• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Christian News Now

Christian News Now

News for the Thinking Christian

  • Home
  • U.S.
  • World
  • Church
  • Faith
  • Tech & Science
  • Family
  • Entertainment
  • Sports

Bill Maher Blames Capitol Riot on Christianity: It Was a ‘Faith-Based Initiative’

February 8, 2021 by Staff

(Faithwire) During the Friday episode of his weekly HBO show, progressive comedian Bill Maher blamed the deadly riot inside the U.S. Capitol on Christianity, conflating the belief in conspiracy theories like QAnon with those who have faith in Scripture.

“As long as we’re going to go to the trouble of another impeachment trial,” he told his audience, “we might as well be honest about what it’s really about: the events of Jan. 6 were a faith-based initiative.”

Maher explained that — in his view — those who support former President Donald Trump are part of “a Christian nationalist movement” of people who believe the real estate mogul “was literally sent from heaven to save them.”

read more

Filed Under: Faith

Primary Sidebar

Trending News

World Vision CEO Discusses Humanitarian Work in Post-USAID World

‘The Revival Generation’ Wants To Redefine the Gen Z Religious Narrative

‘We Couldn’t Have Asked for a Kinder Man’—Candace Cameron Bure’s Family Grows as Natasha Bure Gets Married

Christian Apologist Frank Turek Shares Eyewitness Account of Charlie Kirk Assassination

RSS ChurchLeaders

  • TPUSA Names Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s Widow, as CEO and Board Chair
  • Josh Hayden: Church Revitalization With a Missional Heart

RSS Faithit

  • Pornography Is ‘Open Door’ to Demonic Evil That Can ‘Infiltrate Our Lives’: Bible Teacher’s Warning
  • Wow, I Literally Wept When This Adulterous Wife Texted Her Husband, “Can I Come Home?”

RSS ForEveryMom

  • 9 Ways to Keep Christ at the Center of Your Marriage
  • Patrick and Brittany Mahomes Announce They’re Expecting Baby #3 in Cute Instagram Post

Footer

About Us

Privacy Policy

Contact Us

Newsletter

Search

Copyright © 2025 · Christian News Now