Bill Mahers Religulous and Kalam Cosmological Argument

Bill Maher , in the documentary Religulous ' makes rather astonishing claims about religion . But then again , the negative or oppositional reactions which sprung forth from the film , or from the interviews conducted from believers , were not surprising at all . In essence , Bill Maher maintains that faith means making a virtue out of not thinking ' and that doubt ' is in fact a better , and humbler virtue (Maher . Thus , the main essential point that the documentary makes is that religion must die , for mankind to live (Maher , which can be considered in the sense that

mankind has to be critical , that is to be able to have a rational and solid evidence or proof , to assert belief . Here it seems as if what Maher means by to live ' is for man to open his eyes to the true nature behind belief and disbelief , and not to brag about faith (Maher ) but instead give rational recognition to that which he does not know , for in terms of religion nobody really knows everything . Thus , one must admit that there are things , especially about religion , that he cannot really know , and that he has the license to think critically before accepting beliefs , as much as he is entitled to not believing if the reasons or lack of them thereof , point to error

In the documentary , Maher mentioned that non-believers must get out of the closet ' By this he must have meant that their disbelief is just as valid as the various other beliefs around . Besides , there...