Comments on: The Religious Aren’t Crazy – Apparently it’s the Atheists

By: annoymous4jesus

annoymous4jesus — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I noticed you called this film a "documentary". My understanding, sight unseen, was this was undocumented commentary. But I digress.

Maher, regrettably, plays to the worst of my personal inclinations and the darker sides of my sense of humor. That said, I'm sure I'll watch this film... then rush to the altar.

Hopefully I don't know anyone in this film (cough cough Borat)

By: Christian Penrod

Christian Penrod — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This fits in exactly with a book I am currently reading called "Total Truth" by Nancy Pearcey. It's a great book if you have the time. In it she exposes much of scientific claims of truth and fact as being no more than a belief founded in philosophical naturalism. In other words, even those in our culture that maintain that they are the keepers of fact (physical reality) are really driven by and live by beliefs. Everybody has a religion, it just differs in what it looks like.

By: Joseph Bruno

Joseph Bruno — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bill who? OK, I'll concede that my viewing habits go more toward escapism, so I tend to spend most of my viewing time on the SciFi channel.

Bill Maher doesn't impress me and I thought the movie was a comedy in any event.

As far as the "worldy" getting the facts screwed up, I'm used to that.

Let us hope that it causes people to think.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Interesting. I just read this column on cnn.com today: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/23/martin.hairston/index.html

There seem to be so many reigning trivialities within Christianity that we can't seem to unite. I think this is part of what makes nonbelievers doubt and/or question us.

Good article.

By: Phil Bransom

Phil Bransom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey... it won an award...

	Won, Golden Trailer
	Best Documentary Poster

Now if you win the Golden Trailer award for Best Documentary POSTER you really must be something... : )

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I've paid attention to Bill Mayer a little bit throughout the years, and I've noticed that once in a while he offers some refreshing and original insights about our world and ourselves. But, at the same time, I can't stand the man. He once said on Larry King that he could never accept the notion of a God because with all that humanity has gotten wrong how can they be certain and right on that one issue. But, then if we flip it around, I sure wish King would have asked him how he was so sure that he was right, because he is, after all, just as human as the rest of us. Bill Mayer is one of those people who has a unique ability to instigate beyond his realm of expertise. If any person who really knew what they were talking about debated with the man he would be shown as a phony, but for some reason, no one does. Why? Because Mayer would never do it. He thinks he's above it all. It's almost sad.

By: Geoff Mitchell

Geoff Mitchell — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have to counter some of the opinions expressed with my own. A: Maher's a comic, and an entertainer, with an opinion of his own, which he has a right to express. And if you watch the Larry King interview and set aside your stones for a moment, you will see that there's a comical edge but a sincere belief and point being made. It's all of our duties to honor and respect his right to do so. It's also our duty to weight his comments against our own beliefs. IF we never did so, and never equal time to the challenges laid out by people that don't hold our own views, we'll never grow, learn, or understand anything beyond what we already know. Part of having faith includes being open to walk a mile in another's shoes in order to understand him. So not agreeing with a non-believer's point of view does not mean you should not hear him out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqo1a1CTf8w

By: John

John — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with alot of what everyone says here.

I actually went to go see the film last weekend and I have to say that every Christian should watch it. I thought it was so fascinating while Maher was trying to sell Doubt the truth of Jesus Christ was spoken in the film. From Maher himself when he genuinely thanked some Truckers for talking to him and, "Being Christ like and not Christian" to when he was at the Vatican a Catholic priest told him that Jesus would be living in the Barracks with the poor people helping them when Maher asked if Jesus would be living in the Vatican like the Pope. The most important lesson learned of his film was that if your going to believe in something, you have to know why you believe in it. It's kinda like the article that Phil had about why religious people on TV don't get it. We can be our own worst enemy and when people like Bill Maher is struggling and searching for his own spiriuality its people like us that he uses as an excuse to say hogwash.

After watching it I thought that Bill Maher is just using his Atheistic philosophy as a front to deal with a bigger issue that only he and God know about.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with Bill Maher's statement that "religion must die for man to live"! I think that is what Jesus was trying to communicate to the religious people of his day. may bill maher is that wrong after all. he may be anti christian but maybe because too many christians are religious and not truly living. Jesus came to give us life not religion.

ken

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great article, but I wanted to mention that a growing number of Christians do not let their kids get vaccinations because of the side effects.