Religulous

by Bill Maher - now in theaters

My mixed review: I suppose we all bring ourselves into the theater, and my current self has been thinking a lot about the role of organized religion in our society, along with organized politics, education.....

Bill Maher in my opinion just goes too far, as I expected he might. He is right to cite the similarities between early religions and Christianity, and of course, many things have been done very wrong for the better "Christian" good.

I of course reflected upon it all in the light of my little knowledge of Quaker perspective. I left the film more convinced that we'd better all get our act together and start taking care of each other and our planet, regardless of our religions.

Maher is very concerned about finding the "unchristian" tendencies of others religions, and i guess he doesn't concern himself about being "unchristian" since he is not one. But the last sections of the film are him on his pulpit, urging others to give up religion and its messes to start saving the planet and ourselves. He seems to care about the future of others. Remarkably Christian, even? Or just marketing?

I'm inspired to read a little more faith and practice today, and ponder all this.