Samuel James #fundie patheos.com

If I had a dollar for every time Bill Maher got more cheers from conservatives than liberals, I’d almost have enough for a Little Ceasars Hot-N-Ready. Yet Maher is getting support from several conservative quadrants for his bold and non-compromising stance on the inherently violent nature of Islam.

It’s kind of amusing how host Charlie Rose keeps throwing Maher a lifeline (how many times does he say something like, “But you’re not really saying—”). Maher doesn’t take the hint, though; he doubles down, especially when Rose tries to make Christianity as primed for radicalization as Islam:

Maher: There are illiberal beliefs, that are held by vast numbers of Muslim people—

Rose: Christians too

Maher: No, that’s not true. Vast numbers of Christians do not believe that if you leave the Christian religion, you should be killed for it. Vast numbers of Christians do not treat women as second class citizens. Vast numbers of Christians do not believe if you draw a picture of Jesus Christ, you should get killed—Would most Muslim people condone [ISIS]? No, but most Muslim people in the world do condone violence for what you think.

Atheist Sam Harris agreed with Maher on his show recently, much to the animated dismay of actor Ben Affleck.

Affleck, however, called these characterizations “gross and racist” and argued that Maher and Harris were just conflating the minority views of radical jihadists with the beliefs of the rest of the world’s estimated 1.6 billion Muslims

I’ve seen a lot of posts from fellow Christians and conservatives saying something like, “Never thought I’d agree with Bill Maher,” or, “Maher gets it right for once.” Maher doesn’t like Christians–even in the Rose interview he makes a point of saying that all religions are stupid–but in this instance, he seems to be getting some unrequited support.

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