What about Bill Maher?

[greg_crall]

My name is Greg, and this is my first time on this site. Are there any apologists out there who have seen the Bill Maher movie “Religioulous,” and if so, what do you think about it? For example, he asks why God wouldn’t have already destroyed the devil to protect His children. While I understand how ridiculous this question is, I’m having trouble eloquently phrasing an answer. Help, please?

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

For starters, he’s confining God to the limitations of the human situation. He judges God as if God were only a bigger version of him. Without faith, he can’t think outside of the human box. What for some appears to be sophistication, for those who believe it appears to be a rather sad, naivete and clinging anger that is expressed in sarcastic humor and sometimes bitterness.

That God loves us in an infinite way is impossible for us to fully grasp even with faith. It is only when one considers God’s willingness to join us in our human situation and allow Himself to be tortured and put to death on our behalf that we get a handle on how much beyond our feeble minds His infinite love extends.

Certainly, not everyone is privy to this. To have faith, one must have a humble awareness of one’s inadequacy and need for it.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.