Tweet Attacks | Bill Maher Slammed For Controversial Tim Tebow Tweet

Tim Tebow vs. Bill Maher? Actually it's more like Tebow fans, and right wing advocates, vs. Maher in a Christmas Twitter controversy. It seems that the noted atheist and host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher was so delighted with Buffalo's win over Denver on Saturday that he had to rub it a bit. And by "a bit," I mean a lot.

Some of it is not fit for a God-fearing, family blog such as this (laughter). Still, it's pretty raw. You've been warned.

"Wow, Jesus just [screwed] #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler "Hey, Buffalo's killing them."

Here's the original tweet , if you're so inclined.

It didn't take long to generate some backlash. Eric Bowling of Fox News :

Bill Maher is disgusting vile trash. I can't even repeat what he just tweeted about Tebow..on Christmas Eve. #straighttohellBill

New York Daily News :

"I like Bill Maher, but picking on Tim Tebow's faith (rather than his football skills) is like snatching Taylor Swift's mic at the MTV VMAs," another user tweeted, referring to when Kanye West interrupted the pop star's acceptance speech in 2009.

Maher's comments come two weeks after "Saturday Night Live" was slammed for mocking Tebow in a skit.

Which poses the question, What Would Jesus Tweet? If Jesus were on Twitter, how would he react to Maher's comments? And would He use hashtags? Hmm, does Wired Magazine have a religion section?

Tebow himself has remained silent.

Maher was ousted from a previous talk show on ABC, Politically Incorrect , in part because of controversial comments he made following the 9-11 attacks. Maher said, and I'm paraphrasing, that the attackers were a lot of things, but they weren't cowards. Does his tweet rise to that level of controversy? And does HBO care? The show is on break right now.

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Bill Maher takes heat over Tim Tebow tweet [The Dish]