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Religulous, Lionsgate and Thousand Words present ; a Thousand Words/Bill Maher production ; a Larry Charles film ; produced by Palmer West, Jonah Smith ; produced Bill Maher ; directed by Larry Charles

eng

videorecording

MPAA rating: Rated R for some language and sexual material

Religulous

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Lionsgate and Thousand Words present ; a Thousand Words/Bill Maher production ; a Larry Charles film ; produced by Palmer West, Jonah Smith ; produced Bill Maher ; directed by Larry Charles

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Though fashioned as popular entertainment with laughs, light moments, and mostly humorous segments, Maher and the filmmakers are serious in castigating the body of literature whose influence on human history has been overwhelmingly negative. A globe-hopping Maher interviews various representatives of the Western religious faiths of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism. If, as Maher states, 16% of the U.S. population identifies as secular humanists who don't believe in God, then that's a large cross section of the country whose voices are muffled by the status quo. It is to them, not believers, Maher speaks--preaching the gospel of doubt

Self-fulfilling prophecy -- The gospel of I don't know -- In the green -- Wicked ways -- Miracles -- God and country -- Scripture as science -- The Vatican -- Holy Land -- New kids on the block -- Neurological disorder? -- Second coming -- Dissenting opinions -- Under new management -- End times -- Credits

adult

live action