Early on in religulous, bill maher throws up a bar chart illustrating the number of people in america who are nonreligious. Like the procreationist movie expelled, religulous cuts to a variety of old film stock when making jokes. Bill maher comedian, larry charles director one of the most funny and brilliant documentaries ive seen. Early in his documentary religulous, bill maher talks about how he used to go to catholic mass with his father and sister. Religulous is one of them and it deserves every bit of recognition.
Commentatorcomic bill maher plays devils advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. This is the theatrical trailer for religulous, directed by larry charles and starring bill maher. Bill maher, host, writer and debater, believes they are all crazy. Known for his astute analytical skills, irreverent wit and commitment to never pulling a punch, maher brings his characteristic honesty and skepticism to an unusual religious journey. At the same time, theres no pretense of impartiality on maher or charles part, and some of the movie s subjects like a florida pastor who claims to be the literal second coming of christ or a resident of amsterdam whos founded a church based on using marijuana to enter transcendent. Full bill maher movie, religulous available on youtube. The clips are from the 2008 documentary film religulous by bill maher. Muslims, jews and christians of many kinds pass before his jaundiced eye.
Comedian bill maher presents his new documentary about religion in america, religulous, joined by the films director, larry charles. Although it fails at times, i would say the vast majority of the cuts connect and generates hearty laughs. You know its full of idiots when one of the most logical people in the. All topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living are welcome here. See the full list of religulous cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. This is a movie where one man, bill maher goes around talking. Saw the world premier of this at the traverse city film festival. Religulous also doesnt try to argue people of faith out of their beliefs, but instead encourages nonbelievers to step up and speak out. Religulous is guaranteed to be controversial, but maher and charles efforts also ensure that theres more than just hype behind their film. This is religulous part 1 by 804529 on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Its a pathetic propaganda piece that will warp the hearts and minds of the gullible and the ignorant. Mike pence ought to watch this movie a thousand times, along with all his god cult followers. If this has been shared before here, some of us might enjoy watching a second time. It was one of the first films to sell out at the festival, selling out in just the first couple days of sales. Personally, i loved the movie, religulous, because it has provided an.
Find out where to watch, buy, and rent religulous online on moviefone. I am a big bill maher fan and this was definitely the moviedocumentary i was most looking forward to at. The sites critical consensus reads, religulous is funny and offensive in equal measure, and aims less to change hearts and minds than to inspire conversation. Start your free trial to watch religulous and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. But the fact remains that all there is to see in this film is the competition of.
Judaism, christianity, islam, mormonism, tv evangelism and even scientology, with detours into pagan cults and ancient egypt. I was not disappointed, though i think it could have been developed a bit more. At the beginning of religulous, bill maher shows a bar graph illustrating the number of people in america who are not religious. That number is 16%, more than blacks, more than jews, more than numerous other minority groups who seem to have no problem making themselves heard and getting congress to do their bidding. Bill mahers take on the current state of world religion by. I think discussion of religion and asking questions about belief and why is important topic for the full spectrum of belief from atheist to extremist fanatic. Bill maher interviews some of religions oddest adherents. Bill maher set out to mock all religions in his comedy religulous. If someone were to suggest they were going to create a funny documentary, i would be skeptical and likely to condemn it to failure.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. A clip from the end of bill mahers documentary religulous, in which he talks about the danger of religious belief, particularly beliefs about the end times. Traveling around the world, maher examines the tenets of christianity, judaism and islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of christs. That figure is 16% more than blacks, more than jews, more numerous other minority groups who seem to have no problem making themselves heard and getting congress to do his bidding. The best part of this movie is when hes talking to the muslims about. Granted, religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world, because satan uses religion to deceive. Religulous is bolder and blunter than most documentaries. Lionsgateeverettrex features s hooting fish in a barrel is the order of the day in comedian bill mahers faintly tiresome attack on religion by which he. Religulous is a 2008 american documentary film written by and starring politically provocative talk show host bill maher skewers the current.
He tells us that his mom didnt attend because she was jewish. Religulous, comedian bill mahers attack on christianity and religion, is full of lies, halftruths, false assumptions, logical contradictions and fallacies, distortions, intolerance, prejudice, bigotry, arrogance, ignorance, and hypocrisy. Granted, religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world, because satan uses religion to deceive the masses. Apr 14, 2012 a clip from the end of bill mahers documentary religulous, in which he talks about the danger of religious belief, particularly beliefs about the end times. This is religulous 15 by acontece no planeta on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. That number is 16%, more than blacks, more than jews, more than numerous other minority groups who seem to have no problem making themselves heard. Oct 03, 2008 bill maher interviews some of religions oddest adherents. What he ended up doing is revealing the religious fervency of his brand of atheism.
And we see a picture of bill, about age 7, all dressed up in his sunday. Cynically witty sociopolitical critic bill maher stars in this lacerating dissection of religious beliefs in such varied capitals of faith as the vatican, salt lake city and jerusalem, leaving no theological stone unturned, even those of mahers own family members. The two best points made in bill mahers film religulous. I am a big bill maher fan and this was definitely the moviedocumentary i was most looking forward to at the festival. Find out where religulous 2008 is streaming, if religulous 2008 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Comedian bill maher takes on religion in his new film, religulous. Welcome to ratheism, the webs largest atheist forum. Religulous makes a pilgrimage across the globe with political humorist and author bill maher real time with bill maher, politically incorrect as he opens our mind to the ultimate taboo. Traveling around the world, maher examines the tenets of christianity, judaism and islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of christs existence, jewish sabbath laws, violent muslim extremists. Bill mahers blasphemous and ridiculous film religulous bill maher says that he doesnt ridicule religion. Through intelligent design, bill maher and larry charles managed to do just that. Religulous 2008 he lived three days in a fish with. Maher goes to a creationist museum in kentucky, which shows that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time 5000 years ago. Religulous follows his patter of thinking about things most of us dont and often are not considered polite conversation.
Religulous 2008 origin of the christian story youtube. Apr 05, 2012 the clips are from the 2008 documentary film religulous by bill maher. A religulous movie opens on 500 screens fridaycreation museum mocked. Traveling around the world, maher examines the tenets of.
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