Bill Maher slams guest for comparing Islamic violence to Christanity

What is going on with Bill Maher lately?

Last month Bill Maher complained that his taxes were too high and admitted the rich do in fact pay their fair share after all:

Pointing at Virginia’s former Republican Congressman Tom Davis, Maher said, “You know what? Rich people – I’m sure you’d agree with this – actually do pay the freight in this country.” “I just saw these statistics,” he continued, “I mean, something like 70 percent. And here in California, I just want to say liberals – you could actually lose me. It’s outrageous what we’re paying – over 50 percent. I’m willing to pay my share, but yeah, it’s ridiculous.”

That seemed to come out of left field–pun intended–after years of claiming the rich needed to pay higher taxes; perhaps when he noticed his tax rate was going to go up he finally realized he was one of the very people he had been complaining about for so long. Funny how a person’s perspective can change when the policies they support adversely affect themselves, isn’t it?

He warned the liberals that they could actually lose them–as if that were some great tragedy–and now yesterday he did it again, defending Christianity from someone who tried to compare Islamic violence to Christian violence. Here is what he had to say:

You know what, yeah, yeah,” Maher said. “You know what — that’s liberal bullshit right there … they’re not as dangerous. I mean there’s only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill you if you draw a bad cartoon of the prophet. There’s only one faith that kills you or wants to kill you if you renounce the faith. An ex-Muslim is a very dangerous thing. Talk to Salman Rushdie after the show about Christian versus Islam. So you know, I’m just saying let’s keep it real

And he didn’t stop there:

I am not an Islamophobe,” Maher replied. “I am a truth lover. All religious are not alike. As many people have pointed out — ‘The Book of Mormon,’ did you see the show? … OK, can you imagine if they did ‘The Book of Islam?’ Could they do that? There’s only one religion that threatens violence and carries it out for things like that. Could they do “The Book of Islam” on Broadway?” Levin said “possibly so,” to which Maher seem dismiss his entire argument going forward. “You’re wrong about that and you’re wrong about your facts,” Maher said. “Now, obviously, most Muslim people are not terrorists. But ask most Muslim people in the world, if you insult the prophet, do you have what’s coming to you? It’s more than just a fringe element.

That is coming from the same man that once said this about Christians and home schoolers:

But I bring up the old tale of the poisoned apple — no, not “Snow White,” that’s a fairy tale – because the Adam and Eve story is taken literally by half the country and it’s no coincidence that the type of tree which god forbade Adam and Eve eating from was the Tree of Knowledge. Rick Santorum homeschools his children because he does not want them eating that f–king apple. He wants them locked up in the Christian madrassa that is the family living room not out in public where they could be infected by the virus of reason. If you’re a kid and the only adults you’ve ever met are mom and dad, and then they’re also the smartest adults you’ve met, why not keep it that way? Why mess up paradise with a lot knowledge? After all, a mind is a terrible thing to open.

And this:

Not that the bible itself isn’t a bunch of bronze age malarkey

I asked the question above, what is going on with Bill Maher. Has he actually seen the light and is he moving to the right? I wouldn’t count on it but it is interesting to see this sudden transformation of sorts.