Friday night, on HBO's Real Time, host Bill Maher launched a scathing attack on what he perceives to be Christian hypocrisy.
Maher was critical of some American Christians in light of the national celebration concerning the location and elimination of Osama bin Laden.
Speaking about the American reaction to Osama bin Laden's death, Maher said:
If you rejoice in revenge, torture and war, you can not say you are a follower of Jesus Christ.
If you're a Christian who supports killing your enemies and torture, you have to come up with a new name for yourself.
Maher went on:
Capping thine enemy is not exactly what Jesus would do – it’s what Suge Knight would do.
and
Martin Luther King gets to call himself a Christian because he actually practiced loving his enemies, and Gandhi was so f*cking Christian he was Hindu.
Maher did not spare President Obama and his professed Christianity either, claiming Obama isn’t acting in keeping with Jesus’ non-violent message:
My favorite new government program is surprising violent religious zealots in the middle of the night and shooting them in the face.”
Perhaps one of Maher's funniest lines was "Being Christian and pro-violence is like joining Greenpeace and hating whales."
Maher's comments have generated discussion across the web. John Nolte writing for Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood attempted a defense American Christians, while many others, both Christian and non-Christian, found much truth in Maher's analysis.
Watch the video. What do you think? Is Maher right about the Christian hypocrisy? What would the Prince of Peace think about those who cheer the execution of Osama bin Laden?
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