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Maher's 'Religulous' to Raise Oscars Hell?

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(Aug. 21) - Controversial talk-show host Bill Maher will likely catch a lot of flack from religious diehards for his latest project, a hot-button documentary entitled "Religulous" -- but he may score an Oscar to boot.
In the film, the eponymous host of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher," himself a devout atheist, engages everyone from casual churchgoers to social behavior experts to fire-and-brimstone zealots in a dialogue about the nature of religion and the realistic feasability that God exists.
But perhaps the most shocking thing about the film, in theaters Oct. 3, is the unanimously heavenly reviews it's receiving from critics. Variety and the Los Angeles Times are already singing the film's praises, with the Times going so far as to say that "Religulous" is almost surely guaranteed a best documentary Oscar nomination. Watch the trailer and judge for yourself.
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Tcinwb

10:06 AMAug 29 2008

Most Christians I talk to, claim that the other beliefs are religions, however christianity is a "reality". Says it all

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Tcinwb

09:56 AMAug 29 2008

Intellectual honesty and religion are not compatible in any sense of the word. Believing, word for word, fairytales and distorted and biased versions of history written by ancient men during the bronze age cannot be accepted as fact by any true thinking human with even a sophomoric sense of logic and rationalism.

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Tcinwb

09:45 AMAug 29 2008

...it may be that there is no God, that "the existence of all that is beautiful and in any sense good is but the accidental and ineffective byproduct of blindly swirling atoms," that we are alone in a world that cares nothing for us or for the values that we create and sustain - that we and they are here for a moment only, and gone, and that eventually there will be left no trace of us in the universe. "A man may well believe that this dredful thing is true. But only the fool will say in his heart that he is glad that it is true." -- Sterling M. McMurrin

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Pyramid739

04:47 PMAug 27 2008

For example does Religon really have anything to do with the God in all of us?

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Pyramid739

04:43 PMAug 27 2008

What if GOD is just a idea and we all have god in our head/heart but most are unable to tune into it ie we are god. What im trying to say is that maybe Religon is not really such a good thing and it takes our mind thru our ego off of who we really are. ?

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AustenBth

12:19 PMAug 22 2008

This will definitely send the christians into a tailspin. They're so insecure as it is. lolol

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MR and NEW

12:07 PMAug 22 2008

maher just another JEW using the jewish media to destroy Christianity

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JoeOmar

10:39 AMAug 22 2008

I believe the documentary is about "Religion", not Christianity. It sums up the Christian faith that Christians believe the two are synonymous. There've probably been ten thousand religions throughout the history of human kind. Christians and I are in almost complete agreement that they're all bunk. Oh, except for the one about the white guy in a white robe and long flowing beard who created the world in six days - THAT one's real. Oh well. At any rate I loved the trailer. Can't wait to see the movie.

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JPSerino

08:19 AMAug 22 2008

"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Plato Apparently Bill Maher's cynicism is derived from knowing that the human condition and all of its suffering is derived from the lack of self examination. Everyone strives for happiness and love. Bill Maher takes pleasure in ridiculing the masses who can't find their way on this journey. How sad and pathetic that he is even held up as someone who knows anything worth listening to. To those who blame religion (NoPlaceLikeItNYC), again, you are missing the point of why people have beliefs. Humans intuitively know that we are all separated from eachother and from 'God' , causing pain and suffering. The mind and all of its beliefs, including atheism, is only a tool. 'God', reality, truth, is not a thought or belief anymore than the word apple is an apple. The apple really does exist, Bill.

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Illumind

08:32 PMAug 22 2008

The voice of God is a friendly voice.No one need fear to listen to it unless he has already made up his mind to resist it.A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)

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