Comments on: Bill Maher’s New Rules Segment http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/ by Hemant Mehta Sun, 27 May 2012 02:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Aj http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-71096 Aj Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:13:34 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-71096 Even if 20% are nonbelievers, I'm pretty sure that many of them wouldn't call themselves rationalists let alone me thinking they are. <blockquote>and he tops it off by telling Charlie that he doesn’t believe in MODERN MEDICINE! This AFTER he tirades about stem-cell research!</blockquote> I think holistic medicine is a load of bullshit too, but I'm pretty sure he didn't say the things you are accusing him of saying, at least not in the interview you linked to. It's a bit rich calling himself a rationalist when he goes to a holistic "doctor". <blockquote>in this segment he’d have no problem discriminating against religious people</blockquote> I got that impression when one of the first things he said was that no one should be disqualified for their religious beliefs. Oh wait, that would give me the opposite impression. Even if 20% are nonbelievers, I’m pretty sure that many of them wouldn’t call themselves rationalists let alone me thinking they are.

and he tops it off by telling Charlie that he doesn’t believe in MODERN MEDICINE! This AFTER he tirades about stem-cell research!

I think holistic medicine is a load of bullshit too, but I’m pretty sure he didn’t say the things you are accusing him of saying, at least not in the interview you linked to. It’s a bit rich calling himself a rationalist when he goes to a holistic “doctor”.

in this segment he’d have no problem discriminating against religious people

I got that impression when one of the first things he said was that no one should be disqualified for their religious beliefs. Oh wait, that would give me the opposite impression.

]]> By: Crystal http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-71081 Crystal Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:13:49 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-71081 yeah, he does sound like a hypocrite. He also sounds like in this segment he'd have no problem discriminating against religious people and he thinks they're all crazy. yeah, he does sound like a hypocrite. He also sounds like in this segment he’d have no problem discriminating against religious people and he thinks they’re all crazy.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-70933 Andrew Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:06:01 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-70933 As much as I want to cheer at what Bill Maher says here, I just can't do it. Why? Because Bill Maher is <strong>NOT</strong> a rationalist. Check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYUGTTY_wCI The good stuff starts about halfway through the clip. Bill Maher tells Charlie Rose all about the irrationality of religion, then he tells Charlie how bad America is ("What have we done lately?"), and he tops it off by telling Charlie that he doesn't believe in MODERN MEDICINE! This AFTER he tirades about stem-cell research! Apparently, Bill has a Holistic doctor and believes that it is true medicine (despite the negative findings of thousands of studies...). When I say I am a rationalist, I am a rationalist. I don't dismiss holistic medicine because it is Eastern. I dismiss it because science says its horseshit, and at best it's a placebo. Bill Maher is a hypocrite. As much as I want to cheer at what Bill Maher says here, I just can’t do it. Why? Because Bill Maher is NOT a rationalist.

Check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYUGTTY_wCI

The good stuff starts about halfway through the clip. Bill Maher tells Charlie Rose all about the irrationality of religion, then he tells Charlie how bad America is (“What have we done lately?”), and he tops it off by telling Charlie that he doesn’t believe in MODERN MEDICINE! This AFTER he tirades about stem-cell research! Apparently, Bill has a Holistic doctor and believes that it is true medicine (despite the negative findings of thousands of studies…).

When I say I am a rationalist, I am a rationalist. I don’t dismiss holistic medicine because it is Eastern. I dismiss it because science says its horseshit, and at best it’s a placebo. Bill Maher is a hypocrite.

]]> By: John http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-70932 John Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:05:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/09/21/bill-mahers-new-rules-segment/#comment-70932 Rationalists. I like that. Hard to argue with a Rationalist. By definition, you would be an Irrationalist! Rationalists. I like that. Hard to argue with a Rationalist. By definition, you would be an Irrationalist!

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