Bill Maher Says Everyone in the Bible Has Slaves, Asks: ‘Should We Cancel God?’
16.04.2022 - 18:59
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too extreme.” That blew over quickly, but in 2020, the Black Student Union and the Student Inclusion Coalition supported the removal.Yeah, Lincoln “said some racist thing,” Maher said, adding that “every white person in 1860 Columbus had slaves. So did everyone in 1492, who could afford it, including people of color in other parts of the world. … You know who else had slaves? Everyone in the Bible.
Should we cancel God?”“I’ve tried, really,” he added. “Both testaments have lots of rules and laws about slavery and none of them are ‘Don’t do it,’ That never crossed their mind. ‘Don’t do it.’ There’s a lot of laws like — a man kills your slave, you may kill his slave.
OK? [It’s] not a defense of slavery.”Maher’s point was to not look back in time and think you “would’ve known things were wrong at a time when nobody else thought that. Like, if you were living 500 years ago, you’d be like, ‘Uh, well, slavery’s wrong. And gay and trans people should be represented in all of Shakespeare’s plays.’ Shut up! You’re not better.
You just came later.”Although most think of Maher is an atheist (the belief that there is no God), he has referred to himself as an agnostic (one who neither believes in God nor denies His existence). His 2008 documentary film “Religulous” – derived from “religion” and “ridiculous” – challenges religion and those with religious faith. He says in it: “The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man to destructive courses, the world could actually come to an end.
The plain fact is, religion must die for mankind to live. The hour is getting very late to be able to indulge in having in key decisions made by religious people.”And he has never let up. In February 2021, he devoted his “New Rules”
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