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Covington, Bill Maher, and Militant Atheists Who Never Suffered Religion
from Kurt Metzger · #135
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3 minThey discuss the Nathan Phillips/Covington hoax, debate Bill Maher's Religulous, and Tim argues people who never experienced religion (like militant atheists) don't understand deeply held beliefs or the appeal of keeping love/forgiveness while ditching dogma.
- 7:59Tim on the Nathan Phillips Covington incident being called a hoax.
- 8:26Tim says Bill Maher seems like a guy who would say offensive things, but at least he has consistent values.
- 8:41Maher's anti-religious show is entertaining but not a good argument against Christianity.
- 8:57Maher would never smirk at a Native American the way he smirks at Christians.
- 9:10Hitchens wrote well about religion; Dawkins didn't understand it the way Hitchens did.
- 9:27People who never experienced religion don't understand it and might actually benefit from having had some.
- 9:38Tim argues that rejecting religion entirely has left people immature and tribal.
- 9:56Camille Paglia observed that atheists unprepared for deeply held beliefs get steamrolled by them.
- 10:23Tim spent twenty years in religion and earned his right to reject it, unlike atheists who adopted only the bad parts.
- 11:05Tim asks audience members if Saddam Hussein could be in heaven to make a point about religious thinking.
Bill MaherRichard DawkinsCamille PagliaChris HitchensSaddam HusseinNathan Phillips