Every once in a while, HBO’s Bill Maher feels the need to remind people that he is still an intensely anti-religious individual. Friday’s episode of Real Time was one of those occasions, as Maher used the election of a new pope to launch into multiple anti-religious ramblings in order to portray religious people as unintelligent and violent, but it was Maher who relied on intellectually unsophisticated arguments.
During his monologue, Maher recalled how, “the new pope already gave his first mass, oh it was a good one. He said some very interesting things. He said many people perceive Christianity as absurd and meant for the weak and unintelligent—finally a pope who gets me!”
Later, during his panel discussion with GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and ABC News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, Maher quipped, “You’re…
