I agree with his conclusion, but think the movie is stupid

August 2021-12-24 08:01:42

I agree with his conclusion that the best attitude for things that cannot be determined is to humbly admit that they don't know enough, instead of declaring that things are this or that.
This is the attitude of an honest agnostic.

But the film itself is not interesting. It's just teasing the low-level part of religion, that is, superstition, rather than criticizing the essence of religion. The tone of the film is very disrespectful and full of self-superiority. Regarding those bizarre miracles, the bishop has actually explained it. The Bible was written more than 2k years ago. At that time, the explanation could not be based on science, just like it is impossible to explain to a child how reproduction is. However, due to his role, it is impossible for him to explicitly deny this embarrassment. We can all understand this embarrassment, but the host is still reluctant.

In addition, religion itself is diverse. In the film, only the Jewish-Islam-Christian religions of the same race are involved, while other types of religions, such as Buddhism, are not involved. This is also a pity.

In general, although it is interesting to watch people being ridiculed and mad, the film is actually far from reaching the depth of religious criticism.


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  • Dahlia 2022-03-28 09:01:06

    I always feel that the host's speech is a bit flat.

  • Kaya 2021-12-24 08:01:42

    I don’t like the host’s aggressive posture. "If you can go to a better place after death, why don't you commit suicide now?" The person who talks to the snake? ~ It seems that entering the Senate did not require an intelligence test= ="

Religulous quotes

  • Bill Maher: [Extra] So now let's get to the part where it ties in with what you believe which is, I would say, slightly more controversial

    [laughs]

    Bill Maher: . Let me see if I understand this right. That everything we really know about what is going on in our World and all the Institutions like Government, Religion, Banking, Organised Crime. They really are all part of a I guess you'd call it a Conspiracy that Reptilians...

    David Icke: Well I call them Interdimensionals.

    Bill Maher: Okay, but I read what you wrote.

    David Icke: Yep.

    Bill Maher: Your words. Reptilian- These reptilians from the constellation Draco have interbred with humans and they are living amongst us, there are people like the Pope you talk about George Bush his father the President.

    David Icke: Yep.

    Bill Maher: The Royal Family in England. Tony Blair. They take human form but behind closed doors they can shape-shift back to their Reptilian form. I need to know how you know this.

    David Icke: I've been researching this stuff for twenty years.

    Bill Maher: How can you research that?

    David Icke: I've been to more than forty countries doing it. This is where the idea of the Divine Right to Rule comes from the Divine Right to Rule because of what? Because of your bloodline, because of your DNA. This goes right back to the ancient world.

    Bill Maher: Why do we need reptiles for that? People, human beings are shmucky enough to want to rule over each other.

    David Icke: Listen, you can tell me anything you believe and I can start taking it apart on the basis of a little chat in front of this place, right, but what I'm saying is...

    Bill Maher: People all the time summarise their works in television interviews.

    David Icke: And that's what I'm trying to tell ya.

    Bill Maher: Okay

    David Icke: If you look at the ancient world, all over the ancient world you find the same recurring story of the interbreeding between humans

    [Caption of Genesis 6.4]

    David Icke: and non-humans which invariably are depicted in a reptilian form creating hybrid bloodlines, the bloodline of the gods and you look at the symbolism of the serpent all over the place and you put it together with everything else and people just have to look at the information and decide if they want to believe it.

    Bill Maher: But why if they have control of everything, why would they reveal themselves with all these serpent clues? What does that benefit them?

    David Icke: Well, they don't reveal themselves, do they? They certainly haven't convinced you, have they? The thing is...

    Bill Maher: You've also talked about getting a message from a spiritual messenger.

    [David stutters]

    Bill Maher: No?

    David Icke: There are so many aspects to this that people need to know before the apparently ridiculous makes sense.

    Bill Maher: Didn't you say that you saw the Pope just for a second have his reptilian face?

    David Icke: No, I didn't say that about any Pope, no.

    Bill Maher: Oh, I read that.

    David Icke: Well, you didn't read it in my book.

    [Caption: he only saw the Pope's eyes change]

  • Bill Maher: This is Jesus's Footprint!