Bill Maher Says Jesus Christ Was 'Palestinian'
Christians the world over are going to be thrilled to know that Jesus was a Palestinian.
At least that's what HBO's Bill Maher told CNN's Piers Morgan Monday evening in a discussion about Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BILL MAHER: You are allowed to have your opinion. You’re allowed to have your opinion that a Palestinian 2000 years ago walked on water and did magic tricks and he was really still his own father and all that stuff. That’s fine. You can have whatever opinion you want, and the fact that a billion other people believe it gives you a lot of strength and credence. But I also have the opinion that that’s ridiculous, that it’s anachronistic, this is the 21st century.
As the late New York Senator Daniel Moynihan said, folks are entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts, and to claim Christ was Palestinian ignores the immutable truth that he and his disciples were Jews.
That was after all a Passover seder they were having at the Last Supper.
Maher's position also appears to assume that all people that lived in what Greek historian Herodotus described as "Palestini" are Palestinians, which of course is preposterous.
The reality is the first known usage of the term "Palestinian" dates to some time in the 19th century well after Christ's time.
Of course, Maher sticking to the facts is about as likely as him denouncing his pot habit.
Speaking of which, he probably meant to say Galilean but was so stoned he got the two terms mixed up.
But the best joke of all regarding this matter is that this gaffe on his part came just a few hours after MSNBC's Chris Matthews called him "the funniest, smartest guy around."
Unlike the stock market, what passes for wit and intellect in the liberal media hasn't recovered since the 2008 economic collapse.
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Bill Maher
Submitted by Jim54 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:30am.
Jim54 says that Bill Maher is Moronistanian. This has about as much relevance as Maher's pronouncement.
⇒ Jim
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:38am.
I think "Moroni" is the name of an angel in the Book of Mormon.
Moroni vs Moron
Submitted by Rikki_Doxx on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:36am.
I think that it was a play on the word "moron"
⇒ OK
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:40am.
I just thought the similarity was a little too close to escape comment.
...
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:54am.
I have an overwhelming desire to break this guy's nose...
Break BMoranistani's nose
Submitted by 315er54 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:09am.
I thought it was already broken or maybe smashed. He's a nose face...
Why don't CNN just give this bigot Maher his own show?
Submitted by OxyCon on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:52am.
Maher and his bigoted opinions must have appeared on CNN at least 500 times over the years, so CNN obviously agrees with and promotes every bigoted thing he says by continuously welcoming him back.
Who knew... Kamehameha was an
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:54am.
Who knew...
Kamehameha was an American
The Maya were really Mexicans
HBO
Submitted by mikebromo on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:12pm.
Years ago HBO advertised a promo for George Carlin. The promo had
Carlin saying that the only people that were in the Americas before Columbus were the Indians and Mexicans!
Since Bill Maher is a duchebag
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:54am.
Anything he says can.. be disposed of. Please NB don't give this guy anymore traction than he has.
The name "Jesus of Nazareth"
Submitted by robert108 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:01am.
The name "Jesus of Nazareth" comes to mind; He was a Nazarene.
Jesus did live in 'palestine'
Submitted by TruthMonger on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:35am.
Jesus did live in 'palestine' (now israel) when he walked on earth - palestine was a big region under the Romans
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Yes, but it's name was Judaea.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:51am.
.
the area can go by many names
Submitted by TruthMonger on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:11pm.
the area can go by many names during the time of Jesus - its kinda splitting hairs to me - but I can see how maher might have intended his comment as a dig at today's Christians - IMO Jesus is best described as a Jew at that time - it's more accurate - but once he was resurrected there were no more jews or gentiles but all of us one in Christ - that's the message for today...
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
perfect... and simple
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:55pm.
but once he was resurrected there were no more jews or gentiles but all of us one in Christ - that's the message for today...
TruthMonger lives up to his name once again...
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Whats the big deal?
Submitted by Fredy on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:07am.
I just watched O'Reilly and Hume claim that Santorum wants to establish a religous theocracy.
Of course, newsbusters is not going to report on that little tidbit.
got a source you can link to?
Submitted by TruthMonger on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:12pm.
got a source you can link to? please enlighten us...
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Ummmm, Fredy?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:11pm.
You may want to put the pot away until after the BOR show is over. I know you may have "heard" that, but what was said was that the media are going to portray him that way.
Whether you like to believe it or not there Billy Boy
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:31am.
he was a Jew, in fact the King of the Jews... geez he must have watched Red Eye and taken Gutfeld too seriously on his quasi-misnomers;)
"Palestine"
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:37am.
The term "Palestine" derives from "Philistine," the Goliath folks. Remember him? But it wasn't used to designate any territory as such until 1920, when Britain set up the protectorate of Palestine. So, the history of the Palestinian people goes all the way back to ... 90 years ago. The Jews? A bit longer.
Among the more surprising reversals that have happened in my lifetime is the vilifying of the Jews. After WWII and the Holocaust, they were held in great sympathy and esteem, at least in the West and among the people that I was in contact with as a student in the 50s and 60s. They were admired and respected for rebuffing the Arab armies in the Six Day War, for the rescue at Entebbe, for Munich in 1972, and for all the terrorist attacks, the rocket attacks and shelling of villages near their borders, all of these assaults on the people and land of Israel ... up until the Intifada.
Then the self-important and opportunistic press in the West glommed onto that to portray Israel as evil, ruthless, immoral, depraved, and totally without regard for non-Israelis (read: non-Jews). The word "Zionist" became fashionable, the cause of the Palestinians became a high noble calling, and anti-Semitism came back out into the open to be celebrated. But it wasn't called anti-Semitism, it was called anti-Zionist, anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian.
Where were these limousine liberals (now called Prius progressives) when the entire Arab world turned their backs on the Palestinians refugees from the 1948 independence war who fled (even though Israel offered them protection and welcome)? When they arrived in the neighboring Arab countries, they were shuttled away into refugee camps and left to fester for decades with little resources and hope.
Yeah, the Israelis were the bad guys, and when you say "Israeli," you really are saying "Jew."
Jesus was a Jew, you ignorant puke of a lying BS artist
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 3:44am.
And I don't even have the beginings of the patience to explain it, you idiot moron.
Look it up for yourself, you government-educated, Muslim ass-kissing, America-hating illiterate commie f'ing traitor.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I know this guy likes to think of himself as an intellectual...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 3:44am.
... but really, is he REALLY THAT STOO-PID? I mean, c'mon! This must be some kind of sick joke from that twisted reality that Mahar likes to refer to as a sense of humour. NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY BE THAT DUMB, COULD THEY?
Smokey Holes! Talk about living up to prophecy!
Look up Romans verse 1:22, and there's a picture of Mahar!
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
not that dumb
Submitted by oldfart on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:54am.
just doing what he is told to do like a good whore
And the rest of that chapter
Submitted by MichiganMan on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:59am.
Actually you can go a few verses earlier and then read the rest of that chapter and it describes many progressives of today.
...this fits Maher too
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:10am.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44 New International Version (©1984)
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
This person is so reviled that it may be beyond the powers...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 4:03am.
of even Jesus to like this guy. For sure, it is beyond my power. Did I say I don't get HBO because of him? Well, I'm saying it!
Yeah, well
Submitted by misterbee241 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:48am.
every word he utters gets him a column on here. Lots of free publicity that folks here normally wouldnt watch.
Maher
Submitted by djwolf12 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:40am.
This guy is the posterboy for the term Revisionist History.
I will give him this...he's
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:51am.
I will give him this...he's smart.
Smart enough to know who he can and can't make jokes about.
Can you imagine him making jokes about Muhammed? Or even MLK?
Funny? Maybe.
But people are laughing AT him, not WITH him.
Palestine?
Submitted by Gothampc on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:03am.
Jesus was a Jew that lived under Roman rule in a Hellenized world. I don't seem any room for Palestine in there.
Hey, Maher, you dumb schmuck, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:04am.
... if, as you say, the stories of Christ are "ridiculous, that it’s anachronistic, this is the 21st century," how come YOU still measure time using "century" as dated from the time of Christ?
Shouldn't you be measuring time, say, from the birth of Marx, or Hitler, or even Obama?
Gotcha, Dumbass!
Tha's a guddon, Bubba.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:17pm.
!
I hate to disagree
Submitted by aaronarnwine on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:10am.
But area in the middle east that includes Israel was called Palestine - long before Arabs co-opted the term to lay claim to Jewish land. LOVE Newsbusters(!), but I think the writer needs to post a retraction: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/biblicalmaps/qt/BiblicalMaps.htm
Jews lived in Israel in Palestine - including Christ.
I don't see anything on that
Submitted by mustango on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:17am.
I don't see anything on that page that indicates that the residents of that land ever themselves called it Palestine prior to the 20th century.
You said it yourself
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:46am.
Jews lived in Israel in Palestine - including Christ.
That doesn't make Him a Palestinian, not in the present-day sense.
There really is no way to tell
Submitted by boilermaker on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:27am.
There is no body. No DNA. Though the region was under Roman rule at the time of Jesus's birth the Palestinian people occupied the land dating back to BCE.
Yes, no way to tell--except for all the evidence.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:52am.
Historical, archeological... Biblical, extra-Biblical...
And you can shelve that "Before the Common Era" nonsense, thanks. Amazing, the timidity that caused some folks to try and twist "B.C.," "Before Christ," into some nebulous, never-before-seen reference to the "Common Era."
Jesus was born into this world of Jewish ancestry. Anyone who wants to inflict modern-day political correctness onto ancient history is at best ignorant of the facts, and at worst a purveyor of agitprop.
--Mike
Good morning Mike
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 3:14am.
You can't espect these modern day geniuses to use such archaic terms such as "Before Christ " or "Anno Domimi", do you? When they found out what Anno Domini meant they flipped. They will find out the true meaning when they have their AD (after death) experience.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Oh, right, that evidence
Submitted by boilermaker on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:38am.
The Bible. Yeah, now there's some science you can trust. No, that's faith. Not trust.
BC an AD are part of the Christian dialogue and does not represent the majority of human belief. CE and BCE are neutral terms. Does that bother you?
Jewish ancestry. Do you really need to be schooled on such a simple concept? Mary could have been Palestinian and Jewish.
Show me the evidence that the Bible is untrustworthy.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:10pm.
Individuals and groups have been trying to discredit it for, oh, several millennia now to no avail. But you be sure and turn your nose up at it, else the anti-Christian bias you project might slip.
BC and AD are calendar mechanisms that have been in use by everyone for nearly 1500 years. The BCE and CE nonsense has only become mildly in vogue in the past few decades, mainly among those who want to pretend Jesus Christ isn't the pivotal figure of human history. Bit of a difference there.
And since you apparently don't know the difference between being of Jewish heritage and being Palestinian--precisely, of Philistine heritage--you're hardly in a position to suggest others need "schooling."
--Mike
There is no need to disprove what hasn't been proven
Submitted by boilermaker on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 9:47am.
Won't play this game, Mikey. Prove there's a god and I'll play.
There's no "game" to play.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 11:06am.
You made an assertion you can't back up, you got called on it, and your response is to devolve your responses even more.
Oh, and though you might not like to be reminded of it, you were the one who brought up the fact that Jesus' tomb was empty.
No, this isn't a game; consequently, if you can't back up your statements, perhaps you should reconsider making them in the first place.
--Mike
Has this man ever been right
Submitted by John21 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:26am.
Has this man ever been right about anything in his lifetime? ......... I didn't think so.
Mr. Mahers is a bomb thrower and an Attention Wh*re if a week goes by without him getting some face time on real TV (not cable), he comes out with something so radical that everyone gives him the attention he craves.
He would throw his own mother under the bus without a thought if it would get him some publicity for that weak show of his.
I dont go
Submitted by misterbee241 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:42am.
to Maher for my theology, thank you very much.
C'mon, we learned from early 20th-century
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 8:55am.
German sources that Jesus was a shaman in the Russian steps, and so Aryan.
"Maher's position also
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:42am.
"Maher's position also appears to assume that all people that lived in what Greek historian Herodotus described as "Palestini" are Palestinians, which of course is preposterous."
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So all people living in America (legal citizens) are not Americans? I think thats where Maher is coming from with his claim. He's not talking about Jesus' ethnicity. He's saying that since Jesus lived in Palestine, that made him a Palestinian. Like all citizens of the U.S., despite their ethnicity, are Americans. By the way, I'm no fan of Maher.
Not so sure
Submitted by HelenS on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:49am.
I doubt Maher gave it that much thought. He opens his mouth and probably doesn't know half the time what's going to come out of it. - But it's usually all the same color and smells the same.
Your comment suggests he can formulate a thought and base it on a reasoning process.
Your charity does you justice, though.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
If you want to go at it from
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:54am.
If you want to go at it from that angle, the Jews were actually Romans in Jesus' time; they were citizens of the Roman Empire.
There was no "Palestinian" government. Palestine was ruled by a Roman governor, appointed by Caesar.
The whole point of the matter though, is that Maher is trying to make Jesus part of today's "Palestinians" which is B as in B, S as in S.
Were the Jews considered
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:12pm.
Were the Jews considered Romans or were they granted permission as non-Romans to exist within Roman land?
⇒ Actually
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 2:57am.
Paul was both a Roman citizen and a Jew.
Kind of
Submitted by GW on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 10:43am.
Jesus was not a Roman citizen, otherwise he wouldn't have been crucified. He was certainly living under Roman rule, but he wasn't granted citizenship. The contrast is with St. Paul, who was a Roman citizen. Because of his citizenship, he was spared crucifixion and given his martyrdom via the relatively less agonizing form of beheading.
Hyphenated Americans
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:40pm.
Ever hear of a hyphenated American? You know, like African-Americans? How about Latinos? I know plenty of Americans who define themselves as Latinos.
You can't use modern terminology to describe ancient heritage. You use ancient terminology for that. For example: Jesus was a Judean, as he was born, lived, and died in the Kingdom of Judea. After all, you don't consider the Romans as Italians, do you? Well, why is that? Isn't Rome a city in Italy? Well, it is today, but not in the days of the Roman Empire, thence the continued use of "Romans" as opposed to "Italians" to describe the people who lived during the Roman Empire. Would you ever describe Cesar as an Italian?
Try to be more realistic, will you? Jesus was no more Palestinian than King Herod, who the King of Judea when Jesus was born. We don't refer Herod as the King of Palestine, do we? Of course not!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Hey guys, Maher knows Jesus
Submitted by inquiringmind on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:53am.
Hey guys, Maher knows Jesus was a Jew. This is his way to tweak all of us and it worked. The way he delivered that line was too smooth and practiced.
I have known friends just like this guy. They will carry on a conversation with someone and throw in a stupid statement just to see if the other person is listening or maybe just to tweak them and see what the reaction is.
Bone heads like Maher take great pleasure in stirring things up with statements like that. That is how he makes his money. It sure isn't from his deep intellectual thinking.
Maher doesn't throw in a
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 9:58am.
Maher doesn't throw in a stupid statement. His entire conversational repertoire consists of stupid statements like that.
Which would be fine if he didn't pretend to be an intelligent commentator.
Yes it would be fine
Submitted by KornKing on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:15am.
If a certain number of idiots didn't concur with that thought.
Seriously-the fact that this bozo gets paid for being a moron should be proof in itself that ANYONE can make it in America.
Bill Maher and Obama
Submitted by iamsaved on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:00am.
I believe Bill Maher was Obama's Sunday school teacher back in the day. Neither were too interested in either biblical or historical facts and brushed by that part of the learning process.
Hey, when the facts don't support your argument, make your own up.
Maher finally gets one right!...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:38am.
Maher: Republicans Are "Running Against A Fictional President"
...not sure what the link below shows (I am still digesting my breakfast), but he certainly got the above right!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/02/27/maher_republicans_are_running_against_a_fictional_president.html
btw: found this interesting: Maher was born in New York City, the son of Julie (born Berman), a nurse, and William Maher, Sr., a network news editor and radio announcer.[6] He was raised in his Irish American father's Catholic religion, remaining unaware that his mother was Jewish until his early teenage years.[7][8][9][10] Maher's family stopped attending church services when Maher was thirteen, due to his father's disagreement with the Catholic Church's position on birth control. - wiki
...calling DrHerman
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The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Bill Maher: a white man's version of Jesse Jackson
Submitted by needle on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:39am.
I am waiting for Bill Maher to claim that he is a direct descendant of Jesus Christ. That would be, of course, after a very careful and close reading of the Da Vinci Code.
Then, I sure hope, the little men in white coats will cart him away.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Who actually has that opinion?
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:20pm.
"You’re allowed to have your opinion that a Palestinian 2000 years ago walked on water and did magic tricks and he was really still his own father and all that stuff. That’s fine. "
Who actually has the "opinion" that a Palestinian ever walked on water? It sure isn't Tebow!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Maher's religious comments
Submitted by gkstephens on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:30pm.
If a tree falls in the forrest.... Who knows or cares what comments Maher made?
This from an athiest?
Submitted by feisty on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 12:43pm.
Isn't it interesting how frequently this turd likes to talk about and attempt to educated viewers about religion. He's an athiest, right? Why does he seem to have so much to say about Jesus Christ? Unless he can't get over his general contempt for religion. I guess I answered my own question.
I guess I should speak to an Imam about the Jewish faith....
Warning!
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 1:48pm.
Bill Maher is your brain on drugs.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
WOW! A Hat-Trick!
Submitted by Now_I_Want_Change on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:44pm.
In one comment he proved himself ignorant in 3 areas:
1. History
2. Geography
3. The Bible.
I'm impressed! Add in what little he knows about finance and international relations, and he could be next Democrat presidential candidate.
To top it off
Submitted by KornKing on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 3:09pm.
He's also a first class dickhead
Yep, he was palestinian all right...
Submitted by Kaleidoscopic God on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 2:54pm.
And while we're at it, 2 + 2 = 5, Paris Hilton isn't a complete whore, and Glee is the best show ever!
There was NO Palestinians 2000 years ago.
Submitted by Conservator on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 3:04pm.
Palestine was a name used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea, the Jordan River and various adjoining lands dating back over 2000 BC. However, the Merneptah Stele — also known as the Israel Stele — dates to the Merenptah's Egyptian reign in the years of 1213 to 1203 BC. It was during his reign that the name of Israel first appeared. Thus, there's proof that Israel existed some 3000 years ago (see below):
The Victory Stela of Merenptah - the Israel Stela
"This stela dates to the reign of Merenptah (19th Dynasty), it is mainly to commemorate the victories of Egypt over the Libyans (Year 5 of Merenptah). The last paragraph also describes the countries around Palestine - it is here that the name is written or heard of for the first time in Egyptian history - "Israel lies waste, its seed does no longer exist"."
Once again and typical of leftists, Maher proves he's a vile moron like Matthews.
He knows who Jesus was?
Submitted by wingnut55 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:47pm.
How would this guy know who Jesus was (is)? Why do you even post what he says? I think more people learn what he says from News Busters, than from his own show. What he says just doesn't matter. We all know that Jesus is the Lord and Savior of the world including Bill Maher.
He knows who Jesus was?
Submitted by wingnut55 on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 7:48pm.
How would this guy know who Jesus was (is)? Why do you even post what he says? I think more people learn what he says from News Busters, than from his own show. What he says just doesn't matter. We all know that Jesus is the Lord and Savior of the world including Bill Maher.