Bill Maher: A Degree from Liberty University Cheapens My Real Degree

Bill Maher: one of the few individuals capable of making Glenn Beck look like a Rhodes Scholar by comparison.  We used to have a drinking game where we drank a glass of beer every time Maher said something over the top loony, but Budweiser couldn’t keep up production.

Good book, really supports the line the school you flunk out of when you get the answers right. He had the whole section about trying to pass his “science” tests. Just hilarious 

If you think that Bill Maher is actually loonier than Glenn Beck, I question your connection to reality. Maher says stupid things frequently, but Glenn Beck is off the charts. There are orders of magnitude between them.

At least Maher is funny. Some of Beck’s rants are downright scary!!!! …and no, NOTHING can make Glen Beck look like a Rhodes Scholar except maybe Rush Limbaugh.

Absolutely, and he’s completely right. But he also addresses that most of the requirements are pretty straight-forward and in many cases, more academically strenuous than other institutions. Saying that it’s not a real school isn’t entirely honest – it’s a lot more complicated than that.

Of course, complicated isn’t funny, so I’m not surprised that Maher didn’t get into it. But it really is an absolutely fascinating memoir. 

That Maher is in any way funny is an opinion.  To me, Maher is as funny as that kid who went around and knocked the books out of other kids’ hands in school for a cheap laugh.  It wasn’t funny then.  It’s not funny now.

I’m not saying Beck isn’t.  It’s just that anyone with the slightest bit of education regarding the topics Maher enjoys discussing knows how out in left field the guy really is. Out there with Beck and company.

clearly your grasp of humor is the same as your grasp of reality; not very developed.

Is Liberty an accredited institution? Because if not, it doesn’t really cheapen your degree that much.

Okay, so he is the thing sweetheart…

You have been coming here just to troll the waters, and okay, if that is how you get off, I understand. That said, you don’t really have a foundation argumentation or logic. So here is the thing sweetheart, I challenge you to a debate on three issues:

A) abortion and reproduction

B) science versus religion

C) false equivalency

I propose we have the ate via online/real time streaming vieo. I cohost through my studio and magazine’s server.

And here are the stakes….when I win, you admit you have beefing. Then, you go away from this blog.

This debate is to address fact only, with proof, and verified peer reviewed data and studies.

So the challenge is the sweetheart. Do you have the stones to try and go toe to toe?

If not, then shut the fuck up.

Where can we get bumper stickers

“I flunked out of Liberty University*”

Unfortunately, yes, it is.   And, unfortunately, I know several people who recently graduated from their biology and chem programs. Compared to the academics at other schools, it is far closer to a high school curriculum in difficulty, IMHO. And, yes, YEC is taught as fact, and evolution is taught as bad science and conspiracy. I have no idea how this place got accredited programs in the sciences short of blatant dishonesty.

“NSFW image at the beginning of the video”

You Americans are adorable.

 He admitted he was wrong? I can’t find any mention of that with Google. Care to clue me in on the source?

Fsq, I recall being called a troll by you in the past – remember that disagreement does not constitute being a troll.
(By the way, what’s with the “sweetheart” thing? I know it’s a way to project superiority, sophistication and condescention, all rolled into one, but really, I feel like I’m reading a post written by a drag queen!

Reminds me of a drinking game I made up where you turn on any evangelical program, and take a drink everytime someone says anything substantial, or meaningful, or verifiably true.  Soberest drinking game I ever played.

****damn iPad…..NOT Damian…..damn auto spell check.

Never has the term “BS” been more double entendre intended than this shining example….

Actually I don’t come to troll.  I come to blog.  I initially was looking for atheist blogs to roam around in and find a place I could point my sons.  They are friends with some kids who are atheists, and they often have discussions about religion and religious topics. I used to be an agnostic, but that was many years ago, and I realize the climate has changed (though I’m shocked at how similar much of it is).  My sons were asking what atheists really think, and what they argue, so I decided to look around for a blog or two where i could point them for some casual reading.  It wasn’t easy, since not all atheist blogs are, well, kid friendly. That’s all I’ve been doing, throwing things out and seeing the level of discourse that arises (Note well, I don’t call people names, cuss and yell, or any such thing).  Trying to see if it would be something that wasn’t too tough for their ages, but beyond some of what they’re hearing from their friends.

As for the debate, I have not the time nor interest.  There’s not even enough time to establish the parameters, what with jobs, kids, obligations, and yes, religious involvement.  Proof?  What type of proof?  Scientific?  Natural sciences only? What of philosophy?  Ethics?  Theology?  Where would we begin I wonder?

Again, I’m merely looking for a place I can send my boys in order to get some ideas from your average, run-of-the-mill atheists. 

Oh, and don’t worry about the auto correct.  I got the gist of what you were saying.

By the way, you didn’t answer my question about when and where I said anything about Creationism. That alone is enough to make me think a debate would probably go nowhere, and get there fast.

Try it with waiting for a coherent thought from Maher some time.  You’ll think the evangelcial game was a deluge by comparison.

Pussy.

You use every excuse, yet by your prolific presence here you show yourself to be a liar, disingenuous, insincere and a smoke and mirrors coward.

D not play semantic games with me. Ad you are backing out of the challenge because you are a coward and know that none of your alleged knowledge or arguments have a shred of a chance against mine. Not a father, son or holy ghost of a chance.

So, since you have taken the coars way out, it is now time for you to fuck off and shut up.

Also, this is not the place for you to blog. Go start your own blog, but dont come here to blog. Your words sweetheart.

You are a coward, liar and fraud.

Not to mention, you have kids? Those poor kids. I mean that seriously, not in jest. I feel total pity for your kids because they have a coward and a cult following

Bill Maher is just so desperate to make people laugh. The worst part is that he is so far off with his facts. It just gives me another reason to go to Liberty University next year. I’m always up for a good laugh, but this is just cheap and dirty.

http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&MID=56002   Liberty teaches both creationism and evolution. They have a med school under development. The way that many people perceive this school seems to be based on heresay run rampant.