Religulous

I wasn't going to mention this movie at first - but I just saw it for a second time and well...if you haven't already - Watch it!

Bill Maher takes, what is really just a journey around the world to some of the major religous sites, such as the Vatican, Jerusalem and so forth and questions believers about their faiths. He is a staunch critic of religion - so if you're a believer, you may be offended.

Personally, I have faith in God, but I am a very open-minded person and I enjoy a good critique. Bill Maher delivers that. He asks some very direct and valid questions. His questions are not wishy-washy, he goes directly at these believers. Basically at the end of the day, if you are preaching your faith, then you should be able to define it. That doesn't mean that faith can always be described -- but even not being able to describe faith is a description in itself.

But maybe it's easier for me because I'm very personal about my belief -- maybe it's because I'm more spiritual than any belief in institutionalized religious doctrine. But as the major religions follow their "institutional" beliefs and have their "sources" to give them their information - (i.e. what is right and what isn't, who is blessed and who isn't...etc.) they are always ready to put up a fight. And these are the people that Bill Maher targets.

The spiritual ones, normally keep to themselves. 

I've grown up in the Sikh faith and I have studied Hinduism quite extensively -- I am happy to say that I've never been "forced" into one way of belief or another. Rather my family, parents mainly, have always taught us that spirituality, religion, God, these are things that represent personal journeys, things that we must discover on our own through the course of our life. Keep an open mind and take faith in what feels right. So far that's worked great for me. But everyone has their way of doing things.

Religulous -- Maher created this title by taking the words "religion" and "ridiculous" and meshing them together -- is a film that will/does offend many. But at the same time delivers some great laughs. 

Sometimes I had to change the channel (I was watching it on my satellite) when he really made some of the religious folks look stupid -- I really felt bad for them. It's just not their fault sometimes - some people just really don't know how to intelligently articulate their belief and that's a very common flaw for people who do have faith. Faith is a belief that millions, billions carry - - that doesn't automatically make them capable of being able to put that faith into words.

Okay enough of me talking -- just watch the documentary. At the end of the day, whatever our beliefs it is always effective for our modern society to be able to take a critical approach on issues. Maher's highly offensive attacks and humourous line of questioning may make you more firm in your own belief, or it may make you ask some serious questions. 

But -- don't watch it with kids! There are plenty of suggestive scenes and a couple of scenes of partial nudity.