Religulous: The Baby and the Bathwater
A Film Review by Ken Wilber and David Riordan

Bill Maher, host of the HBO talk show Real Time With Bill Maher, often asks his guests: "How can someone as smart as yourself actually believe in this religious stuff?" It's a fair question, one that a great many people ask themselves every day, and forms the premise of Maher's recent comedy/documentary Religulous.

To many, religion seems quaint, anachronistic, even childish in today's modern and post-modern world. To others, it is downright dangerous—particularly when religious fundamentalism begins to infect our modern-day political, academic, and scientific systems. Or worse, when it gains access to advanced technologies and devastating weaponry.

But there is something crucial missing from Bill Maher's criticism of religion, which would prompt us to ask him, "How can someone as smart as yourself not realize that there is so much more to religion than just fairy tales? If we take a truly intelligent look at religion, wouldn't we find something we can salvage from these great and enduring traditions?"

Listen as Ken and David discuss what Bill Maher (and the rest of the "New Atheist" crowd) are missing in this otherwise provocative and entertaining film. [+more]

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In this final segment of Jeff Salzman’s Integral Life profile with Harris, Bill talks about his unexpected introduction to Genpo Roshi, and how studying with him has influenced his own thoughts and teachings on the benefits of developing a spiritual practice. He also compares Genpo’s Big Mind process with his own Holosync technology, and previews his ambitious plans to help Genpo increase the size of his audience tenfold.

While the specifics of your spiritual path remain unique to your particular experience, there are some universal landmarks along the way that could be easily missed (or misunderstood) without people like Bill sharing their stories and helping us to recognize and respond to them in our own journeys. Simply knowing how others have dealt with the same confusions, addictions, and benedictions of spiritual practice can go a long way towards loosening the knot in our own hearts. As such, we are sure that you will find Bill's description of the various pains and pleasures of his own practice to be deeply edifying as you travel your own road to the Infinite.... [+more]

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