strictly heretical and absurd

Dear Bill Maher,

You don't get it. One does not have to be an intellectual to be saved by Jesus Christ. You don't have to be anything. You can receive Jesus on basis of God's grace by faith alone. There's no works involved, no intellect needed.

But that does not mean God doesn't give plenty of his people brains. There is a huge array of Christian intellectuals out there, but you don't even consider them. I may have just watched the trailer of your new film Religuous, but I did not see Ravi or Piper or Tim Keller or Sproul or Riddlebarger represented. There were lots of beautiful people you interviewed and made a total fool of, who did not have the apologetics or who were matched in your intellect to show you down. To prove you wrong. Interesting choice.

But yes, even those intellectuals will be foolish in your sight. For God chooses the foolish to shame the wise. There a lot of Christians out there who do not have a good grasp of theology or apologetics, but this is because some churches are not out there teaching it. I don't think that's a good thing, I that Christians should always be prepared to give good reason. But that does not mean that these people don't have good hearts. And it does not make them robots. Not all humans are blessed with your high, austere level of intellect. Thank God. We would all be very cold-hearted, pretentious individuals who glorify ourselves, deeply crooked beings in our nature, instead of glorifying what is ultimately Good and Righteous. I thank God for these "crazy" people. They show passion, devotion, spirit and heart. Much more than your stone-like cynicism will ever achieve.

So if you wanna take on Christianity, or faith in general, as you do in your film. Go to the theologians, people who study faith and study reason and still believe. I would have to watch your movie to see if you do that or not, but after viewing your trailer, I am deeply disturbed and would not like to send $10 your way. Maybe I'll just bootleg your movie to rip you off, so I can see that my fears are validated- that not one reasonably intellectual Christian was recorded in the making of this film.

Watch the trailer, here
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3857252633/