The Invention of Religion

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tags: bible, religion, comedy,
tags: religion, Bible, Ricky Gervais,
Comedian Ricky Gervais has engaged in a debate about theology with the Archbishop of Canterbury - confessing at the end that he might have "blown his image" by taking life seriously.
Last April, I blogged a paper by Will Gervais, that showed you could increase people's trust of atheists by simply telling them about how prevalent atheists are in their community.

I loved that movie! The trailers made it look like just a run-of-the-mill comedy, but then the full length version was actually quite subversive (and funny). I wonder how many religious people got sucked in to seeing it... and how many of them re-thought any of their assumptions as a result...