"If You're a Christian, You're Stupid. Get Over It!"

The Message Christians Are Pelted with Through Media

Have you noticed how the hatred of Christians has accelerated? All you have to do is turn on the television and you will see the hatred spewing forth, sometimes disguised as "comedy", but always obvious to the Christian. Had I not read the back of The Book, I would be discouraged. But let's look at some of the most egregious examples of this hatred.

Comedian and talk-show host Bill Maher has released a documentary called "Religulous". The title—a combination of the words religious and ridiculous—tells you what kind of worldview we're dealing with. This movie is a showcase for Maher's contempt for religious believers of all kinds, from Christians to Jews to Muslims to Mormons. Maher interviews representatives of many of these faiths; then he lumps all the religions together and deems them forces for evil that "must die" in order for humanity to thrive. These scary words are accompanied by apocalyptic images of nuclear attacks.

Like another well-known documentarian, Michael Moore, Bill Maher tries to make his point basically by claiming that he's right and editing out almost everyone and everything that might show that he's wrong. Boiled down, the idea of the film is that if you're religious, you're an idiot.

There are any number of ways that we could take issue with the film and its premise. But I want to focus on one scene that, to my mind, exposes the sad and empty heart of Maher's worldview.

In this scene, Maher—himself a former Catholic who admits that he used to try to "bargain" with God—interviews a group of men at a trucker's chapel. Like many other scenes in the film, this one is carefully set up to make us marvel at the brilliance of Bill Maher and the inferiority of everyone around him. (It's hard for a viewer to avoid the conclusion that the only higher power in Maher's universe is his own ego.)