<p>Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher, a professed atheist, tried to claim that his sense of morality was not in any way based on the Bible — but Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro had other ideas.</p>
<p>Maher sparred with The Daily Wire co-founder and author during a recent broadcast of his show, where the comedian kicked off the conversation by claiming that because the Bible contained &#8220;nonsense and wickedness,&#8221; it must have been written by men rather than written or inspired by God as Jews and Christians believe.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@billmaher</a>: The Bible is full of nonsense and wickedness.<a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a>: But you and I agree a lot on morality, right? Because we were born in a society built by the Bible. You can think you formed your own morality, but you were born morally on third base.</p>
<p>*audience erupts* <a href="https://t.co/vyQc3vCYkz">pic.twitter.com/vyQc3vCYkz</a></p>
<p>— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1966706767074677241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always such a silly argument, because if God wrote the book, how could there be &#8216;things we don&#8217;t agree with&#8217;?&#8221; Maher asked in mocking tones. &#8220;It&#8217;s either got to be perfect because it&#8217;s written by &#8216;you know who,&#8217; or it&#8217;s just not perfect and it&#8217;s written by people, which it was, obviously, and it&#8217;s full of nonsense and wickedness and things that are everything but virtuous.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So, Bill, you and I agree on morality, I&#8217;d say like 87%,&#8221; Shapiro said in response.</p>
<p>&#8220;Morality, but not from the Bible,&#8221; Maher protested.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have a question: Why?&#8221; Shapiro challenged Maher.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because it&#8217;s for slavery!&#8221; Maher exclaimed, claiming the Bible advocated slavery. &#8220;Because it&#8217;s okay with slavery —&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No, no, no, no, why do you and I agree on morality like 87.5%?&#8221; Shapiro clarified the question. &#8220;I&#8217;m a religious Jew, you&#8217;re an atheist. Why do we agree on these things?&#8221;</p>
<p>Maher appeared to be still processing the question when Shapiro offered to give his answer to the question, and Maher invited him to go ahead.</p>
<p>&#8220;We probably grew up a few miles from each other in a western society that has several thousand years of Biblical history behind it,&#8221; Shapiro explained. &#8220;And so you can think that you hit that triple and you formed your own morality, but the reality is you were born, morally, on third base.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No, we —&#8221; Maher attempted to push back, but stalled out as the audience laughed.</p>
<p>Shapiro gave a longer explanation of the origins of morality during a debate with Sam Harris several years earlier, which can be viewed below:</p>
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