Bill Maher's documentary about religion will be hitting theatres this October 3rd.  This film should tick somepeople off big time...and I wouldn't be surprised if certain religious groups ask their followers to not see and even boycott the movie.  Thoughts?

 

http://www.lionsgate.com/religulous/

My kind of movie. The trailer is hilarious.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB8fPJ6zds8

I think it's a little too condescending towards religious people. I don't like to judge people or make fun of them for participating in any religious organization (except Scientology) but I'd see it for its comedic value. Bill Maher is a funny dude.

Awesome. Can't wait to see it.

Yeah, I can't wait to see it either!  And if anything, it's condescending to tell (the incomparable) me that I should go to church (talking to YOU Darlene at the Upper Sandusky Wal*Mart!).

I'm a Christian and I can't wait to see it!

I'm not really a fan of Maher, but this looks interesting.

It always scares me how fanatical some people will be over religion; this documentary/movie looks like it will be a little angering and entertaining....I'll probably go see it!  Why not?!

I am uber-excited for this movie!  I love these documentaries that take on the 'untouchable' issues.

Bill Maher's documentary about religion will be hitting theatres this October 3rd.  This film should tick somepeople off big time...and I wouldn't be surprised if certain religious groups ask their followers to not see and even boycott the movie.  Thoughts?

http://www.lionsgate.com/religulous/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if the religious folks are like the ones in Memphis at the time their preachers railed against "The Exorcist", the lines will circle the building.

I usually like Maher. I'm not a practicing anything. I lived in the south for a while and am very much sick of the conservative side of religion.

 

Still, there are all sorts of religions, faiths, and congregations out there. Some are very forward-thinking. I just hope that Maher doesn't paint all of them as the wackos.

Maher always comes across as a smug little sh!t to me. But he can be a funny, smug little sh!t sometimes. My biggest problem with him is sometimes he comes across as just as preachy as the people he's criticizing, just from the opposite viewpoint.

 

I might see it, but this would be something for the Netflix queue. I'm not paying full price for it.

 

Maher is abrasive and annoying and a little crazy (thinks that perscription medicine is a ploy to make and keep people sick...).  I won't go out of my way to support him, and I don't really see the need to make a movie like this to just piss people off, but it will probably be entertaining, and I will probably eventually see it.

^In Maher's defense I think he is doing the documentary because he feels very passionate about this.  I don't think that he is trying to piss people off, I just think that naturally happens as a result of the kind of delivery Maher uses.

 

As obnoxious as Maher is at times, he often makes valid points and isn't afraid to admit it when he's wrong.  He just never feels wrong about this religion issue...at least I haven't seen it from him yet.

I've seen a preview for this movie, and it looks like he picked the extremists to interview. 

Snooze.  His way of making money.  A$$hole.

I was just watching an interview with Bill Maher on Larry King. He was like "why doesn't God just get rid of the devil and evil" or something like that. Good can't even exist without evil. Just as peoples wouldn't construct laws without social deviance. The concept of "light" would have no meaning without darkness. Good and evil make up a full spectrum. That's a common belief in philosophy.

I thought God created evil/satan and everything was good until he turned on God, which doesn't make sense. But that's just me. Ebert gives it ***1/2. I'll probably check it out next week. It's playing in Bexley.

I don't trust the bible. It was written by man. We all know how people embellish stories. I know ppl that every time they tell a story, it's exaggerated each time. I think the bible is a perfect example of that. There's so many religious leaders that make me sick when they say "God tells me to say such and such" knowing followers will take it as truth. That's dangerous, and it undermines an individual's own ability to form logic.

I saw it on Saturday and enjoyed it (until like the last two minutes where it got a bit "preachy").

saw it at the esquire and really enjoyed it.  The entire crowd seemed to love it too, very funny.  He didn't just pick on Christians, but also Jews and Muslims.  Talked a lot about the persistent homophobia in religion.  Also, he went to the creation museum and showed how incredibly bogus that place is.  Also talked about the Dutch v. Muslim stuff thats happening/been happening.  I'd recommend it, as long as you know what you're going to watch. 

I'll probably see it sometime this week at the Esquire.

Now I'm wanting to see this.

saw it at the esquire and really enjoyed it.  The entire crowd seemed to love it too, very funny.  He didn't just pick on Christians, but also Jews and Muslims.  Talked a lot about the persistent homophobia in religion.  Also, he went to the creation museum and showed how incredibly bogus that place is.  Also talked about the Dutch v. Muslim stuff thats happening/been happening.  I'd recommend it, as long as you know what you're going to watch. 

 

I saw it.  It is a comedy, not a real documentary, but there is nothing wrong with that.  it is very funny.

^like the rest of comedy, its all in the timing

^like the rest of comedy, its all in the timing

 

I can see that.

 

To Maher's credit (I haven't seen the movie) I hear it is more of an attack on organized religion and people blindly following it. Which I do believe has some merit. I'm a Christian (Methodist) and was raised so but at no point did I ever feel like it was because I had to nor do I agree with the all the stances of my church. For me church is a place of worship and community for fellowship and good deeds. By no means do I answer to the man at the pulpit. Of course that is just me...I'm a conservative but would hardly consider myself to be from the 'Religious Right' sector of the party.

 

Eh, just watch it.  I think you'll enjoy it (except for the last two minutes).

So who has seen An American Carol?

 

I don't think even Kelsey Grammer has seen it.

Snooze.  His way of making money.  A$$hole.

 

So what do you think about the people who sell Russian girls like shelf products, so that they their sexual organs can bring in the dough to daddy?

 

I might be appalled if I knew what you do for money.

Anyone want to go see this Thursday night?

I saw Religulous on Saturday.  Thought it too long, and too preachy.  Basically, the people who are going to see it are the people who are already thinking  what Bill Maher thinks.  Were some funny parts, especially the Florida Holy Land theme park.  The end of days stuff is just plain bizarre.

Yeah, the end could've been cut out.

I saw Religulous on Saturday. Thought it too long, and too preachy.

 

Funny because in all his interviews hes like "We're just making a comedy mobir, we're not being judgemental at all".

I saw Religulous on Saturday. Thought it too long, and too preachy.

 

Funny because in all his interviews hes like "We're just making a comedy mobir, we're not being judgemental at all".

 

I'm so sure.

 

I'm a "follower of Jesus" and I can't wait to see this. I don't know what the fuss is about.

 

A friend once told me that 99% of the time someone is offended, the cause is because of their own pride ... and if you think about that, this is so true.

Saw the movie this past Friday.  Thought it was good and it seemed like the rest of the packed theatre (Esquire) thought the same.  The thing I love most about Maher is the way in which he views things and rationalizes the world.  It is not only unique, but also thought provoking.

 

If you don't like him going in to the movie, you're certainly not going to like him coming out.  This is classic Maher all the way.

^ How was the ending without spoilers?

I can see how some people thought the ending was "preachy" but I didn't think it was bad.  I don't know how else he could have ended the film given the way he built it up.  It seemed like a natural ending.

He could've interjected the positives of religion instead of just the "dangers" of what it will become if unleashed into this "Holy War."  But I suppose the shock factor at the end was the point.

Are any theaters in Columbus open really late at night? I'll see it tonight with my cousin if there's a showing after 1am. I doubt that's the case though.

"The original discovery of the Coelacanth in 1938 is still considered to be the zoological find of the century. This 'living fossil' comes from a lineage of fishes that was thought to have been extinct since the time of the dinosaurs.

Coelacanths are known from the fossil record dating back over 360 million years, with a peak in abundance about 240 million years ago. Before 1938 they were believed to have become extinct approximately 80 million years ago, after mysteriously disappearing from the fossil record. How could the Coelacanth disappear for over 80 million years and then turn up alive and well in the twentieth century? Australian Museum Online

 

The Coelacanth (see-lah-kanth) is a fish caught in South Africa in 1939 off the coast of Madagascar. Recently coelacanths have also been found in Indonesia. These fish were thought to have been extinct for 70 million years. ( they think dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago !)

 

In the 70 million years that it is said to have been extinct, it has not changed or evolved at all !

 

The coelacanth was what they call an "index fossil". This means that whenever they found fossils of other animals in the same layer as the coelacanth, they "automatically knew" that it too was 70 million years old.

 

Because it is still alive today, it's fossils could be found in any layer of rock (of any age).

 

 

"The first fossil records of the horseshoe crab go back 425 million years, yet this living fossil still lives along present-day shores. Its tail, which allows it to walk with ease across the sand and which is used for steering, its two eyes with their exceedingly complex structures, and all its other unique features have remained unchanged over the last 425 million years"