The New York Times today quoted Bill Maher about his new movie, “Religulous,” due to start on October 3. Maher says, “I truly believe that unless we shed this skin, mankind is playing with real fire here. Because there’s nuclear weapons in the world and because there are suicide bombers and there are so many people who are anxious to get to that next world. They don’t look at the end of the world as a bad thing. That’s pretty scary. Until rationality is enshrined again and this magical thinking is marginalized, I’m a little nervous.”
The Times review summary describes “Religulous” like this: “Borat director Larry Charles follows host Bill Maher as he travels the continents interviewing various subjects about God and religion.”
After its premiere at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, Variety critic Robert Koehler wrote: “To the film’s credit, Maher never engages in Michael Moore-style gotcha tactics, but rather asks questions that raise more questions, in the form of a Socratic dialogue. To believers expecting a blind hatchet job, this will prove both thought-provoking and a bit disarming.”
i cannot wait to see this!
Yeah, Bill Maher – the modern-day Socrates. What an idiot. I’m sure if it were possible to commit gotcha-style tactics about people’s OPINIONS then he would’ve done it. Bill Maher is a political hack and should stick to comedy. The primary audience for this movie would be closed-minded dim-wits who actually believe that all religion is bad and the cause of all of the problems in the world, just because they don’t practice it. But I’m glad Maher stuck his neck out – it gives us something else to point and laugh at liberals about.
But Brian, all religion IS bad and the cause of all the problems in the world!
Sure.