Kimmy, There were a number of mainstream religious people in that movie including the truckers, the amusement park followers, etc. Those are the mainstream Christians that I run across. In addition, he interviewed a Vatican scientist and a monk who are very advance theologically by any standard. And he interviewed a United States Senator. Arguments don't work with people who believe in talking snakes, zombies and other supernatural entities.
I think that you are somewhat misguided in stating that this movie will change someone's mind about religion or pursue someone not to believe. In the movie, Bill Maher said that was NOT the purpose of the movie. The movie was made to tell the 16% of the United States that is non-religious to get up and speak out. There are plenty of books that are hundreds of pages long, detailing arguments and high level theology/philosophy about non-belief and belief. This movie was not done by a world renowned intellectual; the movie starred a comedian. Bill Maher is a comedian. I laughed during the movie. I give it a A+ for accomplishing its goal. Other movies such as the History of Disbelief, Root of All Evil?, etc are more nerdy but not shown at the movie theaters where people generally go to be entertained. Jason On Oct 7, 1:02 am, Kimmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason, > At the end every film I go to everyone stands up...TO LEAVE !! > The film is ok. It makes some points (I guess). The average religious > person wasn't portrayed in the film and I can just see the majority of > the religious sect rolling their eyes and dismissing the film. I > wouldn't really blame them. You can't take on main stream religion by > focusing on the zealots who think they are Christ and smoke pot. The > Onion's AV Club( which I totally respect) gave it a D+. I give it a > C. It's a good for an hour's worth of conversation at Bosco's, but not > much else. > > I am now ready to be slammed for this post....:) > > Kimmy > > On Oct 6, 5:41 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > At the Friday and the Sunday viewing of "Religulous" in Memphis, the > > audience stood up and applauded the film at the end. > > > Jason > > > On Oct 6, 12:17 pm, "Angelia Stinnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Regardless if they like it or not, the fact that they are seeing it is the > > > point. There will be a lot more people seeing it on video rentals....less > > > likely to be seen going into a theater that way. The more people give a > > > view > > > of the absurdity of religion, the better. > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Should anyone be surprised that a movie mocking religulous views > > > > would upset many amont the the 84% of religulous people in this > > > > country? > > > > > I thought the film was great. I plan to buy it when it comes out > > > > on Dvd. > > > > > On Oct 5, 9:57 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all - > > > >http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=16263&t=%27Religulous%2...- > > > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
