reason 1) it allowed poor women to divorce more easily 2) it allowed people to get more money from welfare ballooning the welfare state and 3) It allowed migrant workers to sue their employers for not paying them. So well good luck.

[@reeepicheep]

Bill Maher nailed it again!!! Atheist God Bless Bill Maher!!! In your face Fareed Z!!!!

[@toolongforyoutoread6]

This is so creepy to watch one year later.

[@stormwatcher59]

How bout it! ...... NOW Pence is actually running for VP!!

[@maxxxizzzzle]

And Bill talking about Orlando

[@q851230]

Yeah ... and really show how fuck up it is.

[@maxxxizzzzle]

weirdddddddddddddddddddd

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

It's even creepier, and sadder, to watch after the election. ****Sigh****

[@grandmachristine42]

I saw a cartoon wherein Jesus was having coffee with some lady. He said "You must love your neighbor as yourself". She said "But they are sinners!" He said "DID I FKING STUTTER?"

[@JnEricsonx]

2:50-well, sadly, they didn't get all that, but a crazy shooter instead.

[@gargulexpt7220]

I was thinking about that

[@DiamondsOf2]

the things "religious" fanatics do for love and eternal salvation.. praise great atheismo!

[@yuccalyptus]

^Islamic fanatics, that is.

[@shotgunsandsmoke]

Well, you heard it here. Next time Disney World throws a gay pride parade, be on the lookout for Sephiroth with the Black Materia.

[@clivemakongo]

Or some dude waving a gun in a club

[@enigmatic9118]

Thank you for saying this. My parents make me go to church with them, and I hear these awful things. It's sad.

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

This nails it so comprehensively that the only words I can find are, "this nails it comprehensively". Thank you Bill Maher!

[@ericmarseille2]

4.08 priceless, when you've watched the previous exchange between Bill and the muslim professional liar.

[@Mohamed-jb9yx]

What you mean professiona liar? He was right. You can't change people at the same time bashing their beliefs. Bill Maher wants to westernize Muslim World by Insulting Islam. Of course homosexuality is illegal in our lands, but that is mainstream normal thing. It is not an issue. It not gonna happen to have a gay club in Saudi Arabia. It is never gonna happen. I even doubt if a church will be built in Saudi Arabia. There is something needs to be solved first. Lets solve Terrorism which is the easiest one to defeat and the most important one.

[@beback_]

Secularizing a population is much easier than that. Expose children to both religion and science, and they'll see through the bullshit. That's how the Iranian Islamic Regime made me an atheist.

[@Sankrityayan07]

Lol, look at Fareed's face.

[@beback_]

I guess Muslims CAN take a joke after all... (Assuming he's a Muslim and not an atheist)

[@nonmagicmike723]

To those looking for the source, it's in the Hadith section of the Muslim scripture. _"The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did (sodomy), kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done."_ (Abu Dawood 38 : 4447) www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/abudawud/038-sat.php#038.4447

[@2xkiller]

First off I am NOT a Christian, I just play one on TV. I find it very interesting how "Christians" forget how to read and comprehend. Now I'm not speaking of all Christians. I know many who are good people, and don't buy into the religious rights ideologies or beliefs. For instance; "Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things." Or Matthew 7:1-5 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." This is from THEIR holy book. It very clearly states that Judgment is a SIN and is Reserved for GOD alone. Yet they do it daily and are NOT concerned about the Wrath of GOD for THEIR sins against him? Here is another one; "It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles." How many Abstinent, Vegan Christians do you know? I've never met even one. That is not to say there are none out there, just that they are in a major minority. So yet again something they do on a daily basis is considered a SIN, yet the sins of others are way more important than theirs Or this one; "T he faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves." How many times every day do you hear about a Christians relationship with God? I can tell you I get at least 3-4 comments here on YT everyday on the subject, and see many, many more on the TV or Internet. And just to clarify in James 2:10 in THIER Holy book, it says; "For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it." Meaning ALL sins are EQUAL!!! So even if Homosexuality is a Sin and they were able to eradicate it entirely in the world. It would not stop SIN from occurring, nor would it stop Gods wrath. Particularly since those who are claiming to want to protect us from Gods wrath, are also those who would be pushing us closer and closer to it with their own sins. I do not mean by this declaration to condemn those who believe otherwise; they have the same right to their belief as I have to mine. But it is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

[@billybobrogers]

I'm glad you said that. I am Christian and I don't see why there are so many other Christians who are judging others when those same people have problems of their own. It's not the easiest thing to live as the bible commands but we should not be judging anyone cuz it really makes us Christians seem hypocritical.

[@avedic]

billybobrogers Well, honestly I have a wee bit of sympathy for Christians. Like Bill aptly said, the Bible, Leviticus 20:13 specifically, says blatantly to *kill gay people*. No way to pretend it doesn't. And that verse is a *direct quote* from Yahweh himself(who is also Jesus). AND...Jesus said not "one jot or tittle" of the Old Law shall pass away until the end of the world. So....I feel for Christians. Their god literally says to *kill gay people* and that this law is still valid....but in the next breath their god says to not judge anyone. WTF? Good luck rationalizing that. No wonder most Christians are uneasy about 90% of what Yahweh said back in the day. And even *IF* Yahweh "changed his mind" on the whole 'kill the gays' issue........that still means *he used to be for it*. So....Yahweh used to be a sociopath....but then realized the error of his ways(without actually editing the previous command to kill gay people...I mean, it's STILL in his book). So yeah...I have quite a bit of sympathy for Christians. I can't even begin to imagine how they square Yahweh's sociopathic moral character with their _own_ modern ethics. Actually...on second thought, I have a pretty good idea how the rationalize it. See, I was born and raised a Christian earlier in my life...and I remember precisely how I made sense of all this. _I ignored it and tried not to think about it too much...and avoided all debate on the issue_. Of course, once I set religion/faith aside and began addressing the Bible objectively, ethically, empirically, and rationally....obviously I realized how evil it all is. But, for those who *_cannot_* address the Bible objectively...those who are forced by their faith to actually believe this book was written/inspired/condoned by their god...I feel for them. I know in my own case, the cognitive dissonance became excruciating after a certain point. I honestly cannot begin to imagine how a *_truly_* ethical intelligent rational person could read the Bible and read *Yahweh's direct quotations* in Leviticus and still find Yahweh worthy of worship...let alone trivial respect. That just baffles me. And I think it would baffle them as well....*IF* they allowed themselves to be brutally honest about what that book(and their god) actually says we should do to gay people.

[@2xkiller]

avedic I'm sorry, but I have to tell you. That sir was put in the absolutely clearest possible way. My hats off to you good sir.

[@rdecredico]

2xkiller There are no Christians who are good people. They all support a corrupt institution that causes suffering in humanity. Any good they may do (and they don;t do much) is easily outweighed by the malfeasance of the institution they support. Feck them. All of them.

[@2xkiller]

rdecredico So you are saying that my Children are not Good people? Because they are all Christians. My eldest daughter is planning on being a forensic pathologist. My youngest daughter is planning on being a Ichthyologist. While my son is planning on joining the military. But I guess they are just evil because they call themselves Christian??? Really?? You do know that there are over 10,000 versions of Christianity as well don't ya? Also just because YOU have never met a decent Christian, doesn't mean there aren't any out there.

[@preest_nz]

Bill should invite Maajid Nawaz on the show.

[@aran-xo1uk]

PREEST P he was on the show

[@TempestTossedWaters]

PREEST P Done. He was there a few episodes back.

[@tomcruse6609]

PREEST P pfffft Maajid isn't even a Muslim.

[@aran-xo1uk]

Tom Cruse trolling ?

[@tomcruse6609]

Muslims shouldn't do this : www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3034312/The-married-Lib-Dem-feminist-drunken-strip-club-night-temptation-caught-camera.html

[@coyhampton3087]

Is that guy at 3:30 a puppet? He looks like a character from Team America.

[@cindymx02]

Bitch, just make the cake. Awesome!

[@osbiggs9602]

The so-called holy books from which Christian and Muslim fundamentalists derive their "truths" have been combined into one volume called Encyclopedia Moronica.

[@EEM1978]

“Encyclopedia Moronica”…priceless.

[@saxyrep1]

"Bitch just make the cake!"

[@alexhansen2102]

We need atheists in power smh

[@ishmaelm1932]

Dingachicka Lol. He was an atheist. Read mein kampf. If you have a good comprehension level the. You will understand, the dude was a fucking crazy atheist and that's an understatement

[@ishmaelm1932]

Dingachicka No. You misunderstood. The man deep down did not believe in god, and in mein kampf he did talk about God, but often times found it difficult to believe in him and acknowledge his existence, the suffering of the German people and country as a whole influenced his doubt in him. I could go as far as to say that he didn't believe in god. He aligned with the church for merely political reasons. He invoked god in his speeches because it is easier to commit genocide and conquer lands when people believe your a man of god.

[@siukong]

Ishmael Moh. "Hitler, Stalin, pol pot" And this proves what? That atheists are secretly monsters and shouldn't be allowed in government? Learn your history. Humans have always - regardless of religion, race, or culture - slaughtered each other and sowed suffering and misery. Whole tribes and nations have been eradicated. The only difference in the 20th century was that we had technology that made it far easier and more efficient.

[@siukong]

And also consider that the world's population has grown exponentially. So ~2000 years ago, when the Israelites (or whatever other example you care to choose) killed off a nation of 30,000 it is arguably equivalent to a genocide of 1,000,000 today since it's the same % of humanity.

[@thejubieexperience]

Who the Fuck cares if Mao or Hitler was an atheist? It's not like we got a holy atheist text that says kill people, act in a particular way, or do anything at all. If a belief in God is all that's keeping you from being a genocidal maniac, you got issues. Maybe just don't commit genocide because it's cruel and takes away the rights of another human struggling to get along in this world, just like you and me

[@shunpo9]

BITCH just make the cake!! Love Bill Maher

[@smitty2868]

Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt and Cenk Kadir Uygur have called in for a rematch with Bill and Sam Harris in a cage-fight with no referee!

[@DandyDon1]

smitty2868 I am waiting for Bill Maher to touch on this: Ted Cruz And The Fabulous Gay Jihad Against Religious Freedom - (More Ted Cruz rhetoric) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4CVhJ6efshna6M

[@mrandrewv]

smitty2868 Sam Harris says that the invasion of Iraq was a good idea. I think that might be the debating equivalent of a trick knee.

[@frostbill44]

mrandrewv No he didnt.

[@TempestTossedWaters]

smitty2868 Sources? I'd love to see that.

[@TempestTossedWaters]

mrandrewv I'd also like to see your source as I doubt Harris has ever said such a thing.

[@-ar-megiddo6340]

"...we don't let fundamentalists rule our shit!". I'm sorry, remind me again: who is your vice-president?

[@jcjensenllc]

Judges appointed by Bush, and Trump are saying, "Bitch, you DON'T have to make the cake".

[@mrandrewv]

In Zambia and Ethiopia gay people are also beaten and killed, and they are majority Christian. Myanmar imprisons gay people and it's Buddhist. He's right about the majority Muslim countries being homophobic, especially Saudi Arabia (a staunch US ally). But he's wrong to pretend that the majority Muslim countries are somehow uniquely bad at this. The sad thing is they're not really :/

[@mrandrewv]

***** I know, but Ethiopia, Tanzania, Myanmar, Zambia, and Guyana have all made homosexuality illegal, and none of them are majority Muslim. It's good that you mention Turkey. In Turkey gay marriage is not legally recognized but homosexuality is not illegal in itself. Which means that Turkey has the same position on gay rights as Israel. www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.629015 Funny that Bill never, ever, criticizes the Israeli government for its religiously-motivated homophobia, huh? All I'm saying is that his criticism of those majority Muslim countries is accurate, but he's leaving out countries that are just as bad, because they're not Muslim, and he has some kind of weird vendetta specifically against Islam. His criticisms are accurate, but the fact that his criticisms are one-sided is unlike him.

[@mrandrewv]

***** Well, Turkey and Israel really do have similar laws around gay rights. You can look it up. So it isn't all the majority Muslim countries. You're right that it is most of them though. My point is that it's not a religious thing, it's a 'backward nation' thing. And Bill does not criticise everyone. He criticises everyone except the Israeli government. If you have a link that disproves this please post it, because I'd love to be proved wrong. I agree with Bill on damn near everything, but when it comes to Israel or Islam he goes weird. If Hamid Karzai won an election with antisemitic rhetoric Bill would do 3 things: 1. He'd lose his shit. 2. He'd rip Karzai a new one. 3. And he'd blame it all on Islam. But Netanyahu uses racism to win an election and not only does Bill let it slide he also DEFENDS the guy? Wtf is that about? :/

[@ruthgoldbergives6945]

The truth is that I absolutely hate this transition that our nation is experiencing right now. I hate it with a passion Sincerely, gospelgirl

[@bohemianwriter1]

"The Bible is the sources of all morals, except when those morals inconvenience us." - All Christians

[@PhilipMcAdam]

I know Bill is Referring to the States but given our recent referendum I feel it is very apt to our country and to its crazy religious too.

[@davidripley3224]

For people who really believe there fundamentalist fucks, you have been mentally fucked by a 2 thousand year old book and man, you can't even prove existed, grow the fuck up.

[@Suite_annamite]

Fareed Zakaria had to worktime over on "Al Jazeera" to "cleanse" himself after all this!

[@johnburt7935]

Wouldn't it be funny if one of these stupid wedding cake lawsuits went to the Supreme Court and it was used to set a major precedent? For the next hundred years, people would be obliged to speak reverently about McHenry v. Brenda's Bakery.

[@lukawijk]

John Burt Anddddd what do you know? It did.

[@MTimtam]

fucking brilliant !!!

[@g.d.graham2446]

As a Catholic, I too hate dealing with religious fundamentalists

[@robsantana39]

BOOM!!!!!!! Take that Cenk, Reza, and Affleck! Boom!

[@kelst75]

Could be a new phrase "Bitch, just make the cake."

[@KingAlanI]

Ironically, atheists and religious fundamentalists have something in common by focusing on the harsh parts of scripture - but the atheist uses it as an argument against religion, and the fundamentalist uses it in favor of the harsh stuff. Compared to people with more positive interpretations of holy books, I'm not sure whose literary analysis is justified and who's being disingenuous. Or maybe this shows religion being inconsistent.

[@azizbelkharmoudi2564]

"Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is the same as that of the religious fanatics, and it springs from the same source . . . They are creatures who can't hear the music of the spheres." Albert Einstein

[@KingAlanI]

Aziz belkharmoudi I admit a lot of modern militant atheists can be gratuitously abrasive particularly on positive or mostly harmless religious behavior

[@azizbelkharmoudi2564]

Because of some modern hard militant atheists views on religion, I'm worried that in the future atheism will kill People like today religious fundamentalists.

[@andrewhall7457]

Wow... now that I've seen this, Mike Pence becoming VP must have felt like a kick in the balls.

[@TheReaper569]

possibly the best part in years.

[@alexgreen4112]

0:21 I would love that cake 🎂 though

[@thesocraticatheist9611]

#billmaher2016 fuck you Hillary clinton

[@BjornV1994]

3:18, What's wrong with the guy's smile? Was he doing an audition to become the new Joker but lost to Jared Leto, for being too crazy?

[@markw3598]

Have you ever read the bible!? I can save you some time, and save you from a lot of violence and debauchery. It says. 'Be nice to everybody and help others when you can". There!

[@petergreen2552]

Florida STILL waiting on that meteor,Pat. 😜

[@jacobasher5507]

Why did he look at Farid Zakaria like that?

[@gabrielgraham6877]

Honestly, I find the term "discriminate" to be very loosely thrown around in this segment...

[@lasseplatburk]

"We don't let fundamentalists rule our shit" Well, that's apparently about to change...

[@manueldesousa5054]

Such a huge fan of Bill Maher!

[@CraftyArts]

and now you're complaining about Dr seusse and Mr Potato head...boy what's it like to be a meat puppet I wonder?

[@markzoldy4363]

We have taken this discussion to ludicrous areas. The fight for human rights in Indiana (employment, health care, family protections) are simply left out of Bill Maher and the media's approach to this issue. Ultimately, the appearance from the media is that what is happening in Indiana is about "pizza" and "cake". Why not put on the air some of the victims of these laws? The teacher who loses their job and is destroyed because of their inability to work? The gay couple who cannot enter a hospital together? The gender diverse child who goes to a public school where the words "sexual orientation" cannot even be said? Oh, that's right - if you make this about the real issues and the reality of the matter, then you're not only showing REAL RESPECT AND DIGNITY TO HOMOSEXUALS (which was never the intent seeing as Indiana, for the most part, did not have human rights legislation protecting gender diverse persons) you're also really educating people about what is really happening to gender diverse persons. And that just can't happen, can it? Instead, let's all be funny at the expense of those who will be denied employment, health care, a roof over their heads. THE SIN OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH WAS NOT HOMOSEXUALITY - IT WAS THEIR INHUMANITY - it's right there in the Bible (Ezekiel 16:49). So, this piece by Bill Maher is about disrespecting these writings just as much as it is about laughing at the expense of the gender diverse community's pain and the belittlement of the same.

[@uzochiokeke4328]

I agree with bill but that moment at 4:07 made me cringe so hard i don't know why.

[@sirob1193]

The Bakery that refused to make a gay wedding cake has Every right to refuse to do so. They are a religious based private business. It’s like Orthodox Jews or Religious Muslims Cannot do the same thing. It’s their Constitutional right as much as yours. Religion is protected under the Civil rights Ac of 1964; Homosexuality is Not under Federal Law.

[@samaritansmercy4788]

The Problem (Psalms 11) Sin has come into the world, death has come into the world and for that we have become rebellious, against God and in doing so earn ourselves the due penalty of our errors (Romans 1). The Solution (The good news) John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son That whosoever believes in him shall have everlasting life. God in his dying love for you not wanting to perish He sent Christ in the flesh To pay the penalty for your sins and He calls you to repentance (SEE Psalms 51-A Repentance prayer)

[@berniecor]

I understand why Satan was called by that name. He is an accuser, truth twister, and deceiver. His mission is to spread blasphemy. I found it here: Romans 1:18-32 18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen. 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. NIV

[@sirob1193]

Leviticus Chapter 20:7-27 One of Many Life’s instruction books : 7You shall sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord, your God. 8And you shall observe My statutes and fulfill them. I am the Lord, Who sanctifies you. 9For any man who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon himself. 10And a man who commits adultery with [another] man's wife, committing adultery with the wife of his fellow the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11And a man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon themselves. 12And a man who lies with his daughter in law both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed a depravity; their blood is upon themselves. 13And a man who lies with a male as one would with a woman both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon themselves. 14And a man who takes a woman and her mother it is evil counsel. They shall burn him and them in fire, and there shall be no evil counsel in your midst. 15And a man who lies with an animal, shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal. 16And a woman who comes close to any animal so that it will mate with her you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon themselves. 17And a man who takes his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and he sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness it is a disgraceful act, and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the members of their people; he uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his sin. 18And a man who lies with a woman who has a flow, and he uncovers her nakedness he has bared her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from the midst of their people. 19And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for he would be baring his close relative; they shall bear their sin. 20And a man who lies with his aunt he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their transgression; they shall die childless. 21And a man who takes his brother's wife it is a repulsive act; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22And you shall observe all My statutes and all My ordinances, and fulfill them, then the Land, to which I am bringing you to dwell therein, will not vomit you out. 23You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am sending away from before you, for they committed all these [sins], and I was disgusted with them. 24So I said to you, You shall possess their land, and I shall give it to you to possess it a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, Who has distinguished you from the peoples. 25And you shall distinguish between clean animals and unclean ones, and between unclean birds and clean ones; thus you shall not make yourselves disgusting through [unclean] animals and birds and any [creature] which crawls on the earth, that I have distinguished for you to render unclean. 26And you shall be holy to Me, for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have distinguished you from the peoples, to be Mine. 27And a man or a woman who has [the sorcery of] Ov or Yid'oni, shall surely be put to death; they shall pelt them with stones; their blood is upon themselves.

[@jackhuston5119]

"Take pride in the one thing that is legitimately better - WE DON'T LET FUNDAMENTALISTS RULE OUR SHIT."

[@djkdrums88]

What I never got was how neither side, fundamentalists or moderates, realize that in Christianity it's impossible to love your neighbor as yourself without completely ignoring Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Conversely, it's impossible to literally believe those books without completely ignoring Jesus's message of compassion in the New Testament. Cognitive dissonance much? These contradictions just seem so damning and obvious to me that it makes me want to scream. Can't we leave all of this religion bullshit behind and acknowledge we live in the 21st century? How can either side honestly say they know they believe the right version of Christianity considering these logical impossibilities?

[@Porkme1000]

Honestly Bill, and I realize you're an atheist, but, God will wipe out wickedness. Man or humanity as a whole, does not have to waste their time, money or energy. Yes, I unlike you, believe in God. But, I still love you, man. For real.

[@LinvestigatesMC]

"Bitch just make the cake." best quote ever.

[@jofemac]

Rich jew protecting muslim fundamentalism: Nothing new for Bill Maher... I wonder when will he bring "Ben Nitay" to Real Time again.

[@hadriantagalog6620]

I really don't like how Bill Maher keeps painting the other side of the political spectrum as crazies... If he invited hard-hitting conservatives like Mark Steyn on his show then things would be a lot different.

[@AngeliqueKaga]

And Jesus said...CAST YE THE FIRST STONE WHO ARE WITHOUT SIN! and no one was able to toss a stone!

[@johndoe4907]

This was great when it came out....but ohhh how things have changed in the US. Now the fundamentalists are running things with their puppet that is so scary he makes Chucky seem warm and cuddly.

[@gabrieljordan8015]

I suppose you could just go across the street and have someone else bake you a cake. Or find a gay baker because gays are better at baking and designing weddings cakes anyway. As a small business owner I never refuse service to gays but building and operating a small business is hard work and the state shouldn't have the right to tell me who I'm allowed to serve or not serve.

[@TangledThorns]

I'd vote for a Muslim for president over a member of Jeremiah Wright's 'Hate America' church.

[@petergreen2552]

Gay cake? Does eating a slice of this want you to suddenly go out and buy Lady Gaga CDs,pink shirts and Sex in the City boxsets?

[@sngscratcher]

Excellent video and right on point! Fundamentalist religion is fucking nuts! Cheers.

[@NelsonRealTime]

What do you have to say to completely discredit yourself? The level of gullibility in the US is staggering.

[@ghastmine123]

Weirdly enough according to my father they consider homosexuality in the middle east in Iraq tabuu but they just ignore it.

[@skullleader220]

religious reasons or not, don't think the government needs to step in to force a business to make a cake. What happened to right to refuse service? not saying refusal was right or wrong. just tired of big government.

[@p.s6742]

Whats worse:Letting a billion people die or kill a baby in order to save them ?Well apparently to some people the answer is simple.Which is ...

[@lesleyb5591]

Just to point out, there are some Christians who do good things and some atheists who do bad things. For example, Joseph Stalin was an atheist and Martin Luther King was a Christian.

[@barrncat]

I do not understand forcing someone to make the bloody cake. They would probably do a bad job or put ground glass in the batter.

[@BimTalch]

he's so brutal

[@marie-rosedaly4234]

don't care what anyone thinks RELIGION SUCKS

[@Alvicado]

you can turn this argument around. Like this Democrats are there not more important things than a couple of conservative bakers that dont want to make a cake

[@LyndaMackrous-wi6fv]

So gay people are governing the country now who gives a shit if it’s two men and two women one transfer one gay one straight holy shit who cares who does what in the bedroom and with who this country is still on your iPhone 6

[@nudypoo]

Fareed you just got SERVED!

[@farhadlakov3529]

FYI gay-hood is free in Iran and open in the society. ...in iran you can get sex change legally. .