slashfilm.com— Lionsgate has finally released a movie trailer for Larry Charles? documentary Religulous, which follows Bill Maher as he travels around the globe interviewing people about God and religion.
Jun 7, 2008View in Crawl 4
"Why does anyone need to have respect for religion?"Well, you answered your own question a couple of sentences later. You need to have respect for things that people are killed over. It's really very simple. I don't like it when some wacko points a gun at my head, but I DO respect their willingness to do it. When people ask a question like "why respect?", it usually means they see themselves as conscientious observers. In reality, there's no such thing as a conscientious observer. The second one applies and articulates conscientious thought, they become a participant. Participating without respect only serves to exacerbate the problem. Are you a part of the problem, or are you a part of the solution?
"considering the **** religions push on the world, i can live without them just fine." That statement is just fine if what you're saying is that you aren't interested in it. The issue that annoys the hell out of me though is this idea that the existence of religion has some unmistakable negative effect on society. As if the annihilation of religion would somehow make the world a happier, better place, and I that is a totally unfounded statement. You can in no way 'prove' that, then creationists can 'prove' that the annihilation of evolutionary theory would make the world a better happier place.My point is that regardless of your personal beliefs, you can't go saying that another person's beliefs don't add anything to their lives, because you don't know that.
My problem with Pascal's wager is that there are to many conflicting but unprovable things for a person to believe in. Maybe the Muslims are right, maybe the fundamentalist Christians are right it is impossible to know so the wager is just a stab in the dark you hope is right but it is equally likely to make the Deity angrier at you.
I don't think you can give a numeric value to a movie (Expelled) that has no value to begin with. But yes, I think Religulous will probably be hilarious
Sooo. Bill Maher is anti religion. Probably on the payroll of the devil to be sure. Oops the devil does not exist. Does anything Bill Maher stand for have anything to do with strengthening America or merely crumbling the foundations of morality... and helping bring down the greatest country on Earth? Someday when we are all in daily crime sprees and shootouts because morals have gone... and we've trained the youth to live their lives according to grand auto theft, will we appreciate that we are free from religion?
lioneljaffryJun 10, 2008
Thanks guys. It means a lot. *sniff*
Closed AccountJun 11, 2008
"Why does anyone need to have respect for religion?"Well, you answered your own question a couple of sentences later. You need to have respect for things that people are killed over. It's really very simple. I don't like it when some wacko points a gun at my head, but I DO respect their willingness to do it. When people ask a question like "why respect?", it usually means they see themselves as conscientious observers. In reality, there's no such thing as a conscientious observer. The second one applies and articulates conscientious thought, they become a participant. Participating without respect only serves to exacerbate the problem. Are you a part of the problem, or are you a part of the solution?
cwmatherJun 12, 2008
You have to have faith there is no God. I think you are referring to agnostics.
doubledmateoJun 19, 2008
"considering the **** religions push on the world, i can live without them just fine." That statement is just fine if what you're saying is that you aren't interested in it. The issue that annoys the hell out of me though is this idea that the existence of religion has some unmistakable negative effect on society. As if the annihilation of religion would somehow make the world a happier, better place, and I that is a totally unfounded statement. You can in no way 'prove' that, then creationists can 'prove' that the annihilation of evolutionary theory would make the world a better happier place.My point is that regardless of your personal beliefs, you can't go saying that another person's beliefs don't add anything to their lives, because you don't know that.
trevorhJul 3, 2008
My problem with Pascal's wager is that there are to many conflicting but unprovable things for a person to believe in. Maybe the Muslims are right, maybe the fundamentalist Christians are right it is impossible to know so the wager is just a stab in the dark you hope is right but it is equally likely to make the Deity angrier at you.
frankdrebbinJul 16, 2008
I don't think you can give a numeric value to a movie (Expelled) that has no value to begin with. But yes, I think Religulous will probably be hilarious
flyboy1Oct 9, 2008
Bill is such a whore. He totally rips off Zeitgeist The Movie. What a whore.
mmw09Jun 17, 2009
Sooo. Bill Maher is anti religion. Probably on the payroll of the devil to be sure. Oops the devil does not exist. Does anything Bill Maher stand for have anything to do with strengthening America or merely crumbling the foundations of morality... and helping bring down the greatest country on Earth? Someday when we are all in daily crime sprees and shootouts because morals have gone... and we've trained the youth to live their lives according to grand auto theft, will we appreciate that we are free from religion?