What do you think of the point he made about repression leading to objectionable behavior, using religious fundamentalists and conservatives as examples? Do you think repressing ones true self in the name of whatever will come back to bite you in the a55, so to speak?
2006-10-05 08:30:30 · 8 answers · asked by mutterhals 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Another good example is famed serial killer John Wayne Gacy. His family was extremely religious, which did not jibe well with his homosexuality. Instead of having normal consensual relationships with men, he bottled it up and became this dangerous freak. Scary stuff...
2006-10-05 08:41:13 · update #1
Absolutely. Bill Maher is the man. He's probably the only political pundit I've ever seen whose opinions I almost always agree with.
As for repression and denial coming back to bite you, that's the lesson people SHOULD be taking from things like the Foley scandal, the Catholic scandal, etc. Instead, sadly enough, they often just try to fall back on their old standard bigotries to account for the facts.
Note the "Ask Me About God" guy trying to convince himself that Maher is "unhappy and bitter." Typical resentment of the hypocrite against those who refuse to join him in self-enslavement.
2006-10-05 08:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
With his Bachelor of Arts in English, Maher is certainly the one to have such profound insights into psychology.
Maybe atheism/agnosticism does the same by repressing ones' spiritual nature.
Could explain why Janet Reno felt the need to torch innocent children and Bill Clinton to chase after young girls.
2006-10-06 10:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Salami and Orange Juice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maher is quickly degenerating into a public spectacle, and a bitter, joyless old man.
He's already been sent to the relative "hell" of a little watched, cable TV show.
Repressive behavior does tend to make one grumpy and irritable.
I wonder what Maher is hiding?
2006-10-05 16:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what part of yourself you're repressing.
If you're repressing the Holy Spirit's convictions & movement in your life, then, yes... it will come back to haunt you...
Many Athiests/non-believers say they don't "feel" God's presence in their lives. However, Scripture tells us (& scientific evidence points to) every human has some internal sense of their Creator (no matter Who/what that Creator is).
To that end, one's "true self" would include the above. So, using that basis, repressing the natural knowledge of God's existence & activities would definitely lead to the "come back & bite you..."
2006-10-05 15:39:31 · answer #4 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ah, yes. The great theologian Bill Maher.
2006-10-05 15:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, absolutely, I do.
If you're told the only way to please God is to live a narrow way, you're going to resent successful people who live outside it.
If you're told the only pleasures you can enjoy are in the afterworld, and you can't even date or dance, you'll want to enter the afterworld more rather than build a life on Earth. (Suicide bombing.)
I think a society is a body and individuals are cells. We need more happy individuals to make a happy society.
2006-10-05 15:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bill Maher has much to answer for
2006-10-05 15:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I think he was right on. The epidemic of molestation in the catholic church is a good example.
2006-10-05 15:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋