Movie Review – Building Babel

Park51, a name that does not ring a lot of bells in the American psyche.  But what if I were to say “9/11 Mosque”?  Does that conjure up images of New Yorkers and Americans rallying together to stop the construction of an Islamic center just blocks from the site of the Twin Towers?  Polarizing and a view into the window of religious dialogue and tolerance, Building Babel is an appropriate title to a film that shows the monumental task of courting controversy and believing in what you do.

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Documentary of the Day – Religulous

Religion is a subject that I tend to avoid, more of a live and let live policy.  I am agnostic about religion, but I won’t begrudge you for your beliefs.  As long as you don’t impose upon me your religious beliefs, everything is copacetic.  There is something rather interesting about questioning a person’s religion and their belief structure.  Often it is met with a defensive nature, at least in my experience, but often you get to see what makes the person tick or what makes them, well, them.  There is a way to approach this subject of challenging and questioning religion that doesn’t really offend, but then I don’t like subtlety and eggshell walking, so why not just mock religion as a whole to get to the truth of it all.

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