Movies saying that Atheism is true.

[Dorian6]

There's "The Invention of Lying," but no one saw that.

Are we counting movies that make no mention of religion at all?

The problem is, every time someone does make a movie that questions christian beliefs, the crazy fundamentalists get all up in arms and protest it.

Also, the purpose of movies is to sell tickets (except during oscar season. Then the purpose is to be pretentious). And unfortunately, the majority of americans belong to some version of christianity. So that end is often best served by not questioning the target demo's belief system.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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

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

Completely off topic here but is your avatar a fucking Beetle Borg?

damn straight it is.

u jelly? /trolling

joking aside, it is, it was basically the B movie version of power rangers to me and i recently got my brother to watch them so i put that up

I fucking love Beetle Borgs, mad does that bring me back, thank you for making my day.

haha hell yeah!

idk if you do, but if you have netflix, the whole cartoon series is streaming on there (watched about 2/3 of it this past month or so)

EDIT: Thank you for making my week.

haha your welcome, i just get so angry with netflix that it doesn't "advertise" awesome stuff like that on it's streaming page, i stumbled upon it while showing my brothers power rangers (which it is also streaming all of those, thank god), most of the shit netflix recommends in the cartoon section is either new garbage or stuff that NO ONE liked in the history of cartoons.

 

[Worgen]

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.

the only movie Ican think of it religiosity and that was a documentary about how its bs

the problem with atheism in movies is that in a movie there is a god, its the director, I want to see a movie where someone obviously worships the director and keeps praying to be in good scenes

 

[AperioContra]

Well, Star Trek the Next Generation comes to mind, while it concedes to the idea of deity-like figures (ie Q), it also never admits to a creator, and actually has an episode in which it talks in length about the destructiveness of religion. The Man Who Came From Earth has an interesting spin on it, talking about how Jesus was a caveman. Paul, though more is about the Evolution Debate has one scene in particular where Paul points out his existence discounts all Abrahamic Gods as well as one God religions. Of course Stargate SG1 dedicates a lot of it's time on this subject. Contact has strong notions in Atheism. 2001: A Space Odyssey has strong intonations of Atheism, while never calling attention to it. I've never seen it but apparently Ledge is supposed to be the atheistic "Brokeback Mountain."

Tons of movies have strong intonations of atheism, it's just hidden under symbolism.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of movies neither confirm nor deny that there are deity's in their universe, despite whatever beliefs the characters hold as that is true to life. Unless the revelation holds some kind of dramatic wieght then there isn't really much point.

 

[MrMixelPixel]

I'm pretty sure the live action Death Note movies said that there wasn't a god... Or at least no heaven or hell.

 

[nothingspringstomind]

I'm pretty sure the live action Death Note movies said that there wasn't a god... Or at least no heaven or hell.

No, it was that the Death-Note user was condemned to oblivion and denied entrance into heaven or hell.

Which would be fine by me.

 

[Flabbagazta]

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

You could also sort of argue for I <3 Huckabees as an Atheistic Film as Existentialism is pretty much an atheistic ideology.

Oh and as Nulmas stated, Paul is kind of atheistic, though generally it's more "Pro-Evolution/Anti-Creationism" than explicitly about an atheistic world view.

Kierkegaard was the founder of existentialism AND a devout christian

 

[lacktheknack]

And how would that film turn out?


"There is no god."

"Well shit."

Roll credits.

Oscar material right there.

This. Just take any movie that doesn't deal with it at all and that's all you need/are going to get.

I mean, atheists keep telling me that atheism is not a belief, but a lack thereof. If that's the case, then why do you need a movie dealing with the supernatural that basically turns out to be a big conclusion of nothing? That would be like if Lord of the Rings had a side plot that resolved with "Gnomes do not exist". Then what was the point?

 

[triggrhappy94]

I actually found a list of movies on IMDB about this. Not sure if I'll be able to find it again though.

Apearently Paul is pretty atheist, i didnt see it, because it seemed like a ham-handed rip off of Roger the alien from American Dad. So I woulndnt no for sure.

FOUND IT!

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.

Here you go my good sir,
http://www.imdb.com/list/prd1p2lMhVU/

 

[Olrod]

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.

Every single other film ever.

 

[Vhite]

God on Trial. Its not completely atheist but it leaves space for you to decide. Rather good movie even if you are not an atheist. It is about jews in concentration camp who decided to put God on trial because of what is happening to theme.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173494/

 

[Vhite]

......Atheism is simply a lack of belief in a god or gods. Nothing more, nothing less. All it states is that you do not believe in a god, it doesn't indicate anything else.

But many people take it to anti-theism because their parents forced them to go to church every sunday.

 

[MaxwellEdison]

I'm waiting. There's a great deal of tragedy, sense of betrayal, transformation, etc that goes into deconverting- I'm sure that can be made into a proper, even beautiful, film.

 

[Neo10101]

Well, the invention of lying baiscally says that, there is no religion in the world because no one can lie.

 

[Astoria]

If I remember right Waiting For Godot says that their is no god. Basically it says that people keep waiting around for god to show some sign of his existence because they're told it will happen. It's a bit weird but once you understand what's going on it's pretty good. I don't think it was ever a movie though, just a book and play.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

There are thousands of movies that don't even mention or acknowledge God which surely is exactly what you are getting at.

Atheists don't go around fervently preaching that there is no god or anything they just get on with life.

 

[TFielding]

Winter Light is Sort of pro-atheist. Unless you are some of the people I have talked to. Then it is anti-atheist.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

well you could claim that all movies that don't show a presence of any religious statemant at all are atheist. But truth be told, isn't atheism a bit boring, that we just rot and the we all end up dieing in the end because the world can't last forever. I would rather believe there is something out there then believe nothing at all, because otherwise that would be depressing and boring.

Yeah. What might be more interesting is a movie where there is a God and an afterlife, but it's totally different than what our current religions think it is.

Maybe we should try some dystheist fiction; where God created humanity only to revel in our continued suffering, using religion only to prop us up with false hope while intending to send us all to Hell anyway, and where Lucifer was condemned because he was actually on our side. THAT would be interesting.

P.S.: It's not "dieing", it's "dying". Look it up, it's one of those weird exceptions in English.

Stop reading my mind and stealing my ideas that I kinda stole from classic literature...

You just killed the twist in a project that I will totally make some day. *Says the dreamer with no talent...*