Posted on 09/25/2008 7:58:38 AM PDT by Sybeck1
Bill Maher's Anti-Religion Movie “Religion is detrimental to the progress of society.” That’s my favorite quote from Bill Maher’s often brilliant, but often unfocused “documentary,” called “Religulous.” It opens in early October right after its debut at the Toronto Film Festival. The articulate, quick-witted comedian sets out in this film — which was supposed to have been released last Easter — to prove that line is true. Directed by Larry Charles, the man who put "Borat" together so skillfully, "Religulous" is blatant about Maher’s feelings: religion is bad. All religions are bad. They are ruining everything. If you go for that, then "Religulous" is for you. Unlike Michael Moore, whose controversial films at least allow stories to be told, Maher is not interested in other viewpoints. Rather, "Religulous" is a long Maher spiel that pauses only to underscore his own points. At first the film is very funny as Maher gently mocks one organized religion after another. He questions just about everything in Catholicism, even though he was raised Catholic. (His mother is Jewish, but threw it all over for the father.) Everything from the Immaculate Conception to crucifixion re-enactments are covered. By the time “Religulous” is over, the faith-seekers in the audience will have scratched Catholic off their possibilities. Not that the other major religious groups don’t come in for razzing, either. Maher is brutal to Orthodox Jews and just as nasty to Muslims. (He interviews gay Muslims in Amsterdam, a city where he also smokes a lot of pot and finds many easy laughs.) Mormons get it, and so do Scientologists, whom Maher mocks in London’s Hyde Park. Maher sends up everything outrageous and unusual in religion, cherry-picking the fringe elements wherever he can find them.
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Either that, or he's been a jerk ALL his life.
I hate to point this out but atheism is a religion, too, and has done infinitely more damage to humanity thatn all the others combined
“He does bash Muslims. It will be interesting to see what the reaction will be on that side.”
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We might know the answer to that on October 7: http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/
“That’s a man, Baby!”
Yeah, I suppose so...:-) Whatever caused it, it IS the central thing in his life. He's especially fervent about religion.
Besides, Maher is nothing but a George Carlin starter kit.
“”Religulous” is blatant about Maher’s feelings: religion is bad. All religions are bad.“
Actually there is one religion that he advocates. Atheism. Utterly supremacist in his view that all other religions (other than his own) are bad.
“One can be a Christian and say that all religions are bad.”
Jesus was an observant Jew. Was He mistaken in His approach?
Or is this advocacy for following the way of Jesus the “man” and “his teachings” rather than any religious tradition. Just as one can look to any of a number of philosophers or leaders as a model for personal living?
What's next? Flat Earth is real?
Whose being irrational?
Sure. He's a bully. He picks on people that he knows won't strike back at him. He thinks he's getting off scot-free.
Why does anyone give this peckerhead the time of day, let along give him money for projects? He’s not even entertaining.
Someone should tell this bozo that the biggest mass murders in history were atheists.
And obviously, Bill hasn't forgiven God for playing such a dirty trick on him....LOL
Is the director the same guy who made “Borat Obama”?
Lost and angry, yes. Searching for answers, no.
10as it is written,
"(S)THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
11THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
12ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."
Cordially,
Yes. And one of the chief creative forces behind Seinfeld.
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