Maher answers one question
Bill Maher’s publicist told us we could interview the man behind “Religulous.” Our reporter, however, was only given two questions. Here’s the first:
Q One of the criticisms leveled against Religulous is that the people who were interviewed were ignorant or not eloquent about their feelings about religion. Francis Collins, a scientist working on the Human Genome Project, is a notable exception. What do you say to these critics?
A That was the criticism most often leveled at this film, and it is completely bogus. Francis Collins is brilliant. He is not the only intelligent...
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By Phil D.
6:45p.m. on February 20, 2009
OK, I give up.
What was the second question?
Yeah. I agree. But it also relieves anxiety.
Rose Kennedy said the first thing she did when she heard that her son (President Kennedy) had been assassinated, was GO TO CHURCH.
I am not defending religion. It is probably a fantasy and a sexist, racist, homophobic fantasy at that as the writer points out (except for Unitarians), but it does relieve anxiety for some.