Bill Maher on Friday night’s “Real Time” turned up the volumes on his “disbelief that God exists” while poking fun at religions that call the “observable reality” of the annual 3-day weekend for atheists.
As we head into a holy week for Christians and Passover for Jews, Maher said in his “New Testament” section that the country needs to stop talking about diversity, equity and inclusion until it has Even atheists should not join.
“Atheists: We’re now reaching a third of the population, [and] I shouldn’t have begged for it, for God’s sake! It is outrageous that there are so many of us and still zero representation in government. The Congress has 535 members and only a handful would even accept their ‘religiously unaffiliated’, he joked. “No one has been able to confess his shameful secret: ‘I don’t believe in ghosts.'”
Next Sunday, as many of you know, is Easter, the day Christians commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. “Enjoy,” said Maher. “If that’s your thing: bunny rabbits that lay eggs to celebrate the son of God, whatever floats your ark. But it’s not fair that people who belong to one of the big religions—,” she interjected. I just stopped. “They all get to have this proverbial individual day where the world revolves around them. I mean, here we are in the middle of a huge egg shortage, and yet next Sunday we’re going to get some eggs and put them in the yard.” Will I hide it?”
Although there is a movement for schools to officially recognize Ramadan — the Muslim month of fasting — Maher pointed out that while about 3 million Americans observe Ramadan, 100 million say they have no religion.
“So where’s our day?” He asked. “Is there really so much to ask, that so many people find one day a year when we recommit ourselves to observable reality? A day without atonement, no corpse resurrection, no fasting , no tree in your house, no big rock to go round, no dirt on your forehead, no candles to light and please, God, no fruit cake. Just an annual three-day weekend of your deep faith To celebrate that with Monday off you can drink and sleep on Sunday night.
Watch Maher’s entire “New Testament” segment at the top.