Thread: Bill Maher posthumously "un-baptizes" Mitt Romney's dead father-in-law

Originally Posted by freecell

A joke to me is when both can laugh at it, and no I watched him a few times only. Can't say I like his views. On the other hand baptizing someone already dead is useless as much as thinking someone could ex-baptize him.

Which is exactly the point Maher makes in this segment of his show.

Originally Posted by freecell

A joke to me is when both can laugh at it, and no I watched him a few times only. Can't say I like his views. On the other hand baptizing someone already dead is useless as much as thinking someone could ex-baptize him.

Ah, so you got his point.
You amazed me!

Originally Posted by Dr Sampson Simpson

All comedy is mockery, making fun of things, people, etc.

But most is not nearly that blatant.

Like i said, I have mixed feelings on it. It was funny, and, yes, most comedy is based on mockery. And it did serve a point.
But this was over the top to me, and meant solely to ridicule a specific group.

Originally Posted by Tarheeler

But most is not nearly that blatant.

Like i said, I have mixed feelings on it. It was funny, and, yes, most comedy is based on mockery. And it did serve a point.
But this was over the top to me, and meant solely to ridicule a specific group.

Perhaps, but perhaps not.

Ask those Mormons who decided to posthumously baptize non-mormons if they ever considered the feelings of the living relatives of the deceased.

So, perhaps Maher wasn't singling out one group at all, but rather, attacking an idea that I indeed find strange,namely, that people suddenly feel empowered to change the religous status of a person after his death. Very, very wierd.

Originally Posted by bonncaruso

First: why did he do this?

He was refuting the argument propagated by the Christian Right that Atheism itself is a religion. He contends, of course, that Atheism is absolutely the opposite of religion ("Atheism is to religion what abstinence is to a good sexual position"), but then said if the Religious Right is so bent on classifying Atheism as a "religion", then Atheism should also be allowed rituals like other religions have.

And since Mitt Romney's father-in-law, an avowed atheist who heaped scorn upon religion in life, was posthumously baptized by the LDS church, Maher decided to "unbaptize" him.

Some may find it funny. Others may be insulted. But Maher is making a very specific point here:

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

Watch:




Thoughts?

That's easy to answer. Because Maher is a mean spirited, unfunny little troll who likes to mock religious beliefs.

Originally Posted by Macduff

That's easy to answer. Because Maher is a mean spirited, unfunny little troll who likes to mock religious beliefs.

Well, that would be the cheap, unresearched answer from someone who did not take time to actually watch the video.

Originally Posted by Tarheeler

If he's singling out an idea that only one group holds, what's the difference?

As for the Mormons, I'm sure they didn't consider the feelings of the relatives. I'm also not arguing that they were in the right.

Are we 100% sure that only Mormons do posthumous baptisms or any kind of posthumous rites on people that did not belong to their faith in life?