The title Religulous of "Religulous" is a combination of the English words religiousand ridiculous. The United States is a country with a very strong religious atmosphere. Even the coin says: "It can be said that belief in gods and religion has become an important part of American values. The filming of "Religulous" originated from the "new wave of atheism" in the United States. In American society, atheists are an unpopular group of people who have been rejected by mainstream society for many years. Representatives of Harris, Clinton Richard Dawkins , Christopher Hichens and others, the atheists launched a counterattack. They wrote books and expressed their opinions. New atheism works such as "The End of Faith", "A Letter to the Christian Nation", "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" are very popular. The views of many new atheists are expressed in the film: for example, denying the existence of God and other gods, condemning and mocking the illusion of religion, and exposing the fallacies and contradictions of religious stories
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The "gunner" in the film is Bill Maher, an American talk show host. His language style is extremely sharp and humorous
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Bill Maher constantly exposes Religulous in the film. He tells the audience: The future of the world cannot be pinned on illusory and illogical religions
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