Bill Maher

Bill Maher's Opinions

September 11th Attacks Were the 9/11 hijackers cowardly? Disagree We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from two thousand miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building. Say what you want about it. Not cowardly. The Admirable Admission Pitch   Edit Pitches 17 Sep 2001    Source Did the US Government play a part in the 9/11 attacks? Disagree Crazy people who still think the government brought down the Twin Towers in a controlled explosion have to stop pretending that I’m the one who’s being naïve. How big a lunatic do you have to be to watch two giant airliners packed with jet fuel slam into buildings on live TV, igniting a massive inferno that burned for two hours, and then think, well, if you believe that was the cause… Stop asking me to raise this ridiculous topic on the show and start asking your doctor if Paxil is right for you The Sarcastic Pitch   The Wake Up Pitch   Edit Pitches 14 Sep 2007    Source Christianity Would the world be better off without the Catholic Church? Agree Yes, we are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. Edit Pitches 16 Feb 2005    Source Religion Does religion encourage good behavior? Disagree Yes, we are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. Edit Pitches 16 Feb 2005    Source Politics Should euthanasia be legal? Agree The right wing is upset about [the movie 'Million Dollar Baby'] because it's about euthanasia. It's about mercy killing. And it just makes me laugh because Clint Eastwood in his movies has killed about five million people, most of them with a knife or with his bare hands. Edit Pitches 25 Feb 2005    Source Is Islam fundamentally a peaceful religion? Disagree People who want to gloss over the difference between western culture and Islamic culture [forget] about the fact that the Islamic culture is 600 years younger and they are going through the equivalent of what the west went through the middle ages, the dark ages, when religion had way too much power and we had inquisitions and things like that do so at their peril. Edit Pitches 05 May 2010    Source

Psychology Is marriage a good thing? Mostly Disagree I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end up with lying and hypocrisy. The Analogy Pitch   Edit Pitches 24 Aug 2006    Source Are people getting stupider? Mostly Agree ...in my lifetime, I would have to say that things do seem to be getting worse and they seem to be getting worse because – sorry to say it – people get stupider and stupider every election cycle. ... They think offshore drilling is going to lower the price of gas and they think Obama, the black guy from the single mother, somehow is the elitist. The Mob Pitch   The Good Old Days Pitch   Edit Pitches 15 Aug 2008    Source Science Does God exist? Agree Religion to me is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need. But I'm not an atheist, no. Edit Pitches 16 Feb 2007    Source Law Should the burka be banned? Agree Just so we're clear, we're not talking about head scarfs, you can wear a head scarf. We're talking about the full burka. You know, there's a part of the world you can live if you want to wear a bag. But you know, you've got to have a face in you live in the west. Am I asking the world here? Edit Pitches 16 May 2010    Source

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