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As Cultural Icons Are Reexamined, Bill Maher Says, “I Think We’re Going To Have To Cancel Jesus, God”

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Subject: As Cultural Icons Are Reexamined, Bill Maher Says, “I Think We’re Going To Have To Cancel Jesus, God” Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:17 am

As Cultural Icons Are Reexamined, Bill Maher Says, “I Think We’re Going To Have To Cancel Jesus, God” After sparking a fight with Donald Trump last week, Bill Maher used his New Rules this week to take on someone even more powerful: Jesus. Riffing off of Ryan Reynolds’ recent apology for getting married at a former slave plantation, the Real Time pointed out that the hero of the New Testament wasn’t always on the right side of the slavery debate, either. In multiple passages of the Bible — Colossians 3:22, Ephesians 6:5 and Peter 2:18, according to Maher — Christ encourages slaves to “submit to your masters.” No one is perfect, Maher reminded, especially in America where, “We’re… if we start turning history into a game of guilt by association it never ends.” He then gave some examples. “The stock exchange is 2 miles from New York’s first slave market. The country itself is named after a slave trader named Amerigo. Washington and Jefferson are also up for cancellation because they owned slaves.” If being a product of your time is really no excuse, he suggested, the reexamination needs to go all the way to the top. “If we’re gonna be consistent,” said the Real Time host, I think we’re going to cancel God.”

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