Religulous
In Religulous, Bill Maher interviews some of religion's oddest adherents. Muslims, Jews and Christians of many kinds pass before his jaundiced eye. Maher goes to a Creationist Museum in Kentucky, which shows that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time 5000 years ago. He talks to truckers at a Truckers' Chapel. (Sign outside: "Jesus love you.") He goes to a theme park called Holy Land in Florida. He speaks to a rabbi in league with Holocaust deniers. He talks to a Muslim musician who preaches hatred of Jews. Maher finds the unlikeliest of believers and, in a certain Vatican priest, he even finds an unlikely skeptic. Watch this documentary for more.
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comment #4144 Nikky W
I have read all of the posts here. I am shocked at the Anti-Religious bigotry displayed by many of you.
reply | permalinkThe mocking and ridiculing of other people because of their religious beliefs (as this movie does) is a Hate Crime.
Live and let live you sad Haters.
comment #3794 dwyane shaw
This is a reply to comment #3768
1st - Maher is a well known satarist. He has made his name by being sarcastic and confrontational. Knowing he is the "host" of the film tells you how it will play out before you even watch it. Therefore, it seems pointless to complain about the style used to expose religious beliefs as fantasy.
reply | permalink2nd- Most of us sane people, who understand how dangerous dogmatic convictions can be, have tried and tried to make our point politely. The result has been vile ridicule and social ostricizing. Therefore, since the deluded dogmatists will not listen to polite reason, we must adopt techniques that shock their minds into thinking. We will be hated either way, and the confrontational method has proven more effective -even if it is less polite.
comment #3785 (just a) F R O G on the LOG
This is a reply to comment #3768
Flich - I get the jist of what you're saying, and out of 92 comments, yours is the one I would agree most with (your 1st paragraph, anyway)
reply | permalinkcomment #3768 Flich
Two things. First, I, like the host, think that these people are absolutely bonkers and am disgusted by their claims concerning homosexuality and evolution and people who aren't like them going to hell and there being no morality without religion, etc. But I also think that this host is an asshole. Seriously, in this documentary all he does is set up interviews with religious leaders - without telling them what the documentary is about - and mock them mercilessly on camera while simultaneously claiming that he is trying to understand them, which he obviously isn't. Also, the timing of some of the cuts make me think that pieces of his interviewees' arguments were cut and left out of the documentary to make them look sillier than they actually are.
reply | permalinkIn summary, as much as I like to see ID proponents and anti-gay idiots squirm, the host's approach is neither conducive to understanding nor to persuasion, and so the only purpose this documentary serves is useless, pointless mockery. A truly horrible documentary that, while I agree with the host's viewpoints to some extent, is not even remotely worth watching. Why does he feel the need to spend such a chunk of his time mocking people instead of actually attempting to understand and/or persuade them? The religious watching this documentary are going to be offended and not persuaded, and the nonbelievers already know about Intelligent Design and whatnot, so this... Argh. Seriously, this guy's an ass.
Also, blaming religion for all evil is just as ridiculous as blaming its lack.
Anyway, I suppose I'm starting to repeat myself here, so I shall shut up now.
comment #3750 sam
god wants us to be free!
reply | permalinklets go to war! and get circumcised...
comment #3485 hghghghg
This is a reply to comment #3292
The meaning of life? There is none- we just are, and the fact our life itself has no means should mean nothing to us.
reply | permalinkI guess you could say a job or a mission gives you meaning, but nothing like what you're thinking of.
comment #3292 Azzy
great vid
reply | permalinkthing about religion is it's a test of belief
a test of if you can't see what you're praying to, how can you believe
a test to see if seeing id believing
and you can never be sure
and religion guides people
not to be rude but if you don't have a religion, if you don't believe in heaven or hell, God or Jesus
then what is your purpose in life
what is the meaning of life to you?
many religious people see life as a journey in which you worship God or something else but what is the meaning of life if you don't have a religion or any beliefs? what are you looking forward to?
comment #3090 theresia wyatt
great video.
reply | permalinkcomment #2981 Weidmann
Awesome documentary!
reply | permalinkThat interviewer is really talented and funny, although you have to admit the lunatics he talked to made it quite easy for him. What retards, hehe...
comment #2915 Ciph3r
It's funny how religious nuts would just scream blasphemy.
reply | permalinkWake up and start asking some objective questions instead of following like good little sheep!
Rational thought and deduction are wonderful things.
comment #2765 Beppai from eastenders
PRAISE ME AND NONE BEFORE, ALL WHO HAVE SEEN ME ON EASTENDERS ARE RIGHTOUS IN MY EYES. ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVEIST THOU WILL FOREVER BEAR CHILD BY THE NAME TODD.
reply | permalinksend me more money. thripence.
comment #2764 Vishnu
I AM THE SEED OF VISHNU REINCARNATED THROUGH GIRKIN PASTE!
reply | permalinkYou must all worship me and send me your first born child for baptism.
thankyou, send money
comment #2660 Darrin (The REAL One)
Seems the mod pulled the two phony posts I refer to in my prior comment ;)
reply | permalinkcomment #2656 Darrin (The REAL One)
Again Phil. Not addressing any of the issues. And posting the last 2 comments pretending to be me is really weak. If you have a point, make it. Using deception is the last vestige of a pathetic man. But then again, I've seen your comments on other videos, and you really have only one message: you're disgusting and your parent's raised you wrong. Sad really.
reply | permalinkCan't you come up with another line of diatribe?
comment #2642 The Tay
So are we going to digress into name calling, or should we contine this as men and women of reason? its been about 25 years since i threw mud in anyones hair for seeing differently than me. perhaps we should skip that phase, and ignore peoples attempts to be children, and move along to the discussion at hand. facts verses vice, what is the problem that people are discussing here, and what are the counter arguments?
reply | permalinkcomment #2634 Darrin
Again Phil, you didn't address one issue.
reply | permalinkMaybe it has something to do with male names starting with "P"?
comment #2631 Phil Kravitz (from Brooklyn,NYC)
This is a reply to comment #2626
@ Paul.
reply | permalinkPlease keep taking your medication. Help is on the way.
comment #2630 Phil Kravitz (from Brooklyn,NYC)
Hey Darrin
reply | permalinkLOL.
By all accounts you are pretty much done here.
All you can do is spout foul curse words, degrade others, and lash out at Jews or Christians.
You have conveniently ignored most of the issues raised here all the while insulting, cursing and bullying. It is sad really. I must suck to be you.
Anyway. I can only assume that in your own private little hell...the type of behavior you are showing is normal. I am sorry your mother or father did not instruct you better on how to treat other human beings.
But as I said you are pretty much DONE here.
So when is the next Nazi rally?
comment #2627 Darrin
Hey dumb-ass Paul. First, learn to spell basic words. Second, learn when to capitalize and when not to, and then shove it up your ass and mind your own business.
reply | permalinkYou're doing the same thing my good buddy Phil does. Making insults without making a point. I can appreciate a good insult provided it's witty AND it's accompanied by a well made point.
What you two jokers do isn't worthy of an episode of Jerry Springer.
comment #2626 Paul Douglass (yeah my real name)
This is a reply to comment #2621
@ Darrin, Pill (from Crooklyn) and others.
reply | permalinkThis comment page is for discussing the MOVIE here...not to act like little wet clits bickering back and forth.
What. Are you dipshits 10 years old or something? Get a fucking life you loosers.
Arguing and cat fighting on the Internet like a bunch of High School Girls on the rag.
Darrin Phil....go somewhere else and spout your stupidty.
You BOTH are a couple of PUSSIES that talk trash and act big hiding behind a computer.
I will bet you don't have the balls to talk like that to people's faces.
Internet Pussies.
comment #2621 Darrin
I'm glad I could make your day Phil. But I really can't take credit- it's not difficult to amuse a dumb-ass such as yourself. Pretty much just bouncing a colorful ball in front of you I'm sure would be enough to entertain you.
reply | permalinkI don't care if you're a Jew, Muslim, or Catholic. You're all equally nuts in your own way. And feel free to address any of the points made by me or Matt C since you conveniently ignored all the relevant points.
I'll await your witty response with much anticipation.
comment #2618 Phil Kravitz (from Brooklyn,NYC)
This is a reply to comment #2540
Thank you "Darrin" (At least I have enough guts to use my real name) for making my point for me. : )
reply | permalinkWow...you are one ANGRY person aren't you? LOL
Why this need to lash out with hate?
But I say thank you. You have shown yourself the typical, narrow minded, hateful, bigot that I was speaking out against in my post. You complemented my statement quite nicely.
I try and understand why people like you come out of the woodwork and spout your angry, anti-social garbage. The only conclusion I can come to is that you and other like you are sad, unhappy, and bitter.
By the way....I am a "dumb ass religious person" (to quote your enlightened words)...a practicing NY Jew...you want to make something of it?
Thanks for making my day. : )
comment #2611 Alia J. Lardhi
To be honest, I think every man is allowed to express his own ideas whether other people like it or not. The problem is in the way he uses to do that.
reply | permalinkBill was kinda disrespectful towards other religions , but we can’t deny that most of his questions and remarks were “to the point”!
BUT with all my respect, he should’ve been more honest about the translation part. I noticed that at 1:29 when an Arabic man , I think he’s the janitor, interrupted the interview wasn’t saying “I don’t find this Jew funny ….etc”. All he was saying was “The managers don’t allow us to take more than 5 minutes. The manager said a short stroll for five minutes only” and the other guy was saying “it’s O.K., the managers allowed them to”. I really can’t understand the point he wanted to express with the wrong translation!
comment #2543 Matt C
This is a reply to comment #2529
Phil, "thank god for the constitution and the bill of rights"? I think the founders would disagree. In fact, our ancestors who came to this continent did so specifically so they could say things like this movie says without being imprisoned or put to death. The Vatican dictated what could and could not be said about the religion for hundreds of years, now it's the other side's turn to talk. It's as simple as that.
reply | permalinkIs Bill M. incendiary at times? Sure (if he wasn't he wouldn't have a job). However, he is less biased and crude than your average Fox "News" personality. I don't agree with everything he says, but that's the point, I don't have to. He asks some good questions. Does he go a bit far for my taste, yes. Have I seen a movie with this kind of discussion before, no. He touches on a lot of the things that I've struggled with in my lifetime study of religions. Does he claim to have any answers? NO, just opinions, which can be changed without any bloodshed. Religious people have died and killed for their opinions (they call them "beliefs" or "faith" but what they mean is opinion).
That's why this is an important movie. Bill is absolutely correct. I'm sure he'd be fine with people doing their religion thing if it was never going to lead to his or the world's destruction, but that seems to be where we're headed. To all the Armageddonists out there who think they are going with the Rapture, all I can say is "Stop it." This is my world too, and I'm not ready to cash in my chips, so please don't destroy the planet just so you can go to heaven (or whatever).
comment #2542 Casey
Everyone must remember that we founded this country, as much, to escape others religion as to practice our own. As the world grows ever smaller the only way to escape religion (which gets more violent, sadistic, controlling and fundamentalist everyday) is to get rid of it and face reality. NO AFTERLIFE, NO RE-UNITED LOVED ONES, NO VIRGINS, NO UTOPIA, SUFFERING IS INEVITABLE, WE EVOLVED FROM APES, DEATH COMES TO ALL AND THEN BUGS EAT US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
reply | permalinkThank you Bill.
comment #2541 Bob Marley
Most people think,
reply | permalinkGreat god will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth:
And now you see the light,
You stand up for your rights.
comment #2540 Darrin
RE: Phil Kravitz
reply | permalinkOnly crackpots who have no understanding of their rights spout off about speech being "offensive" to them. Do you think our founding fathers, while deciding that our very first enumerated right would be free speech, that they were protecting speech that would be consensual, or derisive, inciteful and offensive? Get a clue Phil.
Plus, you state it is ignorant and low-minded to make fun of dumb ass religious people. I don't give a hoot if you want to sit in your basement at your altar of Pee Wee Herman and pray to him daily. But the minute your idiot beliefs infringe on other people's basic rights to life, liberty and happiness, I'm going to knock you down and shove the truth down your throat.
Google "Madeline Neumann" and then come back on here and defend religion. Your parents failed with you, and you know neither the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights.
comment #2529 Phil Kravitz (from Brooklyn,NYC)
I am not even an Evangelical Christian and I found this "documentary" VERY offensive.
reply | permalinkWe all have a right in this nation to worship WHATEVER god we want. That is a right as Americans. And we have a right to do so and be treated with respect and without prejudice.
To have some sick narcissistic but hole like Bill M. make fun of a WHOLE group of people because of their religious beliefs is plain IGNORANT and LOW MINDED.
To those of you who agree with slandering and dehumanizing other because of their beliefs....all I can say is....Your parents failed somewhere to bring you up right.
Thank God for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
comment #2525 LMAO
omg i cant stop laughing from the stoners hair on fire xD
reply | permalinkcomment #2495 talulla
I dont see how anybody can defute Bill Majer findings... He's on the ball.
reply | permalinkAll the people he interviewed made themselves look like fools, maybe he had some clever editing tricks so that the points were emphisised but its the interviewees that we're showing themselves up. They have blind faith and blind faith is baaaaaaaaddddd!!
The only thing i didnt agree with was when he was talking about the giant picture on the side of the mountain in Englad ( I cant remember the name) and only because it isnt kept maintained for religious reasons, its because its so unusual and no one knows where it comes from.
religious nuts should get a grip, there are examples of priests who think that religious fundamentalism is crazy!!!
If you feel like you need to follow a religion to be a good person then your probably fucked up anyway, you should have the capasity for good along with "evil" naturally and if you need to have some reson to "stay on the right path" then yoour mentally deranged.
comment #2219 Imperien
This is a reply to comment #2017
"This has got to be the most useless, idiotic and self absorbing documentary."
reply | permalinkClearly you have not seen Bill Stein's Expelled.
comment #2214 DK McGreeb
SAM shut up you cretin, I can't even nunderstand how people can be as blind as you. I'm not even going to bother writing something long, you are just that much of a hypocritical idiot.
reply | permalinkcomment #2212 Mitch
This is a reply to comment #1834
maher atleast backs up his claims with the contradictions found in peoples beliefs about the world.
reply | permalinkYou just claimed something without support. You asserted your opinion.
comment #2208 Hank
This is a reply to comment #1681
YOU BET!! Get used to it, my friend; your ancient and silly beliefs are on their way out...
reply | permalinkcomment #2206 Hank
This is a reply to comment #2017
My guess is that a lot of people are 'more smarter" than you on many levels, my friend. How did you miss all the facts Maher listed time and time again throughout the doc?
reply | permalinkAnd, look, really, just use your brain, man! There is no invisible man in the sky, the bible is OBVIOUSLY a bronze age fairy tale (although some of it is a pretty good read). Just THINK for a second, will you? I'm really losing patience with all of you "devout" nutjobs, man, I really am...
comment #2019 Jack Kebek
This is a reply to comment #2017
All of what Bill Maher says when he compares older faiths "writings" to those of Christianity's, those are "facts".
reply | permalinkI tend to believe that "facts are the truth".
As for him been funny or not and ect. that's, from what I can deduce, an opinion, not a fact.
If truth can hurt, rage can blind.
No hard feelings... I hope :)
comment #2017 SAM
This has got to be the most useless, idiotic and self absorbing documentary. First of all, everyone should notice that how talented this guy Bill Maher is. He tries really hard to be funny but only person he sounds fuuny to i guess would be himself. He thinks giving smart ass comments rather than hard proof is gonna convince people of his idiotic ideology about faith. He thinks making fun of his mother over her religious belief is funny and somehow make him more smarter than her or other billions of people of faith.
reply | permalinkHighly recommended for people with low IQ, no thinking process or who think this guy is even remotely funny. I just feel bad for the world when people like him become media mouthpiece.
comment #2010 Oliver
This should certainly make things clearer. Bill Maher, you are a very courageous man. I salute you.
reply | permalinkcomment #1998 Darrin
AM I missing something? I watched this film when it first came out and I just watched it again. Wasn't there an interview with a radical Muslim who basically threatened Bill? I would have swore there was. Does anyone else recall the interview?
reply | permalinkcomment #1913 Edward
This is a reply to comment #477
You talk about how the people are 'good' and 'caring' and speak as if they do no harm, how ignorant!
reply | permalinkThese pleasent truckers and wonderful shop keepers are the same people that would see children in the U.S. taught lies over scienctific fact. Who would deny equal rights to homosexuals.
And who's general ignorance of reality and the world around them not only diminishes their own lives but drags down all those around them.
comment #1897 Anthony
"the word of god" has been written by men, and only men, with no other credentials than their own word. For anyone living a good life that believes in a higher power - keep being a good person. The truths of science - (try wrapping your head around quantum superposition) - are more mysterious than any religion, and do not discredit a higher power. They do however clearly show that fundamental religion is based on false dogma followed by people who have never questioned their authority or applied rational skepticism to the world around them. They continue to condemn others who do not believe what they do. The point of religion is supposed to be the peace and harmony of all human beings on this planet. Its ironic that the intelligent people who don't believe in religion are the only ones who truly understand this concept. Any muslim, christian, jew, hindu, buddist, or person of the countless other beliefs across the world needs only 1 thing to be a follower of "god" -- be a good person. remember the great commandment? do onto others and you would have them do onto u. Figure that out for once and this foolish debate will be over. You don't need a book or a priest, just your own brain.
reply | permalinkcomment #1834 Gorgeous
Wow thats all i can say because clearly this man is BIASED on soo many levels! whatever this man thinks is totally he's opinion and what he thinks is up to him and he shouldnt think others religious decisions are wrong at all !!!!!!!!!!!!
reply | permalinkcomment #1792 Dan Rayson
Comic seeks laugh, religious types are easy targets. 1+2=3.
reply | permalinkSome funny content. Points out flaws we all know already in the religion over science argument.
Nuff said.
comment #1783 allisson
For ERIC- i agree with your comment. 100%. I was born and raised irish catholic but upon college and other things, i came face to face with common sense/theories.
reply | permalinkcomment #1681 god
BLASPHEMY
reply | permalinkcomment #1664 Eric
It is very amusing to listen to some of these comments. On both sides some of you sound really stupid.
reply | permalinkRegardless of what Bill Maher is or isn't, the fact is that he is right. Religion is dangerous. It has been the cause of many wars both past and present. But if religion was to perish from the world today, the threat of war tomorrow would still linger. The existence of religion poses just as much of a threat as anything else.
For those of you whose faith is strong enough to oppose Maher- good for you.
For those of you who have stopped believing in the fairy tales surrounding God- God for you as well.
Either way, The world will remain in the same condition as it has been, so there is no point in trying to impose your beliefs or lack thereof on others.
comment #1594 jesus
do not listen to this satanic man, he is trying to send you all to eternal hellfire
reply | permalinkcomment #1591 Ye Zaw
very good documentary,,,every should watch it! and think about the reality.
reply | permalinkcomment #1472 Bendik Hansen
This is a reply to comment #1468
The Devil is subject to God. Hell is God's domain, just like Heaven. It's God that punishes the sinners, not Luficer. Luficer is just his puppet. This didn't answer the Paradox, 'cause I don't believe any of the crap I just said. It's just the impression I got after reading the first part of Dante's Divina Comedia.
reply | permalinkcomment #1468 john smith
one big paradox:
reply | permalinkif the devil is evil, why would he punish other bad people? he would much rather nurture them. and therefore if he does punish the bad, then the devil must be essentially good, so there is no duality in the god-reign, and therefore how can the overall force be omnipotent, if there is no bad how can there be good? and if god isnt good, why the fuck should we worship him?
comment #1467 dmfahey
This is a reply to comment #1462
I hope and pray to myself (because that's the only authority that I can truly rely on), that you realize how narrow-minded you are. How do you know that the feeling that you get when you pray to jesus, or allah, or thor, or satan, or whatever the fuck else imaginary being that was, if you don't believe created by men, at least defined and delineated by men (irrefutable, unless your holy book just poofed into existence with a "made in heaven" sticker on it), is not the same feeling that any other pious person feels when they pray to their respective imaginary friend that lives in outer space? Only intelligent responses need reply, seeing as how so many religious types are proponents of "intelligent design" & god "made us in his image".
reply | permalinkcomment #1466 believe without seeing
its the truth. I mean Christianity made the true faith look like a mockery
reply | permalinkcomment #1465 john smith
"I hope and pray that the Lord touches this man and changes him ..."
reply | permalinklol
comment #1464 h simpson
This is a reply to comment #1443
I take it your a christian..
reply | permalinkcomment #1462 gloria rodriguez
Wow I used to love this guy and now I will never listen to him again.I see now many things he says. The word of God isn't here to be disputed. To bad for him that his own mother could not explain to him what their family believed in . Shame that woman who does not believe in GOd. It is clear the importance of knowledgalble parenting specially in the Lord.Too bad he only chose people who aren't good representatives of the word. and he did this purposely to bring down the word.. I'm ashamed to have liked this guy at one point.
reply | permalinkthe bible says, Blessed are those who don't see me and yet believe.
I hope and pray that the Lord touches this man and changes him ...
comment #1457 Fumigenna
All the questions i would ask, he asked. great guy, proved that religion is just like a fairy-tale talking snake...haha.
reply | permalinkReligion is a need of the uneducated, instead of believing in your own strength weak people feel the need to ask the help of a greater power... ( Nietzsche )
Believe in you, not something you never saw!
comment #1443 Mr. Leon Washington
Bill Maher is one sick Jew. I would love to strap his sorry ass to a chair, pin his eyes open (like Clockwork Orange) and put a huge HDTV right in front of him playing TBN 27/7 for a week.
reply | permalinkcomment #1408 Frank
Bill Maher produced a very confronting video that essentialy accomplished nothing. I still don't exactly know what his goal is, but it is as hopeless as Homer Simpson. It is impossible to convince a religous person that god does not exist (or that he or she should have doubts whether god exists) and I truly believe that should be respected.
reply | permalinkBottom line, Bill Maher certainly made a few points but in the end accomplishes nothing. For the simple reason that humans are able to decide for themselves.
comment #1352 Me
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
reply | permalinkNapoleon Bonaparte
comment #1350 Hanni Y
I found this film to be an outrageous piece of Left Wing Propaganda. Bill Maher's intent was to INSULT and DEGRADE all people of faith. His theory? ANYONE who professed faith in Religious system of belief is either stupid or brainwashed.
reply | permalinkBill Maher is one sick Jew.
comment #1347 Orion
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. ~ Bertrand Russel
reply | permalinkcomment #1303 lemuel areti
al i can say is that this movie is in your face, and people better know what they belief. without an experience with what you know and believe this movie can upset your apple cart. However, his use of the description of religon as dangerous is extremist in all its essence.
reply | permalinkcomment #1288 Dylan Hudson
he's right about the shit but did u ever think there's a reason religion was created! its something the gov. maid up to keep ppl in line.
reply | permalinki know plenty of ppl who if they figured out Jesus isn't real they would go shoot ppl n put a bullet through there brain. Im dead serious. Religion maid alot of problems no dought but if there was no religion and ppl didn't have that goal of reaching heven or that perfect place there would be alot more chaos on earth i promis not war like country to country that would be salved but man to man would be crazy imagin if every one knew! i wouldnt spread this if i wer u unless its someone i knew could control them selves.
comment #1274 DIH
This is a reply to comment #477
I think you missed the point, katherine. Bill Mayer wasn't making fun of those people, nor laughing at them. He was laughing and making fun of the ridiculousness of their ludicrous beliefs. Quite rightly too. Proclaiming a belief in bronze-age/iron-age "fairy-tales" should automatically qualify the believer to suffer public humiliation at every chance possible.
reply | permalinkcomment #1217 J
for all the people giving out about how bill 'makes fun' of the people he interviews. excuse me, but if you strongly believe in something that you shape your life around, and try pass on to others, then you should be able to give a logical reason for that, otherwise you're doing something irrational. you might see the moderate chrtistians as 'harmless' in this irrationality, but where do you think fundamentalism stems from? and also, the moderates are the people, who in ignorance of reason and thinking for themsleves, are perpetuating an institutional belief that is damaging the world we live in and the freedom of so called 'infidels'.
reply | permalinkcomment #1205 sakara
a scholarly documentary would have been nice, about how all religions are just fairy tales...but this doc. is just more michael moore jokiness.
reply | permalinkcomment #1156 buttchin
This is a reply to comment #1031
kitty
reply | permalinkwhat the hell are you talking about.
You dont understand this documentary.
there is no certainty in religion nor bill.
thats whats so fascinating.
comment #1127 Virginia
This is a reply to comment #789
He talked to people who know their stuff (leaders of religions: aren't they kind of experts?) as well as everyday religious people (which also matters a lot). Have you ever thought that he didn't interview people with good arguments because there quite possibly are none?
reply | permalinkThe reason whey he lumped all of the religions together was because (surprise!) they're all religions. Christians, Muslims, and Jews are all theists. Shocker.
On a side note, I liked that he talked about how prophets would be considered insane in this day and age and that God seems to only talk to one person instead of many, not to mention the Santa Claus analogy.
comment #1031 Kitty
Please Bill Maher, preach to us! After all, unlike all religious people, you are free from social conditioning and ignorance.
reply | permalinkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oop5fY755Jo&feature=related
"Children are more important than people"
1) children are people
2) you are thinking about the "pro-life" movement, not the feminism.
Feminism fights against the stereotypes made by chauvinist men that you use to describe it.
comment #1030 Kitty
This is a reply to comment #993
"Grow up religious people." Because it's that easy, right. Thank you for your very informed comment. I "LOL'd". You sound ridiculously informed, or should I say "Rediculasly". I do believe that religion is damaging, but however ignorant people like you make atheist like me look bad. You obviously, or should I say "oviously" are the cultural and religious expert here.
reply | permalinkcomment #1029 Kitty
I am an atheist and always will be. Bill Maher is a disgusting sexist pig with absolutely no respect for anyone with beliefs besides his own.
reply | permalinkcomment #999 dbchin
Ooooo... thats pure evil.
reply | permalinkI really really hate rude stuff
comment #995 Mercury
lol just the intro with the images and the music was enough for me to press stop after 4 minutes and 10 seconds.
reply | permalinkfreedom of speech and criticism/judging have a relevant difference that some "racional people" (lol) seem not to understand.
be happy, be free, wish for and let others also be happy and free.
it's simple
comment #993 Jamie
This is a brilliant documentary. I especially liked his harsh comments towards these people that have quite oviously been manipulated and guided by a set of old traditions and morals that were ground into them when they were in their youth. Grow up religious people. Just look at the banner ad to the right handside.I LOL'd. Rediculas...Religulous.
reply | permalinkcomment #879 Ellie
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Well, maybe some people think it's the proper thing to do and that videos should be paid for. If they have the money to spare, maybe they feel better paying. With all the hype about piracy they may want to pull their own weight, (so to speak) which is O.K.
reply | permalinkcomment #875 paul
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This really is stupid, it stops and says I have watched 72 min, and have to wait 54 min to watch the rest of of it. Well thats a lie, megavideo is really stupid, because I never did watch it for no 72 min, I watched life after people, and what I do not understand is the show is only like 44 min, but yet they say I watched 72 min, so how the heck is that possible, someone please explain that to me. Anyway I know I will not be stupid enough to buy there crap. And thats all it is, CRAP....
reply | permalinkcomment #874 Joe
This Megavideo thing sucks. Why would they expect people to actually pay for this when there are things like Youtube out there that let you view videos for free?
reply | permalinkcomment #819 Yanie
ohh I got problem now it wants me towait some 54 min to reuploaded the continuation of religulous vidoe
reply | permalinkcomment #789 Jason
I didn't care for his conclusion statement but this was an extremely funny video.
reply | permalinkI also agree with katherine on her notion that the video did not include any educated statements on the side of the religious people. While the people he interviewed well educated, Maher did not include people who gave good arguments on how they reconciled contradictions into their beliefs. I feel that Maher lumped all Muslims, Christians into one group. To me, this is the same as lumping all politicians into one group.
However, in the end, i really liked how he asks questions that many atheist would like to ask. I remember hitting these brick walls when i try asking the same questions. My favorite question as a teen was : "Can god create a rock that god cannot lift?" (most answer yes) "then does he have the power to lift it?" (stumped, or some stupid response).
comment #689 nelly
interesting documentary, he asked all the right questions,though the sarcasam and making fun of people wasn't necessary to prove a point...
reply | permalinkcomment #592 wednesday
that was fun.
reply | permalinkcomment #485 Alex
I have to ask if Katherine was watching the same documentary as the rest of us. Not educated people? How about the man who is the head of the human genome project. Or the higher up members of different religions he spoke to. I think those would count as educated. Not to mention the people he spoke to were well versed in religion. They live by it. For a documentary on religion I think speaking to religious people is probably the most educated people on the subject you can speak to.
reply | permalinkI used to be a church going person and over time became very well versed in the continuity errors in the bible. When speaking to another christian about this none of them ever game me a good theological or philosophical answer. Why? Because there are none. This sort of fact finding conversation puts any religious person at a loss for words. Their one and only defense being the faith argument. Which really is no argument at all.
If you think all he was doing is making fun you need to re-watch Religulous.
Not only does he have some very important things to say on these subjects. But he even takes the time to let people pray for him, and speaks of the situations where faith is reasonable.
Sorry if this sounds confrontational but it needs to be said. Sitting there discredting Bill Maher's methods instead of learning from all of the very intelligent things he said in this program is a really foolish thing to do.
comment #479 mark
He didn't make fun of anybody. Just their ideas and beliefs. Surely, there's nothing wrong with criticizing ideas in a fun way? The interviews are heavily edited though, but I guess that's what makes it funny.
reply | permalinkcomment #477 katherine
This documentary isn't "brilliant" at all! It's just a heavily edited set of interviews with people that Bill Maher makes a complete fool out of. The people he chooses to talk to are loving, caring people! There are a lot of evil people in the world that use religion to exploit others but he chose the friendly little guy in the store, those poor truckers that are on the road for days at a time and the nicest place they have to stop is a shack on the side of the road to pray. He picked on people with very little education who were otherwise very loving and caring individuals. He didn't talk to one person who could have given him a really good philosophical or theological argument because he doesn't have any. I thought this movie had nothing to do with religion and only to do with making fun of otherwise good people who may be a little misled. I thought we lived in a liberal society where it's okay to believe what you want. These people may believe things we don't agree with but the only thing it drives them to do is GOOD. Shame on you illiberals for laughing at them.
reply | permalinkcomment #383 Umbreona
I love also how the really ancient religions helped people to get along with their world and survive but as you get more and more modern they just teach hatred, bigotry, and work to destroy the world. I suppose all will be at peace when we are CORPSES! Hard to get more peaceful than dead.
reply | permalinkI appreciate those religious people who seek to live in peace and harmony with their fellow man and who seek to help their brothers and sisters but those who use religion as an excuse for their evil deeds deserve no sympathy whatsoever.
comment #338 Documentary Log
Religulous is now reuploaded and working again. It had to be megavideo as other video hosts removed it immediately.
reply | permalinkcomment #337 Documentary Log
Well that was faster than I expected. I'll let you know when I'm done.
reply | permalinkcomment #336 LRS17
Hi,
reply | permalinkPlease re-post this since video was removed ! I really want to see it :)
Thanks
comment #321 Documentary Log
@cinesimon: Nice link!
reply | permalinkcomment #315 cinesimon
Hi guys:
reply | permalinkHere's a link for you, if the site owner doesn't mind! It's part one and part two.
http://www.zshare.net/video/5312561716f93cb0/
http://www.zshare.net/video/5312562958f1f183/
Ciao!
comment #310 brandone
ahh,that's some good humor right there. thanks!
reply | permalinkcomment #309 George
Thanks! See if you can upload it elsewhere... a pee break of 53 minutes is even too long for me!
reply | permalinkcomment #308 Jason
Yeah.. stops after 72 minutes.. how freaking lame..
reply | permalinkcomment #307 Documentary Log
@George: New megavideo 'rules'. I'll try to avoid megavideo as much as possible, but it's still a decent video hosting site :)
reply | permalinkcomment #306 George
The video stops after 72 minutes and tells me I have to wait 53 minutes till it starts again? What the ...?
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