Comments on: Bill Maher Thinks G.K. Chesterton was Smart. But is Bill Maher? https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/08/07/bill-maher-thinks-g-k-chesterton-was-smart-but-is-bill-maher/ The Online Perch of a Real Elitist Snob Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Praying to Oneself | Positive Infinity https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/08/07/bill-maher-thinks-g-k-chesterton-was-smart-but-is-bill-maher/comment-page-1/#comment-30373 Praying to Oneself | Positive Infinity Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:03:16 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=3095#comment-30373 [...] Praying to Oneself8 September 2009, me @ 06:00At the end of G.K. Chesterton’s (whom atheist Bill Maher thinks is a smart guy) classic Orthodoxy, he states that the one thing Jesus never showed in his earthly life is his [...] [...] Praying to Oneself8 September 2009, me @ 06:00At the end of G.K. Chesterton’s (whom atheist Bill Maher thinks is a smart guy) classic Orthodoxy, he states that the one thing Jesus never showed in his earthly life is his [...]

]]> By: me https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/08/07/bill-maher-thinks-g-k-chesterton-was-smart-but-is-bill-maher/comment-page-1/#comment-30009 me Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:54:06 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=3095#comment-30009 Irrespective of their "day job," atheists these days are loathe to refer to any Christian author as a "smart guy." The whole line from people of Maher's idea is that Christians are fundamentally stupid. From a logical standpoint that is an ad hominem argument, but that rule gets waived routinely these days by the self-proclaimed "rational" atheists. Although I agree that as a comedian he might say just about anything for, as you say, a cheap laugh, the piece I was quoting from wasn't a comic type of piece. People grab quotes from all kinds of places which are disembodied from their original source. Something is amiss here. Irrespective of their “day job,” atheists these days are loathe to refer to any Christian author as a “smart guy.” The whole line from people of Maher’s idea is that Christians are fundamentally stupid. From a logical standpoint that is an ad hominem argument, but that rule gets waived routinely these days by the self-proclaimed “rational” atheists.

Although I agree that as a comedian he might say just about anything for, as you say, a cheap laugh, the piece I was quoting from wasn’t a comic type of piece. People grab quotes from all kinds of places which are disembodied from their original source. Something is amiss here.

]]> By: Nicholas https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/08/07/bill-maher-thinks-g-k-chesterton-was-smart-but-is-bill-maher/comment-page-1/#comment-30006 Nicholas Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:59:03 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=3095#comment-30006 I'm guessing that Mr. Maher thinks of himself first and foremost not as an atheist but as a comedian. And as everyone knows, comedians don't let silly things like integrity, scruples, or faction come between them and a cheap laugh. That being said, is it truly the opinion of the author that Maher is unintelligent? Or that he is ignorant of Chesterton's ethico-political alignments? Or that drawing on Chesterton indicates desperation? I think not. I’m guessing that Mr. Maher thinks of himself first and foremost not as an atheist but as a comedian. And as everyone knows, comedians don’t let silly things like integrity, scruples, or faction come between them and a cheap laugh.
That being said, is it truly the opinion of the author that Maher is unintelligent? Or that he is ignorant of Chesterton’s ethico-political alignments? Or that drawing on Chesterton indicates desperation? I think not.

]]> By: Nicholas https://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/08/07/bill-maher-thinks-g-k-chesterton-was-smart-but-is-bill-maher/comment-page-1/#comment-30005 Nicholas Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:43:20 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=3095#comment-30005 I'm guessing I’m guessing

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