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tag.  This is not so much of a movie review of Religulous as it
is a few after-thoughts. The documentary (or more rightly, a
mockumentary) Religulous is Bill Maher’s take on the state of
world religion. Bill Maher is a well known standup comedian and
atheist, so you know where the documentary is headed.  It makes
for an engaging watch no doubt, and not because of cinematic
excellence, but the extreme characters he chooses to stitch
together. All the characters he meets are fundamentalist in
their approach towards religion and end up saying all kinds of
bizarre stuff that in the end, either you a) pity them and the
religions they represent or b) disregard Bill Maher as someone
who is out to ridicule your and everyone’s faith.  The
documentary refers to Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, Scientology
and Mormonism trying to showcase and ridicule the hypocrisy in
them, or more specifically, in any organized religion.  And that
is one of my problems with at