I Care for Bill Maher

Lately, I've been listening to many of Bill Maher's dialogues that have been uploaded to YouTube. I agree with much of what he says concerning the nastiness of many conservatives and I think he is spot on many times. However, as an adopted son of God I find him tragically wrong on his thoughts and opinions about my creator and father. In his dialogue about Noah he calls God a murderer of babies. He argues that those babies did nothing wrong, yet God wiped them out along with their parents during the flood. He is correct that any babies born right before the flood perished along with their parents, but his arguments about how this action destroys the character of God are not correct. I have been pondering how would one try to talk with Mr. Maher about this and two examples came to mind.

The first example I remembered occurred in the 1990's near Lubbock, Texas. A young couple with a new born were wiped out when an 18 wheeler plowed into them late at night while they were parked on the shoulder of highway 84 near Lubbock. That particular night the West Texas wind was howling making it difficult for the driver to keep the truck on the highway. The young father in this case did not want to spend money on a hotel, and decided to pull over on the shoulder and sleep for a bit. About two miles past where he had just driven was a picnic area that he could have pulled into which would have kept them even further from the highway, but he drove past that and pulled over where his young family were met with tragic results. It can be said he placed a higher priority on saving $90 a hotel room would have cost than his young wife and newborn son.  The innocent child perished with his parents not because God murdered him but because a poor choice put him in harm's way.

My second example happened as Hurricane Ike was approaching the Texas coast. The authorities in Galveston practically begged and pleaded with the population to get off the island. One of the news crews showed two young children standing with their parents at the sea wall watching the waves crash over it. The parents were acting like this was going to be a party and so much fun as they laughed along with their children at the waves. As the hurricane moved inland, the authorities began getting calls from those who foolishly chose to stay begging for help. All the authorities could say was we cannot help you, give us your information and we will respond when the storm is over. In one example, a woman began texting her friends sharing how bad it is getting. In one of her final texts she admitted, "I think I made a mistake by staying." Tragically she was correct and her body was found in the swampy marshes later. Her house having been completely destroyed she was washed inland by the surge. I do not know the outcome of the two young children and their parents. Those two innocent children may have perished as well, but not because God murdered them but because the two who were given responsibility to protect them made a foolish decision to stay like the lady above.

I don't believe Mr. Maher will be willing to listen to my examples. But like the babies during Noah's time they perished because their parents chose not to get on the ark for whatever reason and in my examples there is a rough correlation to the example of Noah. God is the controller of the West Texas wind and hurricane winds and he could have made the winds cease I suppose. Yet, the parents in both cases made a decision to stay in harm's way and in one case a newborn died, but not because God murdered him but because a tragic choice was made.