Religulous
The anti-Bill Maher are quick to judge this film as a comedic attempt at entertaining the minority of Rationalists on God’s time. Well, if we stop to think how many times we are directly or indirectly faced with religious paraphernalia during our day-to-day routine, there is no comparison. We come face to face with cross-frosted houses of worship whether foreclosed in order to pay off child molestation charges or cathedrals turned museums for tourists. Our airports are sprinkled with Hare Krishna and Ladder-day Saints material and our money is inscribed with “In God We Trust.” We even have a President who is fighting a Holy war against evil and asks his God to bless only America.
Mr. Maher did his homework on this one and played fair game with the majority of organized religions. He asked very simple questions and never got a simple answer. In some cases, he got blank faces and no answer at all. Of course, there is a comedic backdrop to the film, but there is a also a sense that whether comedic or not, the results would have been the same. All Mr. Maher was looking for was somebody to say, “I don’t know!”
I do have one problem with the film. Mr. Maher blamed a dwindling budget for not cross-examining Buddhists, Hindu’s or Spiritualists. Fair enough! I hope a Religulous 2 will seek out to question these and all the “to easy to start” religions, cults, followings and marketable “feel good” philosophies around the world.
5 out of 5 stars, thumbs up and AMEN!
