religulous

i am sitting on the acela headed to boston so i have time to blog before i get abit of work done. what better way than to mull over religulous (since i did just see it last night with the lovely joy).

this shouldn't be too much of a spoiler for those who have yet to see this film. and it's not that he's atheist. he is just of the agnostic crowd. perhaps that is one reason that i love him. he is such a passionate ball of furious indignation, doubt and skepticism blended with a curious confidence that it's hard not to love him (or hate him i suppose). and i suppose--that's a lot like me.

bill maher is a god. ok. he isn't. i mean...who would think they are the 2nd coming of jesus christ? funny enough. there are many that probably do believe this.

a puerto rican minister named jesus--that's who. he has over 100,000 believers too. he also doesn't believe that anyone is capable of sinning since christ died for our sins already. by that logic--i suppose he's right.

the mormons kicked maher out of their grounds and would not grant him an interview--so he interviewed 2 ex-mormons instead.

he wasn't granted an interview in vatican city either--there was some tumbling and darkness--nice effect--although maybe he was literally booted from the hallowed halls. who knows?

he did get to meet with the resident phd in the dome of the rock (currently of islamic residence).

the thing i love is the comical bent to a serious topic. it is definitely something i can relate to.

as always--asians were left out. no interviews of buddhist monks, hindu holy men, not even a sikh. my sect might not believe buddha was a god (raised theravadan--which is why you may find many asians that call themselves buddhist as well as christian so there's no conflict of interest) but there are other sects that do believe buddha was a god--some forms of chinese buddhism, mahayana buddhism, etc.)

we're the most populous race existent--and somehow--are always forgotten in major topics. i'm not sure if that's a blessing or an insult.

anyhow, back to religulous...definitely worth seeing. it wasn't as great as it possibly could have been--but it's worth a look regardless.