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Thursday, October 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"

The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.

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  • Thursday, October 2, 2008 01:09 PM

    The importance of this movie

    There hasn't been a truly mainstream piece of anti-religion media in ages. Agnostics like me and Bill Maher help make up a huge but mostly silent group who have been made to sit quietly while others trumpet their pro-God views loudly and, often, obnoxiously. This film tells those people NOT to confuse our silence for agreement. We, too, have a voice now, and the truth is on our side -- truth meaning facts, not that sacrosanct but unprovable concept of Truth -- and it's hard to imagine a more important time in history to make a case against organized religion.

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