Bill Maher Takes On Religion, And It Doesn't Have A Chance

New York Times:

"Religulous," which comes out on Friday in New York and Oct. 3 in the rest of the country, shows Mr. Maher on a world tour of rapid-cut interviews in Israel, Denmark, Vatican City and Monsey, N.Y., the home of Orthodox Jews United Against Zionism, whose leaders participated in a convention of Holocaust deniers in Iran.

The movie is trying to tap the same spirit that has propelled books crusading against religion, like Richard Dawkins's "God Delusion," Sam Harris's "End of Faith" and Christopher Hitchens's "God Is Not Great," to the best-seller lists. Atheist groups now even have their own dating Web sites, glossy magazines, paid lobbyists and annual cruise outings.

Mr. Charles and Mr. Maher carry their evangelism to a broad swath of targets: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, Scientology, even Cantheism, a pot-centric belief system that is often overlooked in theological debate. Buddhism and Hinduism get a pass; interviews with Muslims are intercut with footage of warring jihadis. At the end of the movie Mr. Maher calls on "anti-religionists" to "come out of the closet and assert themselves" in the face of religious extremism. "Grow up or die," he says.

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Comments

[SHOPARAZZI]

i, and unapologetic agnostic, will see this documentary.

[marymansour]

Bill Maher is my favorite political guru. Always spot on.

[messy]

I've seen the movie, and while it has it's moments, the fact that he uses fraudulent subtitles to falsely insult muslims is disgusting. If you're going to do a documentary, and get the "bad guys" to humiliate themeselves legitimately, that's great. But cheating is cheating and hurts his case, especially when he goes on with hypocritical neopagan crap on his show.

[Ironfox]

And like, religious folks don't "cheat" and "falsify" and lie to dupe the creduleous ? You people have an amazing double standard.

[Summer71]

*He. (dammit)

[Summer71]

Saw Bill Maher at the Tower in Philly last night. We was brilliant, as always. I can't wait to see this movie.