Religulous

[ZackL]

Originally Posted by raskal66

6 minutes with one person representing Islam, 95 minutes on the others, yeah he hit them with the same skeptical, cynical eye that he goes after the others.

I dont expect proclamations of faith from the guy. His beliefs are his business and I'm cool with that. I think he's afraid. He knows a Christian won't kill him for insulting their faith. If he attacked Islam in the same cynical, sarcastic way and it got out in the Muslim world he knows he'd be a marked man. You can't even draw Mohammed in Denmark without causing a riot in Syria. I never claimed him to be stupid, but he is spineless.

And what does that tell you about religion, my man?

[raskal66]

Originally Posted by ZackL

And what does that tell you about religion, my man?

It doesn't tell me anything about religion. It tells me that there are militant followers of Islam who are willing to kill. I could watch the news and know that. I've seen atehists/agnostics/seculars kill in the millions in the 20th century. My point isn't about who kills the most or who is the most intolerant. I'm merely pointing that Maher tries to portray himself as an equal opportunity offender/skeptic/humorist in this film and he fails to do so because he touches Islam with kid gloves out of fear.

[ZackL]

Originally Posted by raskal66

It doesn't tell me anything about religion. It tells me that there are militant followers of Islam who are willing to kill. I could watch the news and know that. I've seen atehists/agnostics/seculars kill in the millions in the 20th century. My point isn't about who kills the most or who is the most intolerant. I'm merely pointing that Maher tries to portray himself as an equal opportunity offender/skeptic/humorist in this film and he fails to do so because he touches Islam with kid gloves out of fear.

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