Movies saying that Atheism is true.

[zarguhl]

But I wondered, have there been any movies saying that atheism is right? That there are no gods or anything supernatural?

Maybe there have, and I just haven't seen them. If that's the case, then please enlighten me.

If you mean as an actual plotline, then I can't think of one. But I have noticed a lot of movies and TV shows lately are pushing that viewpoint. Just by having most of the protagonists holding that belief and showing religious people as nutters.

Same with climate change, half the shows you see these days promote climate change as a real issue at some point or other, even if just by characters getting all uppity when someone mentions the issue.

Edit:
The Golden Compass should have been an awesome movie with that plotline. But instead they made a shit movie with all controversy removed.

 

[Aprilgold]

Um, isn't atheism correct anyways. *joke face*

Alright fine, there have been a ton of movies BLA BLA BLA and a ton that have religion BLA BLA BLA, but none of the atheist films were received well BLA BLA BLA, religion rules all for X reason BLA BLA BLA!
Basically, there are atheist movies, but they either are not fun to watch or not received well.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

The only one that comes directly to mind is The Golden Compass, though that's not as explicitly atheist as the novels/sequel novels.

Mmm, I don't think that you could really make the case that His Dark Materials is atheistic. They explicitly show angels and God himself. It's far more accurate to say that the series is misotheistic or maltheistic rather than atheistic.

If you've read through the whole series you'd know that...

Spoiler

God and the Angels are just powerful beings ruling like tyrants over mankind, religion and heaven are a lie and primarily exist to control people.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/

it isn't ENTIRELY atheist... but it definitely is up there i would say

Bill Mahr... I was almost done with my book i had my whiskey, my tea, and my sammich i was about to finish my weekend book and you had to go and post a link involving Bill god damn Mahr. I don't like you.

well i would like to say i apologize, as i actually haven't seen the movie, it's just a couple of my "pro-atheist" friends always reference that movie anytime anything religious is mentioned. So i have no idea what is wrong with bill mahr...

but also, just curious about your post...

you had whiskey, and tea, and a sammich? That is the oddest combination i have ever heard of

and weekend book? it's Tuesday night where i'm at....

yes it is Tuesday in Texas but i started Friday, could read Saturday, heavily interrupted Sunday, Monday i bot half done, so i hoped to finish it tonight. Yes it is an odd combination but i was about to sit down for dinner when i got distracted by my computer saying i had mail. So i was sitting down to have dinner, with my book and as is traditional i casually drink whiskey as i read.

But now i need to go watch Religulous because the adventures of my favorite Warhammer characters will have to wait until tomorrow to be finished.

haha okay i see, i just assumed when you meant "weekend" book you were started/finished in the same weekend. so understandable, especially with labor day

and now i'm confused..is bill mahr a good or bad thing? (or the thought of mentioning him like i did)

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

The only one that comes directly to mind is The Golden Compass, though that's not as explicitly atheist as the novels/sequel novels.

Mmm, I don't think that you could really make the case that His Dark Materials is atheistic. They explicitly show angels and God himself. It's far more accurate to say that the series is misotheistic or maltheistic rather than atheistic.

If you've read through the whole series you'd know that...

Spoiler

God and the Angels are just powerful beings ruling like tyrants over mankind, religion and heaven are a lie and primarily exist to control people.

And if you'd spent thirty seconds with google you'd know that misotheism and maltheism are beliefs that God exists but is a cruel being who is unworthy of worship. Which is exactly what you've just described.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815241/

it isn't ENTIRELY atheist... but it definitely is up there i would say

Bill Mahr... I was almost done with my book i had my whiskey, my tea, and my sammich i was about to finish my weekend book and you had to go and post a link involving Bill god damn Mahr. I don't like you.

well i would like to say i apologize, as i actually haven't seen the movie, it's just a couple of my "pro-atheist" friends always reference that movie anytime anything religious is mentioned. So i have no idea what is wrong with bill mahr...

but also, just curious about your post...

you had whiskey, and tea, and a sammich? That is the oddest combination i have ever heard of

and weekend book? it's Tuesday night where i'm at....

yes it is Tuesday in Texas but i started Friday, could read Saturday, heavily interrupted Sunday, Monday i bot half done, so i hoped to finish it tonight. Yes it is an odd combination but i was about to sit down for dinner when i got distracted by my computer saying i had mail. So i was sitting down to have dinner, with my book and as is traditional i casually drink whiskey as i read.

But now i need to go watch Religulous because the adventures of my favorite Warhammer characters will have to wait until tomorrow to be finished.

haha okay i see, i just assumed when you meant "weekend" book you were started/finished in the same weekend. so understandable, especially with labor day

and now i'm confused..is bill mahr a good or bad thing? (or the thought of mentioning him like i did)

He is second Only to Carlin in my book. So it's good. Plus anyone making fun of religion(even just a little) has a few points in my book.

haha alright, well i guess i'll let you get to your movie then. I'll have to netflix that movie soon, i forgot about until this topic was mentioned.

 

[McGuinty1]

The thing that got to me was, here is this movie character railing against a fictional creationist strawman, and yet the character himself is a fictional CG alien who uses his own fictional existence within the narrative of the movie as one of his main arguments against the existence of God.

I like your logic. Fake saying fake is fake makes it....uh....MIND BLOWN SIR

I forgot to add that this fictional alien also has the ability to heal someone by laying his hands on them, just like a certain fictional character who's the basis for most Western religions. I also thought it was funny how Paul absorbed whatever disease was affecting the person and then painfully expelled it from himself, just like the magical Negro [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro] from the Green Mile (fuck Stephen King for writing that shitty book and shame on Frank Darabont of Shawshank fame for directing the even lamer movie version). I guess they were probably implying that you don't need God to perform what appear to be miracles, but I thought it came off as the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[Termagent]

You can't really plot atheism as a main point of a film unless you were to do it that it was some sort of scientist proves religion wrong and see's what happens. But I don't see why they even would bother with that. Since as someone else said Atheism is just a lack of beliefs then any movie about anything OTHER then religion may as well be considered an Atheist movie.

 

[McGuinty1]

I could tell you about all the fucks I don't give about your beliefs, but it's much easier to explain that my movie premise is simply a lampoon upon Atheists who are major dick-holes concerning this subject. The Family Guy joke of Peter reading to children is THE perfect example.

It's real fancy that you're no such dick-hole, but all the more reason why you shouldn't be bothered by me.

I see, I just wanted to make sure that you knew that most if not all atheists are going to tell you that since they don't believe in the concept of an afterlife, you are really only highlighting your own lack of understanding of the beliefs of those you are trying to skewer. I agree that a lot of atheists can be totally asshats even towards people who aren't all that religious but still believe in a higher power. Even though I renounced my faith a long time ago, I still understand that it can be a source of comfort and strength for people when they fall on hard times. Far be it from me to begrudge someone that pillar in their life, especially when the alternative is "the universe is random and unfair and there's no one upstairs looking out for you". All there is other than your own wits is your fellow man, and they can be highly unreliable at times.

 

[viranimus]

Em Star Wars and stuff like that and Star Gate have basically said Atheism is true if you think about it. Seriously sit and think about the movies/show although this is much more for Star Gate than Star Wars. They basically make out that there is no god but there are higher beings and an afterlife. You can count those as gods but they continually refute them as not being gods.

Well as it relates to stargate, if you were one of the 15 people who watched the second season of Universe, It basically ends up the second half of the second season becomes focused on a quest for what is essentially a message from "god" So Stargate does flirt with the notions of Gods not really being gods in the films, the franchise as a whole up to this point ends on a note of the face of god being just within humanities reach.

Theres always seemed to be more points in supporting religion than condemning it as far as that franchise is concerned.

 

[Fbuh]

Paul also has an atheist point of view.

I would have said it's more Agnostic. It didn't say whether or not that God did or didn't exist, really only that hardcore Christianity was misguided.

 

[thePyro_13]

I don't see any point to such a movie. I weep for anyone who really needs a movie to vindicate their beliefs.

I've seen those Christian ones, they come off as a really desperate attempts to paint believing as helpful and beneficial to a person. I'd prefer a movie that took to time to show that it doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you chose that belief for yourself and are happy with it.

 

[Jacco]

I just thought of something. There have been several films saying that god and the devil, heaven and hell exist, and no one has batted an eye.

But I wondered, have there been any movies saying that atheism is right? That there are no gods or anything supernatural?

Maybe there have, and I just haven't seen them. If that's the case, then please enlighten me.

Well, from a strictly storytelling standpoint, Atheism isn't exactly the most compelling or exciting thing ever.

Personally, one of my favorite genre of story is the kind of thing you are talking about. And not even because I'm particularly religious. I just think the premis of a film like, say COnstantine, is a cool one to have. Its gritty and violent and nothing at all like the religions portray. The idea of God and Satan existing in the ways they are portrayed in stories like Constantine or Legion fascinates me.

 

[Jacco]

really only that hardcore Christianity was misguided.

Hardcore anything is misguided whether it be atheism or Buddhism or Christianity. Being extreme clouds the mind and leads to the dark side.