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LiberalAndProud

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32. Was it Eleanor Roosevelt who said

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:42 PM

Jan 2015

Last edited Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Whatever you may think of the man, I think his idea merits discussion. Yet the thread is all about Bill.

“It seems to me the most obvious decision a person could make in their life: do I want to make real-world policy decided on the basis of proven facts and the reaches of what humans have gotten to do in science?” Maher says in the ad. “Or do I want real-world decisions made based on ancient myths written by men who didn’t know what a germ or an atom was, or where the sun went at night?” “I picked choice A.”

Whatever I may think of the man, I think he's got this one right.

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Bill Maher mocks ‘ancient myths’ in ad for Richard Dawkins’ pro-atheism campaign [View all] rug Jan 2015 OP

I'm not sure I'd call that "mocking" so much as "rationale". Scuba Jan 2015 #1

He's not mocking the myths, only people in the modern age who take them seriously Fumesucker Jan 2015 #2

Hopefully the Judeo-Christo-Islamic religions will get the same treatment. nilesobek Jan 2015 #29

Hmmm...have I missed pipoman Jan 2015 #3

That is the author's words edhopper Jan 2015 #7

Actually, Openly Secular does draw the comparison on their site. cbayer Jan 2015 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author edhopper Jan 2015 #12

I think it can be a useful comparison up to a point. cbayer Jan 2015 #10

Agreed on the 'choice' piece... pipoman Jan 2015 #22

I've been fired twice due to my atheism being inadvertently revealed Fumesucker Jan 2015 #25

Did you file a suit? cbayer Jan 2015 #27

This was in the 1970's Fumesucker Jan 2015 #34

I hop things have changed over the last 40 years. cbayer Jan 2015 #35

Woah, a two-fer! Maher AND Dawkins in the SAME HEADLINE??!!!!!??? cleanhippie Jan 2015 #4

Now it's a trifecta. rug Jan 2015 #5

No, you have to get all three in one headline. cleanhippie Jan 2015 #6

No, I have Maher, I have Dawkins, both acting predictably. rug Jan 2015 #13

If acting predictably is your metric, make sure to count yourself. cleanhippie Jan 2015 #14

Right down to the smiley. rug Jan 2015 #15

Right down to the inability to let-it-go. cleanhippie Jan 2015 #16

So much for the last word compulsion. rug Jan 2015 #18

And yet there you go again. cleanhippie Jan 2015 #19

What do you disagree phil89 Jan 2015 #33

Looks like a pretty good group and I don't find Maher's words really mocking. cbayer Jan 2015 #8

Well, at least it hasn't come to mean "athiest', amirite? cleanhippie Jan 2015 #9

On a different note, he is not funny anymore. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #17

Bill Maher's doubling down. backscatter712 Jan 2015 #20

Where is the evidence of tolerance, let alone unspoken support. cbayer Jan 2015 #21

Then how did ISIS, Boko Haram, and Al Qaeda get so strong? backscatter712 Jan 2015 #23

They are terrorist organizations. cbayer Jan 2015 #24

I have yet to see a Muslim holy leader denounce the Charlie Hebdo murders and terrorist attacks. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2015 #26

Then you haven't been paying attention. cbayer Jan 2015 #28

Don't forget Maher got fired once for insisting that the 9/11 perps weren't "cowards" tularetom Jan 2015 #30

He's got a better nose for money than Miller does. cbayer Jan 2015 #31

Was it Eleanor Roosevelt who said LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #32