John Mac Ghlionn

The myth of atheist America

The younger generation are turning away from organised religion – but not from belief

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The American comedian Bill Maher is an intelligent man with a good sense of humour. When he’s right, he tends to be very right. However, when he’s wrong, he tends to be so wrong it leaves a person scratching their head in disbelief. He has a tendency to sometimes misrepresent the facts. This is true when it comes to weed. For the uninitiated, Maher loves weed. I mean, he really loves weed. He is forever talking about it (see herehere and here), arguing, repeatedly and unapologetically, that it’s a largely harmless drug. As I have shown elsewhere, it’s not. It robs many people of motivation and happiness. Nothing good comes from smoking weed on a regular basis. 

Maher has a reputation for being a truth teller, a voice of reason. But on a recent episode of Club Random, his new podcast, he dismissed the idea (put forward by the irrepressible Russell Brand) that millions of Americans are living lives of complete and utter despair.

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