Thread: Bill Maher: Jesus Just F*cked Tim Tebow Bad

Lol he tweeted that? haha

https://twitter.com/#!/billmaher/statuses/150679701415936000

lol

I thought it was funny. Just poking fun at that pastor who said the Broncos were winning because Tebow was such a good christian. Good stuff.

I hate that guy, he is such an arrogant sob.

Originally Posted by ezerules

I hate that guy, he is such an arrogant sob.

He's probably just too smart for you...

Originally Posted by MDR

I thought it was funny. Just poking fun at that pastor who said the Broncos were winning because Tebow was such a good christian. Good stuff.

You are correct. Morons of epic proportions say things like their team won because of god. Maher was just using the exact same logic to show who fucking dumb that really is.

Maher is a tool just looking to push peoples buttons. He isn't intelligent, at least he did not show any intelligence in that tweet. any fucking jackass stupid Middle School kid could have come up with that.

Originally Posted by bio-chem

Maher is a tool just looking to push peoples buttons. He isn't intelligent, at least he did not show any intelligence in that tweet. any fucking jackass stupid Middle School kid could have come up with that.

Yeah, Maher has never impressed me. He made some kiddie flick called Religulous where he waste time going around asking people if they believe in talking snakes. I've only seen clips but the ones I've seen are of him interviewing the stupidest people he could find. I'm sure slightly less stupid atheists enjoy that shit but why not grow some balls and interview or debate the most intelligent people with the opposing view point you can find.

I study opposing viewpoints probably more so than my own. A few years ago I had a friend who claimed she was a utilitarian. Her explanation of this view seemed weak to me; so I started researching and even read Bentham's book that basically started it all. Turns out she didn't really have a grasp of what utilitariansim was or had even heard of Jeremy Bentham. Her understanding of it was probably pieced together from vapid sources like conversations and internet blogs. I learned a lot from that study and was able to make connections to other areas of science and philosophy I wouldn't have seen otherwise.

Originally Posted by troubador

Yeah, Maher has never impressed me. He made some kiddie flick called Religulous where he waste time going around asking people if they believe in talking snakes. I've only seen clips but the ones I've seen are of him interviewing the stupidest people he could find. I'm sure slightly less stupid atheists enjoy that shit but why not grow some balls and interview or debate the most intelligent people with the opposing view point you can find.

I study opposing viewpoints probably more so than my own. A few years ago I had a friend who claimed she was a utilitarian. Her explanation of this view seemed weak to me; so I started researching and even read Bentham's book that basically started it all. Turns out she didn't really have a grasp of what utilitariansim was or had even heard of Jeremy Bentham. Her understanding of it was probably pieced together from vapid sources like conversations and internet blogs. I learned a lot from that study and was able to make connections to other areas of science and philosophy I wouldn't have seen otherwise.

Unfortunately, those stupid people are the majority of folks in the US. 60% of americans believe that the noah's ark story is real. That is astounding to me. Maybe you are surrounded by more intelligent people, but the vast majority of christians I come into contact with believe this crap. My in laws, my cousins and some close friends all believe that the world is about 6,000 years old and that humans used to live to be 900 years old.

Originally Posted by exphysiologist88

He's probably just too smart for you...

Yeah I doubt that very much.

As for his tweet, it wasn't that bad, and it didn't contribute to my feelings for him.

Also I do not hate him, I just feel bad for him, he is so jaded.

Originally Posted by ezerules

Yeah I doubt that very much.

As for his tweet, it wasn't that bad, and it didn't contribute to my feelings for him.

Also I do not hate him, I just feel bad for him, he is so jaded.

I doubt he even feels that way. I'm sure Maher realizes his meal ticket is just to incite people by being an asshole. Any clown can do that.

Bill Maher, a comedian being comical and spewing satire. Like there really is a jesus and he specifically cares about football and all these athletes who praise him, then go on a binge and try to screw every woman who's fortunate enough to make their acquaintance.

Huge bong rip, thank you jesus!

I can see where someone might not like Maher, but some people are pretty quick to call him stupid or dumb.

The guy did double major and graduate on time from Cornell. How many people proclaiming Maher an idiot think Rush Limbaugh is a genius?

Originally Posted by hoyle21

I can see where someone might not like Maher, but some people are pretty quick to call him stupid or dumb.

The guy did double major and graduate on time from Cornell. How many people proclaiming Maher an idiot think Rush Limbaugh is a genius?

I don't care if he double PHd in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics from MIT if he uses that intelligence to come up with stupid tweets that a Middle School kid trying to be a punk could come up with.

Originally Posted by hoyle21

How many people proclaiming Maher an idiot think Rush Limbaugh is a genius?

This!

Originally Posted by MDR

I thought it was funny. Just poking fun at that pastor who said the Broncos were winning because Tebow was such a good christian. Good stuff.

From what I understand Tebow is well liked by his teammates and all around the league.
It's these idiots who make him out to be the messiah that gets peoples goat, that pastors comment isn't any more intelligent than Mashers comment.

Tim Tebow criticism says a lot about us ... and it's not good - NFL News | FOX Sports on MSN

Why the heck do we hate Tim Tebow?

What if Tim Tebow were a Muslim?
Imagine for a second, the Denver Broncos quarterback is a devout follower of Islam, sincere and principled in his beliefs and thus bowed toward Mecca to celebrate touchdowns. Now imagine if Detroit Lions players Stephen Tulloch and Tony Scheffler mockingly bowed toward Mecca, too, after tackling him for a loss or scoring a touchdown, just like what happened Sunday.

I know what would happen. All hell would break loose.

Stinging indictments issued by sports columnists. At least a few outraged religious leaders chiming in on his behalf. Depending on what else had happened that day, they might have a chance at becoming Keith Olbermann's Worst Person In The World.

And there would be apologies. Oh, Lord, would there be apologies — by players, by coaches, possibly by ownership with a tiny chance of a statement from NFL commish Roger Goodell.

You cannot mock Muslim faith, not in this country, not anywhere really.

It is primarily a respect issue, because religion is sacred and should be off limits. Yet when Tulloch and Scheffler dropped to a knee to mock how Tebow prays — an action known as “Tebowing” that has gone viral among the public, too — we yawned and told Christians to lighten up. We blamed Tebow for making a show of honoring God rather than himself in moments of joy. We excused them because Tulloch said he was mocking "Tebowing," not God.

Because ridiculing a man who chooses to honor God is so much better, right?

His religious fervor is an easy target for the vitriol spewed from those who dislike him, but the reasons are much deeper than that. From his advocacy of abstinence to his infamous “You will never see another team play this hard” speech at Florida, it is like he is too good to be true. He is too nice, and thereby we want him to trip up so we can feel better. We want him to be revealed as a hypocrite, and when that fails to happen, we settle for gleefully celebrating his failures on the football field. And why? Because he dares to say thanks?

I keep telling myself I am done with this Tebow debate only to be drawn offside, this time by a Lions player I had never heard of and a viral web meme that sprouted this week that had fans flooding an ESPN story’s comments section with viciously funny, yet downright mean and very sacrilegious quips of the “X > Tebow” formula.

What this whole repeating cycle of Tebow — rip his game, mock his faith, rise to his defense, repeat — has revealed about religious discourse in America is ugly. We have become so enamored of politically correct dogma that we protect every minority from even the slightest blush of insensitivity while letting the very institutions that the majority holds dear to be ridiculed. And this defense that Tebow invites such scrutiny with his willingness to publicly live as he privately believes calls into question what exactly it is we value.

One of the things Boomer Esiason got right earlier this week in his vicious, radio-show takedown on Tebow as a quarterback was how personal the criticism is. A good many NFL players and fans seem to be rooting for this guy to be a massive failure.

I could not figure out what was causing this onslaught of venom for a guy almost everybody claims to like, and I finally decided it is more about us. He makes us uncomfortable. He is a reminder that the blue-red, liberal-conservative fight over taking God out of everyday life is intellectually dishonest. He is too good.

Tebow is proof that God goes comfortably into whatever arena of your life you wish to take Him. I used to work with a great guy, Simon Gonzalez, a very devout Christian, and he prayed before every meal. Others would be killing free press meals and he would stop, bow his head and silently say thanks. He was not making a spectacle of his beliefs. He believed that God deserved thanks for what was before him, and not just when convenient for Simon. And people would squirm — not because what he was doing was wrong but because it was right. It is the same for Tebow.

There is no organized prayer led by Goodell before every game and no mandate for a post-touchdown prayer. Players such as Tebow — and he certainly is not alone in his belief and faith in the league — do so because consciences request it.

That others chose to mock — and Tulloch is in good company with many journalists I call friends and web posters with a wicked sense of humor — reminds me very much of the final line of The Paradoxical Commandments so often attributed to Mother Teresa. “You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.”

And everybody is getting dropped in the grease on this one.

The defenses of Tebow, by Christians, are so ugly it defeats the point. This is where Christianity so often loses people, the ardent preaching of the gospel of “I'm Right, You're Wrong” and the demand for tolerance and the unwillingness to grant it. Because if Tebow were Muslim and did celebrate by bowing to Mecca, that would deserve respect too. Same for a Jewish player, yet why do I see that blowing up into an ugly mess as well? The level of discourse about religion in this country is frankly embarrassing, a bastard child of political discourse.

The only one who looks good in all this — maybe too good for some — is Tebow.

I find it especially telling that Tebow rarely lectures and does not fight back. He did not create Tebowing, nor is he responsible for it blowing up hipster style. It was kind of cool, I thought, after hearing a kid had said he was “Tebowing” while getting chemo.

Tebow is just a guy with the good sense to say thanks. Instead of taking his cue, we mock his faith.

And that says more about us, none of it good.

I make fun of everything, so little bothers me.

Yeah i heard that a lot of people got upset about that tweet, I guess they forgot Bill Maher is a COMEDIAN, and that is what comedians do, make fun of people.

I thought it was funny, but last year when he tweeted about Zeus I thought he crossed the line.

Originally Posted by Prince

Yeah i heard that a lot of people got upset about that tweet, I guess they forgot Bill Maher is a COMEDIAN, and that is what comedians do, make fun of people.

Exactly. For all those people upset about Bill Maher, he is laughing all the way to the bank. He made it to the top in show business and makes millions as a comedian. Very few people can say that. There are a lot of comedians that I don't think are funny but that does not mean I dislike them for plying their trade. Part of their job is pushing buttons and getting people worked up. Maher just focuses on chrisians and conservatives because they are such easy targets for comedy.

Originally Posted by Bigbully100678

reps

George Carlin was the best source of, "NO SHIT!?" and cuts straight to the truth.


R.I.P GC

God is smart. He didn't need Tebow to win. He just needed Oakland to lose.

Originally Posted by TJTJ

reps

George Carlin was the best source of, "NO SHIT!?" and cuts straight to the truth.


R.I.P GC

I was seriously upset when he died. He was a comedic genius. A lot of his humor had a serious side to it as well.

R.I.P. George Carlin

Originally Posted by exphysiologist88

Unfortunately, those stupid people are the majority of folks in the US. 60% of americans believe that the noah's ark story is real. That is astounding to me. Maybe you are surrounded by more intelligent people, but the vast majority of christians I come into contact with believe this crap. My in laws, my cousins and some close friends all believe that the world is about 6,000 years old and that humans used to live to be 900 years old.

I noticed you didn't bother to say why all that matters.

Originally Posted by troubador

I noticed you didn't bother to say why all that matters.

It matters because these people vote in very high numbers.