Fanatics, make me sick. Sheep follow the shepherd, go go.

Useless.

Dammit! First this was supposed to come out in April, then June or July. Now October? I'm sick of waiting.

I'm a huge Bill Maher fan but I'm hoping that he interviews some somewhat sane appearing people as well. It's easy to make a spectacle - albeit an entertaining one - out of the crazies and weirdos.

I think I spotted a keffiyeh in this clip *gasp... everyone associated with this movie must support terrorism.

Not a huge fan of Bill Maher but this does look pretty entertaining.

@blahpook, The vastly varying levels of insanity in religion combined with the sliding scale of determining insanity based on personal world views, is perhaps what makes it most interesting, though. Personally, I hope he captures a bit of everything, but then, I'm not even sure what that means. It's all pretty crazy...

I'm looking forward to this, but I hope it's not just a cheap Michael Moore'ish shot, because that's just too easy.

>> ^MrConrads:
I think I spotted a keffiyeh in this clip gasp... everyone associated with this movie must support terrorism.


You noticed it's starring Bill Mahr right? And the bit about it coming from the studio that produced Fahrenheit 9/11?

To Michelle Malkin, those are completely equivalent to Osama bin Laden and Al'Qaeda.

The gay muslims are just icing at that point.

Everything you need to know about religion can be found at this location:

Intersection of Liberty St & Church St
New York, NY
10006

All the gay Muslim activists in the world are going to kick his ass. Or kiss it. I'm not sure yet. Maybe that will be in the special features when this comes out on DVD.

*looks around* This must be new. I see no down votes or two cents from QM.

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religion has it coming.
jesus had a lot of trouble with religion too. he stirred up a lot of opinions... but i won't compare him to bill maher

>> ^StukaFox:
Everything you need to know about religion can be found at this location:
Intersection of Liberty St & Church St
New York, NY
10006



I see what you did there.

I will watch this when it comes out

Cheap shot. Why make this movie? I'll tell you why. So that all of you "intellectuals" can feel fulfilled and pat yourselves on the back for being enlightened. No thanks.

>> ^thepinky:
Cheap shot. Why make this movie? I'll tell you why. So that all of you "intellectuals" can feel fulfilled and pat yourselves on the back for being enlightened. No thanks.


Actually we intellectuals need this movie to offset the sad tragedy that was "Ben Stein's Expelled".

Religion. Makes you do crazy shit.

Needs a warning label: May contain traces of nuts!

Religion is based not on science but faith.

The man-made global warming myth is based not on science but on self-annointed leftists' smoke and mirrors.

God gave man free will, including the choice to do wrong. Leftists won't even offer you that much.

The craziest religious kooks do way less harm to others than organized communism.

oh noes. they're putting actual followers on camera. boycott!

>> ^thepinky:
Cheap shot. Why make this movie? I'll tell you why. So that all of you "intellectuals" can feel fulfilled and pat yourselves on the back for being enlightened. No thanks.


So, you enjoyed 'Expelled' then? Really, to say 'cheap shot' is pretty weak, think about it... by saying cheap shot, you're really saying 'Yeah, it's obviously stupid, you're just picking the really obviously stupid points of religions'... like... oh, most of it.

He's pointing out the insanity of believing in the bible/Koran/Torah etc. as literal truth. To believe there really was a snake that talked to Eve, to believe there really was Adam and an Eve in an idyllic garden in the first place. To believe there was a boat, made by one guy, who held two of EVERY SPECIES ON THIS EARTH TODAY (and all the thousands that have become extinct in the last 2000 years).

It is insane.

They're parables, stories, fables, they're meant to teach lessons, not to be taken literally and taught as FACT in schools.

So saying this is some 'intellectual' breast beating movie is ridiculous. It's (hopefully, obviously I haven't seen it, but I've listened to him talk about it a lot) a demonstration of what's wrong with religion today.

In my mind the core teachings of most religions are great, tolerance, treat others as you would be treated, don't covet what other people have etc. These are good things to live by, but it's twisting and corrupting of that core acceptance teaching and turning it into a shunning and hatred of others and pushing for religious doctrine over proven scientific fact.

It's a horrible state to be in, which is why movies like this DO have a place.

I'd have a lot more respect for the Mahers and the Dawkinses if they clearly focused only on those who A) are scripture literalists, and B) who do harm to others. This is like a teetotaler making a movie railing against all alcohol users, including the glass-of-wine-with-dinner set, rather than focusing on just those who A) drink to excess, and B) do harm to others.

Religion has a place. And so does beer.

Religion has a place. And so does beer.

I like the fat guy. "Talk about my god that way and I'll kick yer ass!"

Hope this comes out in theaters mid November.

>> ^spoco2:
>> ^thepinky:
Cheap shot. Why make this movie? I'll tell you why. So that all of you "intellectuals" can feel fulfilled and pat yourselves on the back for being enlightened. No thanks.

So, you enjoyed 'Expelled' then? Really, to say 'cheap shot' is pretty weak, think about it... by saying cheap shot, you're really saying 'Yeah, it's obviously stupid, you're just picking the really obviously stupid points of religions'... like... oh, most of it.
He's pointing out the insanity of believing in the bible/Koran/Torah etc. as literal truth. To believe there really was a snake that talked to Eve, to believe there really was Adam and an Eve in an idyllic garden in the first place. To believe there was a boat, made by one guy, who held two of EVERY SPECIES ON THIS EARTH TODAY (and all the thousands that have become extinct in the last 2000 years).
It is insane.
They're parables, stories, fables, they're meant to teach lessons, not to be taken literally and taught as FACT in schools.
So saying this is some 'intellectual' breast beating movie is ridiculous. It's (hopefully, obviously I haven't seen it, but I've listened to him talk about it a lot) a demonstration of what's wrong with religion today.
In my mind the core teachings of most religions are great, tolerance, treat others as you would be treated, don't covet what other people have etc. These are good things to live by, but it's twisting and corrupting of that core acceptance teaching and turning it into a shunning and hatred of others and pushing for religious doctrine over proven scientific fact.
It's a horrible state to be in, which is why movies like this DO have a place.


Didn't see it.

The thing that I find amazing is that atheists take it for granted that no one could possibly give a compelling argument that atheism is irrational. Can you tell me what happened 3 millionths of a second before the big bang?

Tell me, do scientists believe in uncaused events? No, to do so would be irrational. So...has the universe always existed and will it always exist? No. That's an uncaused event and irrational. Alright, then. Did it come from nothing? NO WAY! That's an uncaused event and irrational. Well, then, what is the only solution left to us? An unmoved mover is the only other possible solution. In other words, a supernatural cause. In other words, we're all searching for answers to questions that we cannot possibly answer with our infantile understandings of the cosmos.

It's called cosmogony. You strike me as an educated individual and you've probably heard of it.

>> ^thepinky:
Didn't see it.
The thing that I find amazing is that atheists take it for granted that no one could possibly give a compelling argument that atheism is irrational. Can you tell me what happened 3 millionths of a second before the big bang?

What does being an atheist have to do with the big bang?


So...has the universe always existed and will it always exist?

Well, yes and no. The universe as we know it has not always existed, but the matter has, in some form or another, and will always exist, even after the universe as we know it ceases to exist.


Alright, then. Did it come from nothing? NO WAY! That's an uncaused event and irrational. Well, then, what is the only solution left to us? An unmoved mover is the only other possible solution. In other words, a supernatural cause. In other words, we're all searching for answers to questions that we cannot possibly answer with our infantile understandings of the cosmos.

I don't know where the matter came from, but there are scientists working on figuring that out.

Are you saying we just give up and accept that it's some supernatural force at work? There was a time when people thought that diseases were caused by supernatural forces, but thankfully there were people who didn't accept that as fact and looked for the real reasons that caused them. That led to germ theory, which led to antibiotics, then microbiology and many more medical advances.

Imagine all of the things that we wouldn't have today if people just said, well we can't possibly understand this, therefore it must be supernatural and leave it at that.