# Bill Maher stirs controversy with Tim Tebow tweet **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655 "2011-12-28T19:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/21 "2011-12-28T21:26:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [I made pretty much the same joke during the game.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14599974#post14599974) So did I, and for a day or two after as well. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/22 "2011-12-28T21:29:23Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > You donā€™t enjoy Maherā€™s humor and thatā€™s perfectly fine.. donā€™t try to intellectualize your disdain for his point of view. Good grief. You missed the whole point of my post didnt you? Iā€™d label myself a conservative (but not the bashit crazy kind) and I donā€™t find Rush hilarious either, so its not really a point of view thingy, its an ā€œI made a funny and that makes me rightā€ thingy. Though it would make things a bit less obnoxious if he was actually funny more often. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/23 "2011-12-28T21:34:19Z")
I donā€™t understand the controversy. Are people saying Maherā€™s tweet was inaccurate? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/24 "2011-12-28T21:37:47Z")
> [@Chicagojeff](#): > > if you follow Maher or say Howard Stern.. you just might see a tweet like that.. ā€¦and if you watch football you might see Tim Tebow prayā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/25 "2011-12-28T21:40:06Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I am an atheist and I donā€™t like Tebowā€™s posturing one bit. I think that Maherā€™s comments were dickish, low class and not at all clever. To be fair, this can be said of Maherā€™s comments almost all of the time. He wants to be funny and political. He only pulls off half the trick. John Stewart does the whole thing. Still, Fox News is enraged by something somebody they donā€™t like said, stop the presses. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/26 "2011-12-28T22:08:01Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Cheapshot from a shameless publicity whore. Tebow, you mean? I agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/27 "2011-12-28T22:12:00Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > I donā€™t think Tebow has been prone to thank God for on-field successā€¦\ OK, but then what exactly is he doing when he is, umm, Tebowing? Isnā€™t that the entire point of the post-score gesture/prayer thing? Maher isnā€™t just an atheist, he is an antitheist. All in all, I liked Maherā€™s point, but then I liked _ **Religulous** _ too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/28 "2011-12-28T22:18:13Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I am an atheist and I donā€™t like Tebowā€™s posturing one bit. I think that Maherā€™s comments were dickish, low class and not at all clever. Seconded. I like Maher. I always watch his show and think he can be funny as hell (pun intended). But this was jerkish behavior in the public sphere. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/29 "2011-12-28T22:25:08Z")
> [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](#): > > OK, but then what exactly is he doing when he is, umm, Tebowing? Isnā€™t that the entire point of the post-score gesture/prayer thing? > > Maher isnā€™t just an atheist, he is an antitheist. All in all, I liked Maherā€™s point, but then I liked _ **Religulous** _ too. More accurately, he says he doesnā€™t _ask_ God for on-field successes. But, yes, he thanks him when they occur. And heā€™s not constantly Tebowing when they happen either. He mostly just points to the sky. I also find him annoying, but I think heā€™s mostly sincere and not ā€˜posturingā€™ at all. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/30 "2011-12-28T22:31:34Z")
Jesus normally would have had Tebowā€™s back. But cā€™mon, the Bills were getting 16 points and it was easy money for the taking. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/31 "2011-12-28T22:34:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Tebow, you mean? I agree completely. :rolleyes: Like you donā€™t know I was referring to Maher. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/32 "2011-12-28T22:50:29Z")
The description applies to both of them, so how was I to know who you were referring to? šŸ˜› Tebow obviously hasnā€™t understood Matthew 6:6 in the least. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/33 "2011-12-28T22:55:59Z")
Hereā€™s my assessment of Bill Maher. I donā€™t think this guy believes most of the stuff he says that makes him sound like such an asshole. He knows how to take the most offensive position on everything and use it to garner publicity and headlines for himself. Which stirs more controversy, which keeps his name in the news long after his peak as an actual comedian. If he hadnā€™t hit on the obnoxious asshole angle, nobody would remember who this guy is after the early 1990s. Every time his name starts to fade from public view, he makes another statement like this calculated to piss off the Fox News-types, which he knows it will, and get Bill Oā€™Reilly to scream at him, which means Bill will mention Real Time several times, insuring that people will remember he even has a show. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/34 "2011-12-28T23:03:07Z")
Heā€™s been on HBO for nine years now, and this comment was made on Twitter, not TV. Itā€™s not a play for headlines, itā€™s just Maher doing what he does. Heā€™s also tweeted this about Tebow in the last month: > [@](#): > > Got to admit Tebow better player than I gave credit for- of course if u think this has anything to do with a 1st c. Palestinian u r an idiot > [@](#): > > Tebow beats Tom Brady tomorrow, I will tweet ā€œJesus is kingā€. No pressure, Tom ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/35 "2011-12-28T23:04:07Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > Every time his name starts to fade from public view, he makes another statement like this . I have every HBO channel there is and, honestly, I canā€™t even remember skipping past Maherā€™s show. I have never heard a single person reference him or his show. Who is watching him? What are his ratings? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/36 "2011-12-28T23:09:22Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I have every HBO channel there is and, honestly, I canā€™t even remember skipping past Maherā€™s show. I have never heard a single person reference him or his show. Who is watching him? What are his ratings? Iā€™m trying to find this, and itā€™s kind of a pain. I saw that one episode from the past season had 1.26 million viewers. Heā€™s done around 200 episodes since 2003, so HBO obviously finds it worthwhile on some level or other. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/37 "2011-12-28T23:11:35Z")
Well, the showā€™s been nominated for a Prime Time Emmy the last 7 years in a row, so heā€™s being watched by _somebody_! Us, for two. I think heā€™s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/38 "2011-12-28T23:12:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The description applies to both of them, so how was I to know who you were referring to? šŸ˜› What cheapshot has Tebow taken at anybody recently? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/39 "2011-12-28T23:55:37Z")
I consider praying in public and gesturing upstairs every time he manages to keep from tripping over his own two feet to be condescending, insulting, demeaning to religion (Christianity in particular) and a cheap shot at all the ā€œunsaved wretchesā€ that arenā€™t basking in Godā€™s glory like Tebow thinks he is. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655/40 "2011-12-29T00:15:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The description applies to both of them, so how was I to know who you were referring to? šŸ˜› The description applies to _all 3 persons_ involved in this scrap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-stirs-controversy-with-tim-tebow-tweet/607655.md?page=3)