So I Finally Saw Religulous.....

I'm a Christian and I'm not a fan of Bill, but it was pretty damn funny. If you are looking for a thoughtful documentary, look somewhere else. But if you want a light, comedic, and bias movie , then go for it. 

I liked the movie quite a bit. Though I don't agree with some of Bill Maher's more outlandish statements, I think he's a really entertaining guy. I agree with you on the point that had he spoken to less radical Christians he may have gotten the information he was looking for. Or maybe he wasn't looking for any to begin with.

Yea, I'm sure (that I saw it, not that I'm high).

Yeah I thought it was pretty good, awkward at some points but good.

Well the only thing thoughtful in the movie was at the very end, even then it did not actually hammer in a message good enough. Kind of like how Bruno absolutely failed in what it tried to do.

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@lilburtonboy7489 said:

" If you are looking for a thoughtful documentary, look somewhere else. 
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Are you high? The last statement in that movie is about as serious as it gets. Are you sure you watched the whole thing?

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It was ment to be something that sheds a bit of comedic light on a subject (aka the "organized religion is bullshit" subject.) not thought of or discussed very often in documentaries.

I have a feeling though that the reason why bill interviewed such weird people was only because he couldnt find many devout religious people who were willing to do an interview.

I havent seen this yet, although I want to. I wonder why it seems that more religious people saw this move then not. I figured they would be put off by it.

I thought it was a good movie, because while Bill has a bias, as do we all, he presented it in a pretty practical manner.

It wasn't really until the end where he hammered his message of letting organized religion and blind radicalism heavily influence things, that it should not. (see=govt). And that we can have serious consequences that can arise from such actions.

I also liked his take that it is alright to question documents written thousands of years old verbatim. A concept that he, and I, agree is sheer lunacy.

But he did this all quite eloquently, and I never thought he was being belligerent or combative like other documentaries I've seen. (see=certain scenes in films by Michael Moore.)

To be quite honest: I'm surprised there are not more films like this one. I highly recommend it, and I was incredibly surprised by it.

The movie made me laugh, but it did not really prove any points. He just messed around with people for the entire length of the movie until the very end when he acts like he has justified the belief that religion will destroy our world.

I have not seen it, I have not even heard of it...

I've wanted to see it for a while now but I have a feeling if any of my family found out I watched it they'd be upset.

" I've wanted to see it for a while now but I have a feeling if any of my family found out I watched it they'd be upset. "

Are you insane?!Comedic,bias,light?

Hell nah!!

Saw is a violent horror,not a comedy movie.

I don't really care for Bill Maher.  With that said, I also don't really care for someone who wants to bash on religion just because they don't believe in the same shit.  Sure, there are extremists out there, but there is also a vast majority who are good and honest people.  My parents are Christians, but they are still awesome people.  I can still sit down and watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno with my mom and dad and we'll all laugh our asses off.  It's just that now, they say after the film "oh, I'm gonna have to pray after watching that".  They still enjoyed it, though.

" I don't really care for Bill Maher.  With that said, I also don't really care for someone who wants to bash on religion just because they don't believe in the same shit.  Sure, there are extremists out there, but there is also a vast majority who are good and honest people.  My parents are Christians, but they are still awesome people.  I can still sit down and watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno with my mom and dad and we'll all laugh our asses off.  It's just that now, they say after the film "oh, I'm gonna have to pray after watching that".  They still enjoyed it, though.

Therefore, the only thing holding me back from this movie IS the bias.

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" @Gunner said:

" It was ment to be something that sheds a bit of comedic light on a subject (aka the "organized religion is bullshit" subject.) not thought of or discussed very often in documentaries.I have a feeling though that the reason why bill interviewed such weird people was only because he couldnt find many devout religious people who were willing to do an interview. "

I think a lot of people would have been willing to do interviews with him. But I think a lot of people would have embarassed Bill. That's probably why he chose retards. 

But that's why I enjoyed the movie. The people he interviewed were funny as hell. 

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Maher interviews a number of intelligent religious people in the movie. The interviews with the Senior Vatican Priest and the Vatican Astronomer answer Maher's questions with prose and rationale. Maher is just asking questions that need answering and in doing so, he exposes alot of idiocy and hypocrisy that permeates religion. But he also shows that there are smart, sensible people in the religious world.

Is it biased? Yes. But it's not set up the way you think. This isn't like that Ben Stein movie about intelligent design. It's not completly one-sided.

I recommend you see it. If it offends you, just close your ears when it talks about your religion, be it Christianity, Evangelism, Catholicism, Judiasm, Orthodox Jews, Muslims, Mormons, or what have you. But there is a message to this movie.

At the very least, it's funny. You get to see some stupid people say stupid shit. And that, at the end of the day, is all the motivation you need to watch.

Haven't seen it yet. As a fan of George Carlin, would anybody recommend this to me?

" @Kajaah117 said:

" Haven't seen it yet. As a fan of George Carlin, would anybody recommend this to me? "

Well if you're looking for a Carlin type of laugh, you will be disappointed. It's not THAT good.  "

I'm not a Christian...in fact I'm pretty much atheist.  I loved the movie, you gotta understand I live in the south where NOONE agrees with my beliefs and I can't talk openly to anyone about what I really think about religion, otherwise I'd be offending people and I don't like doing that for no reason.  I know plenty of devout Christians and they're mostly nice people so I prefer to avoid the topic as much as possible.  I didn't watch the movie to get a laugh, I watched it to feel sane, thinking  "yes, there is someone out there who agrees with me."