Comments on: Review: ‘Religulous’ http://digital-dharma.net/2008/10/04/review-religulous/ The Middle Path, One Day At A Time Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vlad http://digital-dharma.net/2008/10/04/review-religulous/#comment-44650 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:48:19 +0000 http://digital-dharma.net/2008/10/04/review-religulous/#comment-44650 Even in his interviews Maher admits that this film is satire. I don’t think he pretends to be anything more than he is. I think it’s great entertainment, but no one who seriously thinks about the issues of God and religion take the movie as anything more than facile.

]]> By: scaryreasoner http://digital-dharma.net/2008/10/04/review-religulous/#comment-44649 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:22:37 +0000 http://digital-dharma.net/2008/10/04/review-religulous/#comment-44649 Meh… there are exactly zero non-retarded arguments for religions such as Christianitry, so far as I have been able to tell.

@vlad: I think we have an obligation to avoid causing others discomfort when possible, especially when it comes to core beliefs.

@ scary: I believe there are a number of valid sociological arguments for the kinds of social support that religion provides, and perhaps psychological ones as well. Human beings are not logical, and everyone has their own reality. Some people need what religion offers. I speak of religion as a world view, of course, not as an instrument of social control.

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