Bill Maher Courts Controversy Over Tim Tebow Tweet

Bill Maher is hysterical and to think conservatives would call for a boycott of his show…..>LOL!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA!! not one of them watches it, and no one that watches the show would listen to a ‘conservative boycott” for a minute. in fact, they are so dumb nothing will bring MORE attention to his show than conservatives boycotting it. And…he has a point, sort of, doesn’t he? Tim Tebow thanks Jesus for his wins. Really? So Jesus is making the other team lose then??? I thought Jesus said not to wear your prayer on your sleeve and pray behind closed doors. Tim is making a huge spectacle of his religious beliefs, which is fine in and of itselt, but then, be prepared for the backlash, such as, if you lose, then folks will rile you that Jesus let you, or caused you, to lose. The point Bill is making is that you win or lose based somewhat on luck, but mostly, skill. The tweet showed how ridiculous it is to expect Jesus make your team win just because you suck up to him really badly in public during the games. I dont think Jesus is that egotistical. And stupid. Sucking up to him was not his purpose while down here. And maybe, yes, maybe, making him lose bad on Christmas eve IS HIs way of saying ,ya know, the showboating about your faith…yeah, I’m not so impressed.

Maher owes an apology to absolutely NO one. His tweet — as offensive as some may find it — simply pointed out the utter stupidity of believing that a person who’s been dead for 2000 years has an effect on a meaningless sporting event.

Bring back the lions.

Bill Maher is pathetic! There is nothing wrong with having God on your side that is for sure :)

If you believe in God, time to grow up like you did when you found out Santa was fake.

Begging “god” to help you win a football game is pathetic, and an insult to god ( existing or not). There is nothing more ungodly than the conservatives legacy of great recessions, criminal inequality injustice, war, hate and intolerance, destruction of our environment, and opposition to science and common sense. They are so caught up in their FOX hole they do not see the world has moved on.

I am sick and tired of this Tebow stuff. I mean, it’s football. Leave that stuff in church, not on the field. It belongs in church, not on the football field.

The point of his tweet was to ridicule how crazy it is for sports stars to thank Jesus/God for their sucess. If there is a God it’s juvenile to think he/she cares about a sporting event. It implies then that God is rooting against the other team and how come Tebow and his like never complain about God when they lose, which would seem fair. It was poor choice of words from Bill but his point is valid.

An all-knowing, all-seeing celestial deity who supposedly created everything can take the time to help an NFL player score a touchdown, but can’t be bothered to end world hunger or disease? Honestly Christians…..WHY do you believe in this tripe?????

Bill Maher might not believe, but the cost he would have to pay in the end for being wrong is a lot more than I would have to pay for him being right.

I like Bill’s humor usually, but when I watched him in his documentary about religion, I did think that he crossed the line a few times. As an Agnostic, I still think that people should respect other peoples beliefs and not be too abusive about them. On the other hand, I do feel that religion has been a part of the problems of the world more than part of the solutions.

I shall never stop watching Bill Maher.This is ” Freedom of Speech”. His humor maybe offensive,but this is life. Bill Maher speaks what we think, (OUT LOUD ). I will continue to watch his show as long as it exist. I LOVE BILL MAHER.

HBO cancelled. The world does not need more hate.

So ESPN fired Hank Williams for making a Hitler reference and everyone was outraged, I don’t recall everyone running to Hank’s aid and screaming freedom of religion or free speech. Now a lowlife like Bill Maher runs his pole smoker and everyone is screaming hate on religion and freedom of speech. Well I am going to excerise my right to practice Christianity and speak my mind. “Bill Maher isn’t stupid he’s just possessed by a retarded atheist ghost!” Now I excerised my right to free speech and freedom of religion so you left nut jobs can shut up!

Must be slow fake news week on Fox News. Go! Bills! Tebow got a Stampede!

Maher is a no talent piece of crap, they only way he broke into television was because his daddy was a big time TV exec.

Here we go. The devoutly religious right wing. I think I’m going to vomit.

Little bill is an atheist and as such has no value system-although some may argue otherwise. But you supporters remember, just like little bill, I am also entitled to my opinion. He is afflicted with a handicap of diarrhea of the mouth, and like an animal enjoys smelling his own s— with his long nose.

Who cares! Stop trying to make something out of nothing.

It’s very simple – change the channel. That works great for me. I won’t give him 5 seconds of my attention and I don’t even want to hear his voice.

Tebow has left sports fans in awe of his prowess? When did this happen? Ranked #1 in rushing yards, ranked 31st in passing yards. About the only thing Tebow had going for him was his ability to NOT throw interceptions. And since actually throwing the ball is a last resort for Mr. Tebow that’s not exactly the hardest order to fill. Except when playing Buffalo apparently.

Maher’s comments are very appropriate. Tebow has been thanking God for his success for years, yet apparently receives no blame when they lose? I guess Buffalo just prayed harder….right? Maybe one day people will be able to laugh at the absurdity of thanking God for sporting events. Until then, the religious right can continue to miss the joke and be angry.

What Tebow believes does not agree with what Maher believes, boo hoo. Maher can try the usual tricks of denouncing and berating ideas and beliefs that do not agree with his. Tebow is working hard and facing challenges he is not expected to win and usually does. Tebow is the underdog who is succeeding and inspiring people. Our country needs more positive people like Tebow. People like Maher can only criticize and complain as he becomes a model encouraging people to become whiners to be heard and get what they want without doing anything about it. Maher is riding any popularity wave he can to stay afloat. If Maher doesn’t like what Tebow has to say then he can turn the channel. I turned the channel from Maher’s show as I grew tired of watching and listening to him.

I used to be a fan of bill maher but, recently he has become such an a$$hole, maybe it’s the $$ he’s making. I find his comments not worth repeating and are not funny. I’m done with HBO and all of their reruns and will boycott their time warner sponsors.

Bill Maher is so insignificant that I didn’t even know who he was until I googled him after reading the Tebow controversy. Although my opinion won’t matter to anyone but myself (which I have no problem with), I don’t feel like I have missed anything over that lack of knowledge.

regardless of the subject matter of Bills rant, at the heart the issue is. His comments where custom tailored to cause pain,discomfort and/or aggravation for the sake of entertainment? its been done before, the romans made an art of it. I was as hateful as Bill Maher once upon a time and its only for the grace of God that i saw my heart the way he did. The grace of God. And so to Maher i say,”Father forgive him because he knows not what he does”. People dont see the hate growing in themselves, they are too amused by themselves, at least I was.

Bill Maher is irrelevant

Let’s see Maher have the cajones to go to Pakistan and say something similar about Mohammad…..

@charles, calling yourself a christian and then using a word like retarded is confusing to me. Bet Jesus didn’t use slurs that mock the most vulnerable among us. Get a dictionary. Retarded doesn’t mean stupid.

It’s sad that the lefties and Maherists posting here don’t know what prayer is about.

In a nut shell, Bill Maher’s crude comments is his way of creating a buzz for himself…………I feel sorry for Maher. I think Maher is a lonely man.

Bill Maher’s mother had to tie a pork chop around his neck so the dog would play with him!!!!!

I keep hearing people demeaning Christians and those who believe in a God. President Obama believes in God and attend church. I’m sure he prays for this country and for the little things like the food on his plate. Christians are thanking God for their health and to allow them to do their best in his name. Not to win football games. Christians thank God when they win or lose, because they are thankful for life. I like to hear some of you atheist bash Obama because he claims to be a Christian and prays to God.

Perhaps Mr Maher will post a similar tweet about Islam and Mohammed…might end his usless career sooner rather than later. (We all know he won’t since it’s Christians he has a burr up his butt about!)

Some of the clowns commenting on this clearly know nothing about Maher. If he was brave enough, he’d have a live show? He DOES have a live show. That’s why it’s called “Real Time.” He’d never say anything against Muslims? Maher? He constantly rants about how awful Islam is. You don’t like him? Fine. But at least try to have some idea what you’re talking about. Geez.

Regardless if you are Christian or atheist or something else, is it so hard to show each other respect. I used to like Bill Maher, his shows were interesting. He has every right to debate anyone about anything, however, I am tired of the smarta$$ disrespectful way he treats people. I suppose it is an attempt to look smart and sophisticated, but he comes off just as smarmy as any television evangilist. Does it really bother him that much that Tebow believes what he does or prays? It doesn’t hurt anyone. I don’t believe any higher power, if it exists, really gives a rat’s behind about football, but if it makes Tebow happy, let him be.

He’s just a shock jock trying to get attention. Tebow has too much class to even acknowledge him. And for some of you who think he thanks Jesus for a win you must not have read the article and he is thankful for Jesus as his savior. Too many haters just want Tebow to hate like them and when he won’t they attack. So sad.

Let’s get this straight…..the NFL employs rapists, murderers, dog killers, and this guy has to go after somebody who prays?

Hey Bill, why don’t you tweet the same way about some other religious fools: Rev Martin Luther KIng, Rev Jessie Jackson, Rev Al Sharpton, Rev Louis Farakan, Rev Jeremiah Wright. I find it dishonest that he attacks conservative religious fihures but not liberal. BTW — didn’t mean the fools commemt; used to make the point.

Bill Maher might not believe, but the cost he would have to pay in the end for being wrong is a lot more than I would have to pay for him being right.

So this is how your “GOD” works. Totally LAME! Nothing enlightened about being FEARED into a belief.

What has happened to God? I mean He used to part seas, rain fire down from heaven, flood an entire planet, raise all sorts of dead people, heal sick people left and right, but all He can muster in today’s world is a few overtime comebacks in the NFL? Or the occasional picture of Jesus in a waffle burn? I mean he can’t even get a “real” Christian in the White House. What is going on?!

Bill Maher is an intellectual midget that resorts to insults to any position he diagrees with. This is a partisan hack that will negate any evidence to the contrary of his own far left beliefs. He is on par with Rush on the right or Kieth Olberman on the left… They represent the far fringes but are never aware of their own ignorance. Bill Maher thinks he is the smartest person in the room when he is actually the most misinformed person in most cases.

You know, the Bible say wide is the gate that leads to destruction and many will find it. Bill and his supporters and sympathizers are in the fast pass line. Jesus said if you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you. I have yet to see Tebow praying when interviewed. He simply gives credit where credits due for his gifts and talent. Those who read also understand that this world is the devils world. Tebow expresses he is not of this world. To say you love the things of this world, the Father is not in you (1 John 2:15) Way to go Tebow. God Bless and see ya in heaven

Now that he’s riled up the right EVEN MORE than before, I kind of like the guy!! I’m a Christian and I think people on the right ought to get a LIFE!!! Pray when you want because NO one cares, vote TOTALLY according to wwjd which is just a STUPID as all the other crap coming from the right. Why not try to vote in someone that has a BRAIN – which wasn’t very important in 2000 to 2008, and also vote in someone who understands that we are NOT the only country in this big world RON PAUL!!! When I listen to and see what Republicans believe, I FEAR for our Nation!!!

It’s so sad. As always the most devoutly religious among us are filled with the most hate and outrage at a stupid joke. Bill Maher is a COMEDIAN. Telling jokes. In a country that supposedly has free speech. Guess what; Not everyone believes as you do. Please remove your feelings from your sleeve.

Who cares what Bill Maher thinks?

Drew Brees is a born again Christian and you don’t see him throwing his faith in peoples faces every time he scores a touchdown. He just set the all time season NFL passing record and in his post game speech to players not one mention of Jesus Christ. Christians like Brees and Kurt Warner win on the field and celebrate there love for Jesus in there way much better then overhyped Tebow.

1) Maher has done slams on just about every religon that is out there. Get off your self important kiester and do a search on his stand up material and past shows. I remember him doing a muslim fashion pagent in one of his stand ups.
2) I have a brain cell that fired off and saw what the tweet was about – a joke. Reading books instead of burning them sort of helps intelligence quotient improve. Some of you trolls might want to try it.
3) If you didn’t like the joke, guess what. It’s your problem/opinion. Or maybe practice a better option and do what most religions do. FORGIVE HIM and press on like adults.
4) Half of you fail to see the ratings/media game that this is generating for ALL PARTIES. ABC, HBO, Maher, etc. (after all he works with media corperations to get his show on the air….. DUH!)
5) About 75% of you are nothing but angry children with keyboards. Do humanity a favor and go back to school and learn to grow up.

To: Walt Heinecke – Im not meaning to pick on you persomally but your comment covers a couple of issues that are pretty common and need to be addressed. Just like you said, people who watch Real Time with Bill Maher wont care about conservative or christian people boycotting the show. Your right. But the same is true when a fan of Bill Maher, who is a huge critic of religious people, tries to speek as if they understand what is going on when a person is living out their faith in Jesus Christ. When Tim Tebow thanks Jesus after a game he is giving him the glory for something good in his life. As Christians we believe that ALL good things come from God and we are to give thanks for them, weather that is a victory in a sport, a raise at work, or simply nice weather. We thank God for all good things and give Jesus Christ the glory. The reason we give Jesus the glory is becuase his sacrafice on the cross made it possible for us to be in the presence of God when our time on earth is over. So ya see, without him we are sepparated from God and nothing good matters because ultimately we have no hope. Tim Tebow is not saying that God is a huge NFL fan and only wants Tim Tebow to win. But Tebow is saying something like….. hey, something good just happened to me and a lot of eyes are on me, so Im going to point their eyes to my true source of hope and strength.

You and others have also made the comment about how the Bible talks about prating in private and not in public. This is true, Jesus said this when speaking about the religious leaders of his time who were corrupt, greedy, and proud. The mistake you and others make is very common. Many people (even christian pastors to be fair) like to take one line from the Bible and and run with it. This is not the right way to go about anything. Let me give you an example. If you are in a courthouse with your 10 yr. old son and he starts to run, most parents would yell out “HEY! STOP RUNNING!!” The next day you could be watching the same kids baseball game and yell out “RUN RUN!!!!! “after he hits the ball. That 10 yr old is not going to look at you and say “Make up your mind man! yesterday you told me not to run!” He wont do that because he understands through other life lessons that there is more to it such as time and place for this example. The same is true with the Bible you have to use all of it and not just one line and you also have to understand the context. In this case Jesus was warning people to NOT be like those religious leaders who are ALL show and NO heart. There are also many parts in the Bible that tell us to be bold in our faith, to give God the glory, and be a light to the world…… This is what Tebow is doing. His praying in public and giving Jesus Christ the glory can NOT be accurately compared to the comments of Jesus in regards to the corrupt religious leaders. I hope this clears things up. You dont have to like Tim Tebow or anything he statnds for but I think people need to understand what they are talking about when they speak.

I would also like to say that ABC is obviously on the side of Bill Mahar with this issue. This is made clear with the laughing in the back ground THEY ALLOWED to happen when the quote was read.

Iconstantly told that educated liberals were supposed to be kind and inclusive. Yet they show me everyday that they are vile and full of hate. I guarentee that if T. T were a practicing Muslim-BM would have only praised him-Why do we celebrate M. Vick and the thugs but persecute people who are on the other side of the fence-(while he may be over the top at times)-people like Tebow? I understand BM is out only for himself and ratings but why is he given a pass for these remarks? Why was Obama given a pass with the “Guns, Bible and bitter clingers” remark-yet we make new laws of not shaking hands and wearing veils for drivers Liscences-it is interesting and very sad to watch all this from a distance

“Bill Maher has incurred the wrath of conservatives across the U.S., who are now calling for a boycott of the political commentator’s HBO series…”

I found that rather funny! Like… are Conservatives watching his program anyway? In any event, its not nice and in poor taste to ridicule anyone’s belief. Maher should apologize and everybody move on.

Bill Maher deserves an ass kicking….Its been a long time coming.

Tim Tebow is gay. God hates gays. Therefore God hates Tim Tebow.

The people complaining about this are the same people who are always complaining about “political correctness” and “freedom of speech”

this has nothing to do with freedom of speech. there’s no government actor involved on either side, promoting or denying speech. that’s the only time freedom of speech is an issue. calling for boycotts is also a form of speech. the issue here is someone saying something that some agree with and some disagree with that speech. that’s what open public discourse is about. maher says stuff, people react to it…positively or negatively. the government and first amendment have nothing to do with this.

Maher is a hack.

Ok….here’s the thing people are missing:

TEBOW IS -NOT-, REPEAT, -NOT- trying to tell people God is winning games for him He -IS- thanking God for his abilities. If you are a Christian, it is part of the doctrine to give thanks to the Lord for the talents you are given.

Juding from the comments from Maher and others (SNL, commenters on this very page), it would seem their view of the Christian faith is taken from syndicated episodes of Family Guy rather than the Christian doctrine itself.

I’m going to have to ask all of you pay attention to what is actually going on instead of making things up, kthx!

“A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.”
–C.S. Lewis.

Boycott Bill Maher!!!! Are you serious? I love Bill Maher for the very fact that he calls it as it is. He has every right to speak his opinion. So does Tebow, not that I agree with him. I will be one of the first to be sitting right in front of the tv when Maher returns in January. He’s hilarious and all you crybabies can KMA. Believe in your religion and let me and others believe in our own. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEW BILL MAHER TO BEGIN. I don’t complain about he 700 Club which is one of the biggest farces on tv. TURN THE CHANNEL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO WATCH HIM..

maher is crud on feet a pompous biblical illiterate.

“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” (Matthew 12:36)

#1 Bill Maher’s show is live on Friday Nights on HBO. It isn’t taped and edited.
#2 Tim Tebow is just greasing the skids for his post football career as an evangelical preacher.
#3 Religion is a business, plain and simple and folks have been deluded into buying a product and being loyal to that product even though it does more harm than good. (Form over function.).
#4 in 2000 years people will be running around wearing little gold pancreases around their necks and praying to Steve Jobs.

Get over it.

Both Mahr and Tebow are wrong. Mahr is wrong to demonize Christianity as this religion has done many great things for the world. No faith is free from its dark ages, including Judaism, Islam and even Buddhaism. Tebow is wrong to wear his faith on his sleeve.

Howdymo1: You can say the same thing about the gays. They have forced their idealology on all 50 states and those states who don’t obey get sued. Spare me your phony outrage. The right is much more tolerant than the left. I know you have been programmed to believe otherwise, but its the truth.

Liberal me: I appreciate your post, but it is sadly a truth: Liberals have a seething hatred for Christianity as it is completely antithetical to their belief system. In any left wing ideaology, whether it be Liberalsim, socilaism, statism, or communism, the one common bond is the destruction and dismantling of Christianity by moral preversion through law. I am not saying you’re a bad person – not at all. In fact your post illustrates that you are a very kind and sincere person.

Bill Maher – who you probably know best from me just writing his name – is not funny. He tries to be ‘outrageous’ because he – is not funny. So in the end it’s funny that he makes comments like this to hide the fact that as a comedian he – is not funny. Funny.

Rainyday: Did I ask for your opinion? NO. When someone continually persists in cramming their relgious diatribe down your throat, it pushes a person to feel genuine outrage. I don’t know any gay people but I do support the Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Jr. law.

Maher is a angry hateful jewish person who hates all christians and he is 1 pencil neck sissy.

Does Maher slam Islam, Buddhist, Judaism, Wicken? If not, then it is focused discrimination. It is hate, pure and simple. Therefore a hate crime since he only insults, slams and degrades one religion. His show should be pulled.

I am so certain that he would never ridicule a Muslim by insulting Muhammed or Allah.

Decency in America has been dying for a number of years. Maher just shows us how low some people will go to make a buck

Go ahead, bash Bill Mahr…it’ll be great for his numbers! He’s already a smash hit on HBO. He’s funny, smart, insightful, and he usually has a awesome, balanced panel. I LOVE his show. The Repugs don’t watch his show anyway..anymore than most liberals watch FOX news. He riles up the supposed ‘Christians’ to sin!!! Cursing, ready to fight…sad, like the “all powerful wizard of oz god” can’t handle his own. haha The real Christians don’t respond that way.

Re: ” Liberals have a seething hatred for Christianity as it is completely antithetical to their belief system. In any left wing ideaology….” Most of my Liberal friends are Christian – not the hateful, judgemental Christianity of conservatives, but the Christianity of Christ who was reviled by religious leaders for hanging out with the wrong sort of people, who healed people without charge and fed masses without charge. Who said the rich would not inherit God’s kindgdom and who told his followers not even to ask for a coin for their purse. Conservatism if the antithesis of Christianity.

You don’t have to be a conservative to dislike this insolent moron. He is limited in terms of talent, so he must mock and insult and behave true to his persona: the perfect imbecile.

BILL MAHER IS CONTROVERSIAL! THATS HIS JOB, HE IS GOOD AT IT!
“IF WE DO NOT CROSS THE LINE, THEN WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHERE IT IS DRAWN.” – BILL
THERE IS NO RELIGION HIGHER THAN TRUTH!

Re: “Does Maher slam Islam, Buddhist, Judaism, Wicken?” Probably since he thinks all religion is silly – but not in this case because “Christians” like Tebow spend so much time showing off. Which is in direct opposition to the manner Jesus himself said Christian people should behave. (Read Matt 6:1-8, which is followed by the Lord’s prayer.)

God, Bill is hilarious and a master at making the religionists and the right wing look like fools! Keep it up. Bill! You’re the light of rational thought in this country!

YAY BILL!! I am so SICK AND TIRED of these religious nuts who wail and carry on that they are so persecuted and lament their suffering, when in reality THEY are they ones who oppress the masses, spread hatred, lie, cheat and intimidate to push their views on others!! The time has come to put religion where it needs to be – IN THE PAST!!

SERIOUSLY: “Raven: You are deceived, Bill Maher does not even believe there is a God so he does not care that religion presumes to know what God thinks.”

You make no sense. A principle concern of his is EXACTLY that the religious presume to know what “God” thinks and to take on faith that everyone who doesn’t share THEIR particular religion is wrong so they have the God-given right to impose their beliefs on others.

And actually, he has stated that he DOESN’T KNOW if there is a God or what that God thinks if it exists…a pretty humble and rational position, imo.

You guys might want to actually WATCH some of his work before you presume to know his arguments and positions.

“And just because he equally insults and attacks other religions does not make him an equal opportunity bigot.”

Really? What is YOUR definition of “equal oppourtunity”? FTR, rejecting your (or anyone elses’) religion and pointing out the inconsistencies, historical facts surrounding its development, and the tangible harm inflicted in its name is not being a “bigot”. It is simply rejecting a belief system you have concluded is INSANE. Get that? A BELIEF SYSTEM, not a person or entire group of people.

What makes me so sick of the right??? The fact that they THINK they are the ONLY people who believe in God. They ARE the only people that HATE so much in the NAME of GOD and I’m not too sure God like that or THEM!!! Correction: God Loves EVERYONE, even Republicans!!!

If mr bill doesn’t believe there’s a God, then why is he worried about it? Evidently what Tebow is doing is bothering him so bad that he has to run to his little twitter account and throw a tantrum. Funny thing how Christianity is the only religion that people have a problem with. Which only proves all the more that the bible is Nothing less than truth. (Jesus said we’d be persecuted for his sake). Furthermore, it really doesn’t make any difference whether bill maher (or anybody else for that matter) believes or not, it doesn’t make Jesus any less Holy. He’s still just as much God as he ever was. Let’s not forget he created us. He doesn’t need us, we need Him. So go ahead haters and doubters, persecute away…..

Typical athiest they don’t have the strength or courage to have faith in something, so the only way to make them feel good about themselves is to make fun of the ones that do.

I am laughing at all the crazy responses on here! If you don’t like Bill, don’t watch him – I am sure you weren’t watching him prior to this anyway. Why waste your energy having a tantrum about him? Those of you who seem to think he only picks on Christians have no idea what you are talking about. Maher has made insulting comments and jokes about pretty much every group out there – get over yourself and accept that there will be plenty of people on this planet who do not agree wtih your way of thinking and there is nothing you can do about it. Grow up.

Excellent posts Raven! Unfortunately, I do not think the people you are directing your comments to are capable of actually thinking about your points rationally and seeing the truth in them.

Re: “So go ahead haters and doubters, persecute away…..” Now THAT’S funny. Jesus said his followers would be persecuted, true. He was talking about being beaten, jailed, tortured, murdered. To the modern version of American “Christian”, simply being teased or disagreed with is all the “persecution” they can scrape up so they go all drama queen over every little thing. “Oh, eek! An unkind word! Oh, the persecution! The horror!”

If Maher is saying this about Jesus, isn’t he contradicting his claim to be an atheist by admitting that Jesus exists? I have problems with “atheists” who spend more time thinking and talking about the God they say doesn’t exist than most believers do!

That said, the real and troubling issue here is getting overlooked. if Maher had said something about Muhammed (explicit deleted)-ing a Muslim football player, the Dalai Lama doing something to a Buddhist, or Moses fornicating a Jew, Maher would have been off HBO before the cyber ink on his tweet dried. The fact that we as a society ALLOW people to ridicule and lambaste someone for their religious beliefs is horrific, and we need to wake up. That is EXACTLY how Hitler got started–by making it fashionably cool to say negative things about the Jews. Next thing you know, it was not only okay to bad mouth them, it was also acceptable to arrest them and murder them.

One day, Maher will cease to exist….

You go Bill!

RAVEN get a life it’s sounds like you spend too much time drooling over Bill, I’ve seen religious it wasn’t anything special just doing a show for money. The only reason he does any of this is for his shock comedy otherwise we would have never heard of him.

This just goes to show you how desparate Bill Maher is for attention.

Raven — Bill hasn’t challenged anyone, mocking is all he does. But I can see your just like the religous but in your case you worship Bill…LOL

REALLY–No he hasn’t to the point that it would offend Muslims, if he had the testies he would draw a cartoon picture of Mohammed on his show.

Maher is pretty much irrelevant these days. He once was witty and cutting edge. Now he is nothing more than a God-less fool who is often uninformed and spouts lies. I’m not sure what the title of his show is anymore, but it should be “I”m Irrelevant – And God Thanks me”.

I truly hope that Maher is fired – you see – had he dared say something like this about a Muslim, he would have been fired. We all know to mock Christians is a sanctioned sport of the left, but still invoking Hitler is grounds enough to demand his firing. Maher has confirmed that there is no such thing as leftist comedy. And for that reason he should find a home on the Comedy Channel where nothing is funny, but it is leftist.

@Cassandra: Tell it, sister!

Since when is it “funny” to mock someone’s, anyone’s, religious beliefs? It is, and always will be, offensive. Tim Tebow has every right to express his religious views in any setting he wants. But please, Mr. Mahar, don’t consider your disrespect of others beliefs to be comedy. I don’t hear of you producing many comedic remarks about atheists. By the way, I have a bachelor’s degree, so don’t write me off as an uneducated hick as many left-wing liberals tend to do to anyone who defends religious freedom in this country.

COMMONSENSE: “Excellent posts Raven! Unfortunately, I do not think the people you are directing your comments to are capable of actually thinking about your points rationally and seeing the truth in them.”

You never know…I was raised a Christian and actually went through the whole “born-again” thing in my early teens. I eventually grew out of it.

Of course, I was 15 or so when I did…old enough to have read the Bible for myself and mentally mature enough to say, “Wait a minute…this really doesn’t make any SENSE, and what these people are preaching/believe,(INCLUDING the whole “salvation through grace” and “eternal hellfire” things, not to mention their POLITICS), directly contradicts the actual teachings of Jesus!”

I still think Jesus (as an historical figure and/or one of the Great Avatars come to teach us that “Ye are gods”) is way cool. It’s so many of his followers that are wacked.

Or as the bumper sticker puts it:

“Jesus loves you…everyone else just thinks you’re a jerk.”

Tebow is a devout Christian….but…he may convert to Judaism or quit football tomorrow, however, no matter what Tebow does, Maher will still be a foul-mouthed, egotistical, pig who like all other parasites feeds off the misery he creates for others.

Notreally12: “..he said nothing offensive about any religion he just asked questions.”

Yeah, questions like, “so you are saying to me that you will NOT reject violence in the name of Islam?” and “How do you reconcile this passage with your claim that you DO reject violence?”

And made fun of the Orthodox Jewish restrictions and the ways they devised to get around them on a technicallity IN FRONT of the Orthodox Jew he was interviewing.

He also condemned ALL religion as myth and delusion and as idiotic as believing in the Giant Flying Spagetti Monster (to paraphase)….you don’t thing most deeply religious individuals would find THAT offensive?

Perhaps what you are trying to get at is that he didn’t PERSONALLY ATTACK any religious PERSON (just questioned/challenged/mocked their RELIGIOUS BELIEFS). If so, you are absolutely correct. But that is a very different thing than what you seem to be arguing.

Tim Tebow isn’t afraid to be himself, so his faith is out there. Bill Maher is also not afraid to be himself so his meanness is out there. What he said wasn’t funny it was bitter, jaded and mean. I don’t think he should be fired or boycotted. He can say what he wants, and he’ll either have ratings or he won’t.

Bill Maher is not funny; he never has been. He is, in fact, an unctuous little jerk. His social commentary (the only way he seems to be able to draw attention to himself) is hackneyed and thus predictable.

But, in this country, even unctuous little jerks get to voice their opinion. I’m not going to “boycott” HBO because I like seeing the movies its shows. I needn’t “boycott” his show because I never watch it anyway. I wish they’d get rid of him.

And for the record, I’m an athiest.

Maher is a clown who isn’t funny. He has never been entertaining or interesting enough to watch on TV. His comment is stupid and reflects more on how lacking in class he is than it does on Tebow. Maher should be fired by HBO. But he is a flaming liberal so he gets a free pass as usual. If he had said something like that to offend Muslims the insensitive jerk would be out of a job.

Bill Maher is really Michael Moore dressed in drag.

I never really thought Bill Maher was that great a comedian. I love a good left/right debate but sometimes things do get out-of-hand. Maher went to far. When talking of one’s religious beliefs, one can overstep bounds that should be left in place. I don’t care if Maher is an atheist or not. I don’t know how this world started but it is a little fair fetched to believe my ancestors crawled out of the sea and were single celled organisms. There is too much to explain – though I be Maher thinks he can try. Whatever the truth, I believe in a higher power, one that definitely deals in karma. I don’t want to sound like a religious fanatic, by Maher’s day is coming. You can’t get away with that kind of trash and there still be peace in the cosmos. I believe God is love, He created us, gave us all we need to survive and left us to do it. We have failed miserably. Tebow, I am a long time Gator fan even with a small Gator tattoo, and while I am not as zealot as you are, stay strong to your beliefs – they are what make you, you. No one truly knows just a lot of educational guesses. Who knows? To you Maher, make something strike you in the head and open your eyes to the truth of creationism and to Tebow, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. Jesus Christ was a man that lead many to water but not all drank. You are in good company honey.

To hell with boycotting Bill Maher’s show, let’s boycott HBO until his azz is cancelled!

Despicable piece of useless carbon that he is…

I am not a Christian conservative, but I find Bill Mahers comments completely inappropriate. If such comments were made toward any other religion, the outpouring would be five times this. In addition, he is not the first guy to pray during sports. Happens in baseball all the time…how many times have we seen football players praying in a huddle? I saw a guy on ESPN last night thanking the Lord after the basketball game. The thing is that the media latched on due to his great skills and made it as if he was the only Christian athlete there is! Mr. Tebow has stated he knows God is not winning him games…Mr. Tebow has energized his players and is just an overall good guy. Bill Maher on the other hand is just a bitter, angry man who hates anyone that does not believe in the same ideals as he does. He certainly has the right to express his opinion, but sometimes one should take th high road and keep their joke to themselves. Oh, and I did cancel HBO…they haven’t had good programming in years, so this was just the last reason I needed.

I see how, to the masses, believers and nonbelievers (in any faith overall) it can seem unnecessary for Tebow to pray practically anywhere … But for those of you assuming he’s praying for a win – that’s just beyond presumptuous. How do you know he isn’t praying for protection of the players on that field? If you’ve ever had a friend, family member, or child die of spinal cord complications following a tackle, you might appreciate anyone who even appears to be so attentive.

I too am a “non believer” and have been for most of my 44 years. In my eyes, this is a publicity stunt. Otherwise, where were Mahers personal attacks when Reggie White, Kurt Warner and the likes were hailing praises to their Almighty? Any pub is good pub! Maher’s bowing, or Tebowing, to the pressures for the sake of ratings. If only Tebow were of color …

Bill Maher should know that god is too busy worrying about gay marriage to spend time on football.

It’s positively despicable that Bill Maher is able to defame the Catholic Religion and Tim Tebow on a television platform of HBO. How dare him use the disgusting foul language in the same sentence of our Lord Jesus Christ. I’d like to see him use these same tactics with other religions and see how popular he would be. If this is how he needs to make his living, I feel sorry for him; because he’s a lost soul and a disgrace to the entertainment industry. HHBO should be ashamed of themselves for allowing him to use their media as a venue for this type of blasphemy.

Honestly people? Yes the constitution allows citizens freedom of religion and that includes atheism (if you view it as such) . But if you openly mock someone’s religion, you open yourself up to ridicule and mocking, and you relinquish your rights (metaphorically). Tebow has every right show his faith in God publicly, just like Maher can show his views on Twitter. The only difference is Maher chose to make a mockery of the situation. A lot of these comments say Maher is an intellectual man, and he probably is, but overall his comment was not very wise.