Religulous starring Bill Maher, Steve
Burg, Francis Collins, George Coyne,
Jeremiah Cummings
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Bill Maher incurs the wrath of multiple religious zealo ts of myriad faiths in
Religulous, a snarky but unexpectedly powerful documentary. Maher
bluntly disputes the value of religion in a world made increasingly
dangerous, on the one hand, by fanaticism of all kinds and the human
races environmental self-destructiveness on the other. No one is immune
from Mahers dogged questions about the illogic and negative fallout of
doctrines that advocate violence or shun scientific evidence or marginalize
minorities or punish anyone who disagrees with any religions extreme
tenets. Maher takes his inquiries to the Vatican; to small, evangelical
Christian churches; to Jerusalem; to Amsterdam (where elements of an
increasingly vocal Muslim community have shown violence toward critics);
to a large, African-American church in a big city; and to several bizarre
theme parks celebrating creationism and the life of Jesus. Wherever he
goes, Maher seeks to demonstrate that many of the worlds major religions
are rife with hypocrisy, completely self-referential, and destructive to the
collective good. The fast-moving, globe-trotting film is full of highlights,
including a great scene where Maher, in disguise, argues for the core
beliefs of Scientology to a bemused crowd at Speakers Corner in Londons
Hyde Park. Theres also a wonderful moment where Maher, just having
been thrown out of the Vatican, gets a terrific interview with a maverick
priest. Raised Catholic but in reality half-Jewish, Maher also spends time
with his mother and sister trying to reconcile the role of religion in his
childhood. Everything is really leading toward Mahers major point that
atheists and agnostics are in a sizable minority but are afraid to speak out
in these days of zealotry. If that minority stays in the background, Maher
says, we may very well be heading toward catastrophe. --Tom Keogh
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Stills from Religulous (click for larger image)
I can't stand Bill Maher but this mockumentary was very entertaining and I
loved it. In the spirit of Roger & Me, Bill doesn't exactly match wits with
brainiacs but that in itself can support the point of the movie- American
Society can be characterized as blind sheep living according to myth and
legend and at a larger level, the world is in constant conflict due to religion.
The time taken to look at the situation in Holland was brilliant and timely as
we in the midst of a show-down between Geert Wilders and an overly-
accommodating Dutch government. The blank looks to simple questions
are many and damning and the good Senator from Arkansas demonstrates
on many occassions what's wrong with our government.
Again, I am not a fan at all of Bill Maher, I thi nk he's a smug uber-liberal
but I have watched this film three times and will again and again. There
seems to be no home for a conservative Agnostic/Atheist LOL
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