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Article: The comedian Bill Maher recently delivered himself of some rather decided views on religion in general and Catholicism in particular.(While We're At It)(Brief article)
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- First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
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- April 1, 2008
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The comedian Bill Maher recently delivered himself of some rather decided views on religion in general and Catholicism in particular. On a late-night talk show he said, "You can't be a rational person six days of the week and put on a suit and make rational decisions and go to work and, on one day of the week, go to a building and think you're drinking the blood of a 2,000-year-old space god. That doesn't make you a person of faith. That makes you schizophrenic." He added that anyone who is religious is schizophrenic, "sort of." As might be expected, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League blasted Maher for his "twisted mind" and "hatred of Christians." That's Dr. Donohue's job. ...
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