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@George: New megavideo 'rules'. I'll try to avoid megavideo as much as possible, but it's still a decent video hosting site :)

Thanks! See if you can upload it elsewhere… a pee break of 53 minutes is even too long for me!

Hi guys:
Here'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!

Hi,
Please re-post this since video was removed ! I really want to see it :)

Thanks

Religulous is now reuploaded and working again. It had to be megavideo as other video hosts removed it immediately.

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.

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.

I 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.

interesting documentary, he asked all the right questions,though the sarcasam and making fun of people wasn't necessary to prove a point…

ohh I got problem now it wants me towait some 54 min to reuploaded the continuation of religulous vidoe

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….

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.

Ooooo… thats pure evil.

I really really hate rude stuff

"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.

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?
The 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.

a scholarly documentary would have been nice, about how all religions are just fairy tales…but this doc. is just more michael moore jokiness.

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.

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.

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.

Bill Maher is one sick Jew.

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.

Bottom 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.

All the questions i would ask, he asked. great guy, proved that religion is just like a fairy-tale talking snake…haha.

Religion 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!

I take it your a christian..

its the truth. I mean Christianity made the true faith look like a mockery

one big paradox:
if 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?

very good documentary,,,every should watch it! and think about the reality.

It is very amusing to listen to some of these comments. On both sides some of you sound really stupid.
Regardless 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.

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.

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 !!!!!!!!!!!!

You talk about how the people are 'good' and 'caring' and speak as if they do no harm, how ignorant!

These 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.

This should certainly make things clearer. Bill Maher, you are a very courageous man. I salute you.

All of what Bill Maher says when he compares older faiths "writings" to those of Christianity's, those are "facts".

I 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 :)

YOU BET!! Get used to it, my friend; your ancient and silly beliefs are on their way out…

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.

I dont see how anybody can defute Bill Majer findings… He's on the ball.
All 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.

I am not even an Evangelical Christian and I found this "documentary" VERY offensive.

We 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.

Most people think,
Great 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.

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.
Is 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).

Thank you "Darrin" (At least I have enough guts to use my real name) for making my point for me. : )

Wow…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. : )

@ Darrin, Pill (from Crooklyn) and others.

This 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.

Hey Darrin

LOL.

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?

Again Phil, you didn't address one issue.

Maybe it has something to do with male names starting with "P"?

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.

Can't you come up with another line of diatribe?

I AM THE SEED OF VISHNU REINCARNATED THROUGH GIRKIN PASTE!

You must all worship me and send me your first born child for baptism.

thankyou, send money

It's funny how religious nuts would just scream blasphemy.

Wake up and start asking some objective questions instead of following like good little sheep!

Rational thought and deduction are wonderful things.

great video.

The meaning of life? There is none- we just are, and the fact our life itself has no means should mean nothing to us.
I guess you could say a job or a mission gives you meaning, but nothing like what you're thinking of.

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.
In 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.

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.

2nd- 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.

It makes me laugh when people interpret rational discussion as hate speech. Religion is a form of acute delusional psychosis. God is Santa Claus for grown-ups. Religion is the wholesale propagation of lies – the biggest hoax and financial racket ever perpetrated upon mankind. It is a tool used by those in power to control and subjugate the peasantry – people who can't think very well for themselves. With all its pageant and ritual, the church is a preposterous monstrosity, an aging relic of our primitive past in a modern world. It is like a big house of cards – remove one or two from the bottom and the whole thing crashes to the ground. Religion will always collapse like a house of cards by asking even the simplest of questions but all the religious people can do is claim that they are offended and that their poor feelings are being hurt. (Boo-Hoo!) Ask any religious person "What is god?" and they'll inevitably recite some vague answer like "He, is the creator" or "He, is too great to be defined in worldly terms." What a joke! If you went around expecting people to accept your belief in Santa you would deserve to be ridiculed. Why should religion be exempt from the same level of rational argument as applied to other things? Worst of all is society's willingness to accept the pushing of religious dogma into the minds of small children, programming them to infect others. Always, it is the fear of offending those poor religious sensibilities.

the people who wrote the costitution and bill of rights were against religion my friend.

bill maher has the right to ask questions to anyone he sees fit.he never once told any of these people they could not believe what they wanted.he simply asked questions they did not have answers for.he has the same rights as any "believer".

If there are any comments worth reading, Flitch has the only rational comment.

2nd if you do not read all of what i wrote please read the last paragraph!!!!!!

I think the host is a funny guy, but shame on him in his fake attempt to understand religious people, all and all he is just being an asshole.

When you think about it, as rational as the host tries to portray himself as, he is one and the same as the people he interviews, one extremist to another. Both have convinced themselves on what they believe and leave no room other opinions, both minds are already made up. e is trapped inside the same box he tries to mock.

Being a person who has been brought up in a very christian environment, i have tried to understand God, religion, and most of all peoples interpretation of God. I will admit that i believe ina higher power, 1 because life and the universe are immensely complicated, 2 I've lived among people who have either witnessed/experienced events that as of today cannot be explained, and 3 the most important my conscience. The greatest mystery besides after death, it is amazing how people can ignore their conscience to manipulate how life is.

As of today i feel we are all connected in some way, and if there is a God we are no where close on understanding what God is or what God wants, or God's plans for that matter. The rest are theory's that people convince themselves of, like i said the mind is a very powerful thing. Just look around, our history, our accomplishments, our destructions, see what a single man can create! IMAGINE!!!

PLEASE if you did not get anything out from what i wrote i hope you take this into consideration.–>We all have a conscience, there are 2 voices inside our heads that ramble on 24/7. You should know because your both of them. Realize the conversations you have with yourself on a daily basis and how you interpret right from wrong! Now go back to when you were child and remember how you interpreted right from wrong! Has right and wrong changed? Remember innocent, remember having an open mind, remember the external influences on your decision of right and wrong….. LISTEN to the good!!!!!…Even though it is much easier to listen to evil….You'll find more satisfaction in the Good. This is the one FACT of life i truly believe in without doubt.

What an asshole Maher is for asking so many ordinary questions. How dareth he! Shame be unto him! For he will surely burneth in Hell for so blaspheming thus.

Sorry Stafan – these superstitious Luddites are dumb to begin with. Please don't blame Bill Maher for exposing their latent stupidity. They don't need Bill Maher's help. What are we to think? These are perfectly well-adjusted intelligent people, then Bill Maher comes along and they, all-of-a-sudden, appear to look extremely silly? To suggest that Bill Maher's presence is to blame for them looking stupid is ludicrous. If Maher had interviewed any other group, some doctors, a group of investment bankers or some airline pilots, and asked them the same types of questions (in context), they would not appear stupid, but interview religious groups with only reasonable and fair questions and guess what – they look dumb. Why is that? If this attempt to understand religious people is so 'fake', then how does the outside world understand them? Ask a bunch of irrational questions instead? Or maybe religious people, by virtue of them being religious, have earned the right to demand some special level of respect, undeserved by all others.

Stefan, since you mention god – what is god? "

"….no room for other opinions"? What? Are you serious? Wasn't almost the entire documentary full of them? Isn't that why Bill Maher is supposed to be an 'asshole' in the first place? For asking opinions?

"there are 2 voices inside our heads that ramble on 24/7." Are there? Stefan,.. it's called paranoid schizophrenia. Seek professional help.

Bill has nailed it, just like Christopher Hitchens.

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