So if you haven't seen this movie, I recommend it.
Of course, I have, as I told Kathleen this morning, the Anti-Religion gene so it struck me as hysterically funny. Sometimes Bill Maher can be off-putting and not all of his arguments would hold a lot of water but compared to the beliefs of a lot of the religions that people are quite willing to literally DIE for, he makes a lot of sense.
My favorite scene, I think, is when he's speaking to the guy who plays Jesus at Bible World or whatever that place in Orlando is where you can watch Jesus get crucified while wearing cool t-shirts and shit you can buy right there in the park and get a big Bless You! when you buy them. And you can weep and take pictures with your cell phone while Jesus gets hauled up on the cross and it's just, okay, it's WEIRD.
But anyway, the Jesus character asks Bill the eternal get-down-on-it question that Christians always want to ask you which is, "What if you're wrong?"
And Bill looks at the Jesus character and says, "What if YOU'RE wrong?"
Well, they're both making a living but I didn't get to bed until after midnight because I WAS LAUGHING IN MY LIVING ROOM and oh yeah, being a bit horrified too. Why do so many religion want all the nonbelievers to DIE? Horrible bloody deaths?
And by the way, did you know that part of the Mormon secret temple ceremony is getting a password so that when you die and are standing in front of God, Jesus, and Joseph Smith you have the secret password to get into heaven?
And if you believe that, you might as well believe that their secret underwear will protect you from knives, too.
I'm sorry. I know I pick on the Mormons too much but seriously- they just fascinate me. I had a good friend growing up who was Mormon and she never told me ANY of these things. Never! I knew she couldn't drink Coke (although she did sometimes) and I knew that they had family night every week and that they had a special room built off the garage with a ton of canned vegetables in it, but I never heard one word about special underwear OR passwords. She was obviously keeping the good stuff close to her chest. (Sorry. I never pun consciously.)
Okay. I'm done. Watch the movie if you want, don't watch if you don't. I doubt seriously it will affect your entrance into heaven either way.
I haven't seen this one, but I'm sure I would get a kick out of it. Religion is often laughable to me, which I know is so bad, but I don't want to take it any other way because i think a lot of it would just make me seriously angry. Not all, hopefully, just some and parts of some.
ReplyDeleteReligion is more than this. It is not this.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much, but this stuff makes me cringe.
That does not sound like a fun theme park to me. Then again, no theme park sounds fun, whether it is the Mouse or The Jesus.
ReplyDeleteHoneyLuna- I think you'd like it.
ReplyDeleteDeb- Well, I don't get religion AT ALL. And the ones we think of as normal because we are used to them, are, when you think about it, odd too. Ah yah. I don't know.
Nancy C- Seriously.
join the club : the Anti-Religion gene... I have that gene too. It's ridiculous what church can get away with, no matter what religion it covers.
ReplyDeleteI was "raised" by nuns and suffer from it daily...
I LOVE the underwear thing.
ReplyDeleteKnives, no... but maybe it's self cleaning?
Photocat- Poor nuns. They must be really miserable. That's all I can think of. I guess being married to god can be wearying.
ReplyDeleteJo- I doubt it. But it's supposed to protect you from Evil and Satan, too. We should probably all make our teenagers wear those things.
A password? Really?
ReplyDeleteThat's so funny! I laughed until I remembered that I don't drink Coke either, and I have a room off the garage stuffed with canned food and dried food and such, just in case... But no, I am not Mormon, I'm just paranoid.
ReplyDeleteBut, seriously, I don't believe in religion, although I do believe in God. I find that whatever faith or denomination, it's made up of rules made by hypocritical people who give themselves more importance than they deserve.
I'm a little behind since I don't have cable... Is this Bill Maher and Jesus doing stand up??
ReplyDeleteFunny. When I first saw the picture I knew Bill's face and thought to myself "He's that old Finale's regular"! I kept trying to remember his name! DOH!
Anyway, got my kicks for a Sunday. Thanks,
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Thanks for the reminder. I've been wanting to see that one since it came out.
ReplyDeletehappy atheistic sunday Ms. Moon
I believe with every fiber of my being, and this is one of my top 5 movies of all time. He did a great job of questioning RELIGION in ways that even the most brainwashed could grasp. Surely? Nah, haha.
ReplyDeleteI can't actually watch Bill Maher because he makes me cringe. I know some folks out there who know him, and he is supposed to be a world-class asshole. I do, though, enjoy his writing and his satire is brilliant. I guess there's a place for everything in the world, including Jesus amusement parks.
ReplyDeleteGinger- Yes. A password. Dang. I wonder what it is.
ReplyDeleteAngie- I love the way the Mormons elevate family to a high status and there is nothing wrong at all with forgoing coke and keeping extra food on hand. But having said that, no, I could never be a Mormon. And get this- although they do not even drink Coke, much less alcohol, they have vast chains of supermarkets which sell those very things. And make a lot of money off of them. Which I find...hmmm, how do you say? FULL OF CRAP!
Ms. Fleur- It was sort of like stand-up. It was funny. You can Netflix the movie.
Michelle- Same to you, Ms. Mama.
Laynie- Yep. I loved the interview the guy who has the pot religion too. I kept thinking he should come and interview me as a representative of the Church of the Batshit Crazy.
Elizabeth- Obviously there must be. And as I said- he CAN be off-putting.
I never knew those things about the Mormons. Somehow I just didn't have enough interest to even wonder. Weird as I don't find organized religion to be what I want to go. I figured that out when the deacons wanted to throw the blacks out of the church during the early 60's.
ReplyDeleteI saw this film, and I wish I liked Bill Maher better (I really want to), but I just don't care very much for him. I was disappointed in the film and had so looked forward to it. Maher just finds himself too clever or something (like David Letterman), and it puts me off. I don't want to join the damn club.
ReplyDeleteThe Mormons are ridiculous. They are easy targets to poke fun of. If there is a password, I hope they hear it or read it wrong or some shit, because I am mean like that. I don't like exclusivity.
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