"Religulous" - Full Movie - FREE

[_cinepro]

FREE

Something is worth as about much as someone else is willing to pay for it.

Pretty sure the "free" nature of the film's presentation was not authorized by the owners of the film (for the very reason you point out).

[_dartagnan]

I downloaded the film a couple of months ago and still have it on file. There were a few places that had me laughing pretty hard, but all in all it was a dumb movie aimed to energize an atheist base. If you want to make a case against religion that works for theists, you don't want to simply hunt down the kookiest of kooks and then try to represent them as the norm. They know better. And you don't want to regurgitate falsehoods borrowed from "Zeitgeist" either. Most religous people can easily find out how the Horus-Osris-Christ connections were conjured up nonsense. The fact that Maher and other atheists swallow it all whole without the slightest hint of critical thought, just damages their credibility when attacking religious people for "believing without evidence."

But this film wasn't nearly as horrendous as "The God Who Wasn't There."

[_JohnStuartMill]

Something is worth as about much as someone else is willing to pay for it.

Didn't you give away any Books of Mormon on your mission?

Owned.

[_Calculus Crusader]

The only thing worse than a damn moron is a pretentious damn moron like Bill Maher. While he was pimping Religulous, he mentioned some patently false b.s. about the New Testament Lazarus narrative (including the name) being ripped off from Egypt. Maher also claimed all economists were on board with Obama's stimulus, which is another lie (See here for a list of prominent economists who disagree with Obama's stimulus). And Maher is an anti-vaccine nut. Who is stupid enough to follow this guy?

[_Some Schmo]

Great movie. It does an excellent job of showing just how ridiculous religion really is.

It makes me laugh that some here want to quibble over the details when the point is that all religions are based on nonsense, and inherently dangerous.

[_asbestosman]

The "Free Movies" advertised: is there any 'danger' to a computer by down loading them? Any experience in doing so???

Yes, there is always danger when you download "free movies" from questionable sites. Many such sites make their money, so to speak, by downloading malware on to your computer which they then use to steal credit card information, or send spam to others. While most such sites are probably safe, but it's a gamble. If you want to take the gamble, there there are a few things you can do to help minimize risk, but unfortunately they are a bit complicated for most people to understand.

(if you're curious, the way to minimize risk is to 1) Run in a virtual machine 2) Create a non-admin account on that virtual machine 3) use the non-admin account to download Google Chrome 4) Use Google Chrome to download the movie 5) Only watch that movie from that non-admin account in the virtual machine. Oh, and make sure a virus scanner is running on the virtual machine and the host machine at all times, but be wary of "free" or "trial" virus scanners for the same reason. Some malware disguises itself as a Microsoft anti-virus scanner but is actually evil software--even more evil than Microsoft itself.

Oh, and that doesn't even address the risk of the MPAA fining you for all you're worth for piracy. To minimize that risk you'd need to set up a good network proxy system such as the Tor / Privoxy network, but Tor doesn't like high-bandwidth activity like movie downloads to go through it. Either that or drive to a neighborhood far, far away and look for an open wireless internet access point in a public parking lot).

[_Roger Morrison]

Thanks Asbestosman, For all of those reasons I asked. Yes, it sounds very complicated--not worth it--to jump through all of those hoops... Should one have the same concerns with videos from YouTube, etc???

Dart said:

If you want to make a case against religion that works for theists, you don't want to simply hunt down the kookiest of kooks and then try to represent them as the norm ... that Maher and (some) other atheists swallow it all whole without the slightest hint of critical thought, just damages their credibility when attacking religious people for "believing without evidence."

I tend to agree. Maher's was/is a very feeble attempt to be a Michael Moore...

There is simply too much practical, empirical, common-sense/knowledge (as well as scientific) evidence available to anyone inclined to seek, find & ponder it, to remain with the ancients' understanding of reality.

The theologically claimed relationship of humans to/with a deity and/or the universe just does not hold water that quenches the thirst of humankind for real answers to the who-and-why questions bandied about by Ecclesiasts of Christianism stuck in "sinking sand"... IMSCO...
Roger
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[_asbestosman]

Thanks Asbestosman, For all of those reasons I asked. Yes, it sounds very complicated--not worth it--to jump through all of those hoops... Should one have the same concerns with videos from YouTube, etc???

I believe Youtube is fairly safe since 1) it's owned by Google 2) I believe the only thing users can upload is video, not actual flash / computer programs. and 3) Youtube seems to put some effort into either removing or liscencing copyrighted content.

Hulu is another site I feel fairly safe about as well as major TV netork websites like NBC, CBS, or ABC.

Generally speaking the actual video poses little risk. The risk is usually other things on the website which may be invisible such as javascript. Other things may not even be controlled by the website itself such as flash advertisements (which may be hidden).

[_Calculus Crusader]

Great movie. It does an excellent job of showing just how ridiculous religion really is.

It makes me laugh that some here want to quibble over the details when the point is that all religions are based on nonsense, and inherently dangerous.

You are such a dimbulb. If Bill Maher is going to criticize Christianity or vaccines, then I expect him to rely on fact, not fiction.

[_bcspace]

Something is worth as about much as someone else is willing to pay for it.

Didn't you give away any Books of Mormon on your mission?

The difference being we didn't subject it to the free market by releasing it at the box office.