The Search: Manufacturing Belief (2019)

The Search: Manufacturing Belief: Directed by Patrick Payne. With Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Bart D. Ehrman, Matthew Graham. Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and other prominent secularist thinkers ponder questions of awe, spirituality, consciousness and science against the dramatic back-drop of a Christian youth retreat.

“Why? We are one of the MOST u0026quot;RELIGIOUSu0026quot; of all the democratic nations. The rising generations tend to see a bit more clearly incorrectness of the u0026quot;traditionsu0026quot; of the past generations. In other words, rising Generations stand on the shoulders of prior generations and Society changes, usually or eventually (so far) forward… we progress.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHuman history has proven it… look how we live today vs 100 yrs ago or better yet, 8,000 years ago vs today! Wow!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYet, human nature tends to think the past was better somehow, even against all the data (See u0026quot;Factfullnessu0026quot; by Hans Rosling, etc.) and many of the older generations are perplexed why u0026quot;The Nonesu0026quot; are the fastest growing segment of Christianity in the USA (See Pew Research: u0026quot;In U.S., smaller share of adults identify as Christians, while religious u0026#39;nonesu0026#39; have grown,u0026quot; etc.).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis great documentary helps anyone interested as to why that is or interested in what we have learned through our history of social progress.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo the comment giving this only 2 stars because it doesnu0026#39;t argue all sides…. I donu0026#39;t mean to be rude, but my god, there are innumerable documentaries on religion, Christianity, metaphysical, etc. on Amazon alone, but if one includes Netflix, Discovery, NatGeo, History, CuriosityStream, YouTube the argument is well stated, presented and biased almost as much as the stars in our galaxy. (I am exaggerating here but please dear Cosmos, producers, apologist, etc., we donu0026#39;t need another doc or screenplay arguing FOR the truthfulness of religion.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s time for the honest, truthful, sincere, rational of archeological, cognitive, social, psychiatric, behavioral, sciences, theological, etc. to stand up and tell their stories now.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI loved this film… I have been a Mormon for 40 years and an award winning documentary film maker, so I know a little of what I speak about. NOT dismissing anyoneu0026#39;s subjective perspective or ideology, I think sometimes our anecdotal experiences override our abilities to think beyond ourselves, IF we donu0026#39;t purposefully and deliberately look for contrary or diverse perspectives equally.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s uncomfortable and can be painful, I am well aware of that panic, pain and discomfort BUT growth only comes from those types of experiences. Never from comfort and platitudes!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHighly recommend!”