Bill Maher

As a continuation of this post over at Hollywood, D.C., I find these quotes by the enlightened Bill Maher.

"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. If you look at it logically, it's something that was drilled into your head when you were a small child. It certainly was drilled into mine at that age. And you really can't be responsible when you are a kid for what adults put into your head."

There is much more in the same vein that I will not post here. The arrogance of these people never ceases to amaze me.

I don't mean to get on my evangelical soap-box, but it has already been predicted that this is the direction the world will go. And I'm one of those dupes who believes that crack-pot stuff. And it will continue to go this direction. And so, in a way, Maher is right when he says

"When people say to me, 'You hate America,' I don't hate America. I love America. I am just embarrassed that it has been taken over by people like evangelicals, by people who do not believe in science and rationality. It is the 21st century. And I will tell you, my friend. The future does not belong to the evangelicals. The future does not belong to religion."

But, my friend, in the end you will be wrong. And I will pray visualize true enlightenment for you.