Bill Maher – Blashphemer of the Stars

One of the main arguments of atheists in general and Bill Maher specifically is their claim in the absence of the supernatural. A sign recently placed in the Olympia, WA State Capital alongside a nativity scene reads “At this season of the winter solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”

Most of us live our natural lives in the natural world and never experience anything remotely supernatural. But that is not evidence of the absence of the supernatural. There is, however, an enormous amount of documentation that normal people sometimes do come in contact with the supernatural, often with disastrous or disturbing consequences.

One man, Ed Warren, and his wife Lorraine have spent more than 30 years investigating supernatural phenomena. In the biography, “The Demonologist” by Gerald Daniel Brittle, Ed and Lorraine Warren describe some of their experiences with both human and non-human spirits. I highly recommend this book to anybody with the slightest interest in the subject. It should be required reading for all card carrying atheists and blasphemic talk show hosts.

Ed, who died in August, 2006 was often called in by the Catholic Church (and other religions) as an investigator.

“I do think scientifically, we do have scientists working with us, and I think theologically and scientifically. There are organizations of atheists, so-called skeptical investigators that say, “There is no proof scientifically that God exists, that spirits exist that miracles occur.”

That’s ridiculous, there’s all kinds of proof. In the Occult Museum we have hundreds of items, we have thousands of cases between here and the other buildings out there that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the supernatural exists and the preternatural exists.

We have filmed the white Lady of Easton. We have filmed poltergeists, attacks on people, ghosts and we have taken many pictures of ghosts.

We work with any clergy that their religion teaches love of God and love of your fellow man. We are not stupid enough to think that because we are Catholics that we are the only religion saved – that’s what the problem is with Ireland today – and a lot of other places. We work with all people of all faiths.

We have thousands of pictures of ghosts. And I’m not talking about filmy ectoplasmic type material, I’m talking about spirits that are as clear as you and I. You ask us for evidence, we’ll give you that evidence.

We proved in a court of law in 1989 that a woman and her young child driven out of her house by ghosts. She lived in Hebron, Connecticut. We went into Rockville court and we won the case. The Realtor that leased her the house was suing her for $2,000. She begged us to go into the house and to get some evidence that would prove that there really were ghosts.

Now, you don’t walk into a court of law and saw, “Well judge, there was ghosts there.” You have to have evidence. In any court of law they use photographs, recordings and credible witnesses as evidence – that’s what we use. We won the case, we set a precedent here in the United States.

Scientists would say, “you didn’t prove a thing, because you didn’t take that ghost and put it in a bottle so we can open him up and examine him.” That’s stupid. They’re saying that scientifically that you have to prove that God exists, that ghosts exist, there is no such thing you can’t get scientific in a supernatural world.

So, if we can prove in a court of law that ghosts exist and haunted houses exist I think that’s good enough for anyone.”

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“Every major religion has its own ritual of exorcism, not as a vestige from the past but as an every day necessity. It’s a popular misconception that exorcism is an obsolete medieval ritual that is no longer performed. Exorcism is still needed and performed in this century as it has been in every century before it. Though the exact number is probably the best kept secret in the world, I can tell you that well over 600 major exorcisms have had to be performed between 1970 and 1980 in North America alone.”

“Although reports and recommendations submitted by medical examiners and the officiating demonologist may often be enough to convince church authorities of the need for exorcism, usually additional evidence must be brought forward to ratify that need overwhelmingly – especially where the Rituale Romanum is concerned. For example, tape recordings, photographs, test instrument readings, materialized substances or objects have to be submitted as hard evidence that distinctly ‘preternatural” phenomena have occurred. Also credible witnesses will be required to testify to changes in the possessed’s character and demeanor, and when applicable, confirm that unnatural activity has gone on in their presence. The criteria for judging possession, particularly for Catholic exorcisms, are strict. Because in addition to all the above, no judgment of exorcism will be given unless there is at least one yes answer to the following four critical questions:

Once these questions have been answered and all the other information is gathered together, it is then submitted to church authorities. If, after studious contemplation of all the data, a judgment is returned that major exorcism is called for, then an exorcist will be assigned to the case.”

So, with at least 600 major exorcisms between 1970 and 1980 just in North America, there had to have been a huge amount of evidence of the supernatual documented in that region and period alone. Just because the evidence has not been viewed by Bill Maher, his legion of atheists, or you and I, for that matter, does not change the fact that it exists. Otherwise, those major exorcisms would never have been performed.

And, my favorite Ed Warren quote, “I’ve never met an atheist in a haunted house.” .

Listen to a few pages from “The Demonologist” :

Last Friday on his HBO show Bill Maher had set up a plug for the release of his new movie by displaying a USA Today headline about the crisis in Wall Street, and, at the bottom of the page an article titled “Most say they’re touched by guardian angels”. 

BM:  “so. if you’re asking me why Americans can’t solve problems I would say that this is a good reason.  (Big smile) I’m not just saying this because of a terrific movie named “xxx” that’s coming out on “xxx”"…

Then, Andrew Sullivan, one of the panelists, stomped all over the promo by interrupting with, “Why do you have to throw in insults to religious people every week?”

Bill: (Bushlike) “Because there is a direct…. I’m not insulting….  (Pointing finger) See, this is why I made this movie.”  

Later Mr. Sullivan accused BM of being insulting and capped the conversation with, “I think it is bigoted. Bill, to dismiss all religious people by the standards of some of the most literalist dumb ones, I think is bigotry.“  After the show, Bill Maher was so peeved that he never joined the panel during the on camera credit roll segment, completely ignoring them as they talked, which, I think, is a first. 

Or, perhaps, he soiled himself and could not stand up.

Here’s an interesting mystery that points to a civilization that had the opportunity to accurately map the coastline of Antarctica despite the fact that it has been covered by ice a mile in thickness for the past 6000 years.  In 1513 Piri Reis, a Turkish admiral, drew a map which was a compilation of many older maps he had at his disposal.  The map he drew was of the Southern Atlantic region between Africa and South America.  The map included the Northern coastline of Antarctica which had not been known to have been discovered at the time.  But the real mystery was that the map appeared to have charted the coastline at a time when it was not covered in ice.  How is this possible? 

In the mid twentieth century the map was studied by Professor Hapgood of Keene College.  On 6th July 1960 the U. S. Air Force sent the following communication to Professor Hapgood:

“6, July, 1960

Subject: Admiral Piri Reis Map
TO: Prof. Charles H. Hapgood 
Keene College 
Keene, New Hampshire

Dear Professor Hapgood,Your request of evaluation of certain unusual features of the Piri Reis map of 1513 by this organization has been reviewed.The claim that the lower part of the map portrays the Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctic, and the Palmer Peninsular, is reasonable.We find that this is the most logical and in all probability the correct interpretation of the map.  The geographical detail shown in the lower part of the map agrees very remarkably with the results of the seismic profile made across the top of the ice-cap by the Swedish-British Antarctic Expedition of 1949.This indicates the coastline had been mapped before it was covered by the ice-cap.The ice-cap in this region is now about a mile thick.We have no idea how the data on this map can be reconciled with the supposed state of geographical knowledge in 1513.
.Harold Z. Ohlmeyer Lt. Colonel,
USAF Commander”

Once again we find tangible evidence that we did not evolve from primitive life forms.  Our earliest ancestors were blessed with knowledge and abilities bestowed from the Creator.  It has taken at least 6000 years for us to scratch together just some of what was already known to them.  “The Bible suggests that man used to be very smart and got dumb.  Science suggests that man used to be a cave man, very stupid, and got smart.  Man was once very very smart and somewhere lost it.  And now, struggling back (Gene Scott).”

.Apes to missing links to cavemen to precision cartography?  Give me a break, Bill

Christianity begins with a miracle. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the starting point. How are we to believe such a thing is possible?

Some people, the lucky ones, need no proof. They know it when they hear it, they recognize the truth in their hearts, the matter is settled.

Others are more skeptical. They need evidence before they’ll commit. Evidence that most of us have never heard.

Then, there are the Bill Mahers of the world. No amount of evidence would ever be enough for them. They have their fingers in their ears and they’re singing “la la la la, I can’t hear you, la la la la…”

The best argument in favor of the Resurrection was researched by a Ph.D. candidate, the son of a pastor, who was pressured by his faculty to abandon his belief in a supernatural God. He briefly questioned his faith as he had never done before. Then he set off to research as much information surrounding the known history of Jesus Christ in order to settle it (in his own mind) once and for all. Ultimately, he did, and became the greatest religious teacher and pastor we will ever see in our lifetimes. Unfortunately he died in 2005.

Read the words of Dr. Gene Scott and maybe some of you skeptics might, some day, become believers!

http://www.resurrectionism.com/

I find it confusing that the name of the official Jewish state happens to be Israel, the name that was part of the birthright handed down to the sons of Joseph.  After the death of Solomon the kingdom was split in two.  The Northern tribes were known as Israel and the Southern tribes were known as Judah.  This is no secret.  Those Jews familiar with the Torah know this only too well.  The name of the country, Israel, ought to be Judah.

Many Jews have either forgotten that they have distant relatives who were the rightful heirs to the name or they wrongly assume that their relatives have all perished and nobody will be the wiser.  Many Jews alive today have never heard that their long lost brethren are alive and well in countries including (but not limited to) Europe, Britain, and the USA.  Busted!

What if Bill Maher, in an effort to broaden his appeal, took on the nickname, Johnny?   We all know he’s no Johnny.  What would be the point?

I don’t think Bill Maher is wicked but I could be wrong. Certainly I have no reason to believe he’s wicked but he makes it perfectly clear how godless he is so it makes the question of his wickedness moot. It’s like being an accomplice in a murder. You don’t have to physically take part in the killing to be convicted.

Here’s what Paul had to say to the Romans. “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.”

Bill Maher heaps a lot of abuse at the institutions of religion. While I don’t care for his tactics I don’t disagree with many of his objections. When was the last time you went to church and the pastor said “today we’re going to marvel at God’s monument in stone that he placed at the center and the border of Egypt as revealed by Isaiah”? Why don’t they ever talk about the Babylonian roots of so many of their traditions? And why don’t they ever explain what Paul was talking about when he said that men are without excuse because of what had been made by God, clearly seen, revealed from heaven against all godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth?

Because, as revealed in the heavens, Satan is at work twisting the truth so that the average person is blind to God’s glory which is found in the 12 major constellations and the 36 associated minor constellations or decans. But just mention the constellations (i.e. Virgo, Scorpio, etc.) and you immediately think of astrology, a caricature of the original meaning.

Here’s what Gene Scott, perhaps the most learned biblical scholar of the 20th century, had to say on the subject: “If it’s important to God and to God’s people, Satan moves in. And, he does his homework so much better than most of God’s creatures that he wins every time. He turns the church world off on what God intended to be heard.”

Speaking of the constellations and the images which have been associated with them since antiquity, Scott continues, “…and most mythology takes those figures and does exactly what Paul says. They change the glory of God into an image that communicates some earlier meaning and then they begin to worship the creature instead of the creator. And change the truth of God that was always there in the heavens, declaring the glory of God; they change it into a lie. And because of the lie man has run from the truth.” It’s a travesty that the church world is blind to the wonders God placed in plain view of all. We may not all be able to travel to Egypt to see the wonders God placed there but we can all look at the stars, unless we’re blind.

While on the subject of Egypt there is the mysterious matter of the Sphinx. Water erosion patterns and geological sediments make it clear that both the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid were built pre-flood. We know the architect of the Great Pyramid had precise knowledge of the heavens. The Sphinx consists of a woman’s head on a lion’s body. In the zodiac the virgin (Virgo) is adjacent to the lion (Leo). The Sphinx tells us where to start the story (the woman) and where to finish (the lion). In other words, start with Virgo end with Leo. Or read the Bible, same story.

I know Bill Maher has slammed Scientology as he has all other organized ‘religions’. But his acceptance of extraterrestrial aliens and his rabid fear of all things pharmaceutical makes me wonder if he isn’t just a closet scientologist.

There is little doubt that all living things are subject to evolutionary forces much like Darwin theorized. That is not the same as implying that man, our species, evolved from a more primitive one. Once created, however, we evolved as all living things do.

Bill Maher longs to be in touch with his inner ape. We have found remains from several million years ago that appear to be human. These remains could be of humans or near-humans that actually did derive from apes. That doesn’t mean we’re their descendants. Sorry, Bill, you’re one of us.

On Jan 25 Bill Maher revealed that he considers space aliens a much more likely scenario than the idea of anything supernatural. So, basically he’s saying he’s nuts just not as nuts as you biblical folk.

But where else to turn for an atheist than outer space when confronted with the Great Pyramid?

The aliens with their superior technology and knowledge could have built it. Their familiarity with the galaxies would explain how the architect had built astronomical details into the design. Their extraterrestrial position would allow them to measure the Earth’s Diameter and design a derivative of that value into a unit of measure upon which the structure is built. As any good Star Trek fan knows, you don’t usually question the abilities of aliens.

Except in this case you’re left wondering if they did build it, how were they able to predict the future? The Great Pyramid contains a geometric timeline in its interior passages that coincide with major biblical events, including the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Even if the aliens were able to go back and forth in time why would they build a future biblical checklist into the sealed interior walls?

When you consider the enormity of the universe it’s difficult to imagine that we could be the only planet with life or with other intelligent beings if not other men and women. It’s one thing to believe in other inhabited worlds but to extend that to hyper-advanced alien societies with the will and the ability to cross interstellar distances to show off in the desert and build pyramids just doesn’t add up.

If they did fly down here and build the Great Pyramid why didn’t they take any credit whatsoever? Why leave a stone record of the Bible in there and fly away? Could aliens have done it? No. Would aliens have done it? No.

Many serious scientists and scholars have devoted major portions of their lives to the study of the Great Pyramid. Most have concluded that it could not have been built by man alone and that it required divine intervention to complete.

“Bill Maher’s ignorance of the scriptures has led him to false conclusions but his arrogance has forced him to lead others astray”.

It seems that someone else was recently admonished for ignorance and arrogance.

Congratulations, Bill. You’re in OJ-Ville.

Please enjoy your stay!