Is the LDS Church good or bad?

[SeattleUte]

Bill Mahr is a smug unfunny asshat. But I suppose that is a fitting link for a thread like this.

I guess you all would have found it funny had Chris Hitchins done it. Personally, I think he tried to be funny characterizing the LDS church in his book that dismissel all religions as "poisoning everything," but it fell flat.

[Indy Coug]

It will end the world as we know it.

[Moliere]

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.ph...type=2&theater

Sorry if this has been posted. It's hilarious and has already gone viral.

I found the clip really funny

[clackamascoug]

I voted mostly good. I really think it's very good, but I didn't want to seem like a mormon zombie, so I toned it down a notch.

[SeattleUte]

I found the clip really funny

It is funny. Part of me wants to say that the lesson here is that the LDS Church stuff was funny enough and didn't need Maher to make fun of it. But actually I think the last part with the porcupine, the short arms and such added value. Also, note he makes fun of his own religion (apparently he's a progressive Catholic, i.e., a Catholic about the same as Lebowski, 3D, Grace, et al. are Mormons).

[Topper]

He's not my favorite. His batting average is not great but sometimes he knocks it out of the park.

He is a total asshat. What he said after 9.11 means he should never be forgiven. I hope he falls off a cliff.

[smokymountainrain]

He is a total asshat. What he said after 9.11 means he should never be forgiven. I hope he falls off a cliff.

What did he say? Would it be easy to summarize or find a link?

[CJF]

What did he say? Would it be easy to summarize or find a link?

If I remember correctly it was that America was cowardly because we shoot missiles from 2000 miles away and that the 9/11 terrorists were not cowardly because they were on the planes that hit the WTC and Pentagon. He said this on his network evening show within a few days of the attacks.

[TripletDaddy]

He also claimed that the US response to 9/11 boiled down to "our god is better than your god."

I usually think he is funny or at least entertaining, even if I disagree at times. His 9/11 work was pretty weak.

[Topper]

If I remember correctly it was that America was cowardly because we shoot missiles from 2000 miles away and that the 9/11 terrorists were not cowardly because they were on the planes that hit the WTC and Pentagon. He said this on his network evening show within a few days of the attacks.

Correct. I thought he said the terrorists were brave. I have not forgiven him since then.

[smokymountainrain]

If I remember correctly it was that America was cowardly because we shoot missiles from 2000 miles away and that the 9/11 terrorists were not cowardly because they were on the planes that hit the WTC and Pentagon. He said this on his network evening show within a few days of the attacks.

[Topper]

He also claimed that the US response to 9/11 boiled down to "our god is better than your god."

I usually think he is funny or at least entertaining, even if I disagree at times. His 9/11 work was pretty weak.

Some of his content is occasionally humorous, but he is a self-absorbed, arrogant, condescending prick.

[Omaha 680]

Correct. I thought he said the terrorists were brave. I have not forgiven him since then.

Nor have I. Speaks volumes that SU finds him funny.

[Northwestcoug]

Whoa. Is that the infamous Mark E. Peterson pamphlet? I thought it was an urban legend.

Oh, and yeah. Maher is an asshat. Even when he is right, he is too smug for me to agree with him.

[TripletDaddy]

Some of his content is occasionally humorous, but he is a self-absorbed, arrogant, condescending prick.

So in other words he is a media personality. Nothing new here.