Topic: Bill Maher "Religulours"

[seaweb11]

Short Video here

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/bill-maher-takes-on-relig_n_114325.html

Watched it the other night on DVD.

An interesting take on Religion

Recommended watching for both "believers" and the rest of us. I learned a lot.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Man, I laughed out loud at that movie, quite funny. The girlfriend didn't laugh as much... Lutheran.

[Inkscars]

I really enjoyed it, not only was it smart, but poked sticks in the right fashion.

[seaweb11]

I thought I was all alone

"You don't have to pass an IQ test to get into the Senate"  that was great!

I guess NOT

I suppose I should be grateful Canadian Politicians don't end their speeches with
 "God bless Canada"   and Santa

[fuzzybutt]

i REALLY need to see this. off to pirate bay and share reactor

[fuzzybutt]

well, 2 hours and 29 minutes or so from now i'll be burning a dvd. not that i advocate the illegal downloading of copyrighted materials 

[Inkscars]

You're just making a back-up copy. In case the internet loses it Fuzzy

[Duke McDukiedook]

Yeah, the scene at the Vatican with the priest was refreshing.
It is good to know there are a few priests out there that "Get it".
People seem to lose track of the fact that the bible (new and old testament) was written by men. Along with the Quaran, the Torah, and all the other religious texts out there.

[fuzzybutt]

i just got around to watching this movie and i'f left with some different feelings on it. Bill Maher was just way too antagonistic towards religion, BUT watching some of the people he interviewed stumble and stammer trying to exlain themselves said alot to me as well. great movie all together though. i enjoyed it alot more than i thought i would

[fuzzybutt]

I really enjoyed it, not only was it smart, but poked sticks in the right fashion.

+1000 

[leaderbean]

I got the feeling that it was self-indulgent on his part.  But I've always gotten that feeling from him.

[seaweb11]

I got the feeling that it was self-indulgent on his part.  But I've always gotten that feeling from him.

OK, but what about what  every one else had to say?

oops, got to go, just saw a leprechaun stealing my pumpkins

[leaderbean]

I saw it a while ago and don't remember specifics about what people said.  But I'm gonna watch it again tonight and come back to comment. 
In the meantime, on the theme of Leprechauns and videos that make people look ridiculous:

[seaweb11]

Ya just have to LOVE America

[Duke McDukiedook]

What, you guys don't have leprechaun callers?

How do plan on finding his pot o' gold?

[sangyo soichiro]

I finally saw this movie.  I rented it a few days ago.

It's funny how people can believe things, that under other circumstances, would be very hard to believe.  I'm not talking about the existence of a God, per se, but certain specific beliefs that go along with certain religions.  (We all can think of something... just think of a specific belief of one of the many religions you happen to not be a follower of.) 

It's a shame that religion can be used to take advantage of people.  I lost count of the number of times I've flipped on the religious channel and saw a preacher asking for money.  It's usually the 'give and get back 7-fold' routine.  It's shameless really.  I hate to see people get taken advantage of.  And it's especially easy to take advantage of people that are suffering personal tragedy.   

[Duke McDukiedook]

People dumb enough to send their money to those charlatans deserve to have their money taken.

[paulages]

i expected this to be funny, but couldn't even make it through the whole movie. at least michael moore and Ali G pick on intelligent or "important" people.. it seems like he picked easy targets to corner and talked about himself a lot. disappointing, as there is plenty to criticize about religion.