Becoming Truly Human (2017) User Reviews

Warning, religious propaganda.

[webhead-97553 · 1/10 · 18 February 2024]

Warning, religious propaganda.

This film is dishonest.

It dishonestly defines 'nones' as uncertain about which religion they belong to. What most people would call 'agnostic'.

"None of the above" does not mean "Other".

In the real world, the term 'nones' also includes we who are convinced there is no such thing as a god of any kind. Including hardcore atheists. There are no atheists in this film. The 'No god', or 'We have permanently rejected religion' viewpoint is not presented. So the film is unbalanced.

Happy ending: They all return to the church.

Note that this film came out in 2017, but only has 4 reviews as of 2024.

Misinformative propaganda.

[digitalbookworm5678 · 1/10 · 22 April 2022]

I don't think I've ever read a more misleading blurb about a documentary before. I'm not going to mince words here.

THERE ARE NO "NONES" IN THIS FILM.

I should have realized what I was getting into when I saw that there were no known atheists listed in the credits. All the people interviewed here questioned their religion at one time and then came back to it.

Apologetics 101 Wish I had looked up the director's info before I started watching this. I wouldn't have had to write this review.

This is a Beautiful Film

[jrharmening · 9/10 · 20 March 2018]

This is a wonderful film.

I love the end, but will not give it away.

This is an honest assessment of one man's journey toward Faith, and his engagement with others on a similar path.

Cheers.

Great analysis of growing phenomenon in the West

[mikeluciuk · 9/10 · 21 December 2023]

This is a good documentary looking at a very particular demographic, 33% of the US that are not Atheist, not "Religious" but instead are "Spiritual but not Religious" or "None of Above". Many of these are people that grew up in religous homes but left affiliation, but have not become fully Atheist, potentially agnostic at best.

It is really meant for two audiences: 1. Religious individuals wanting to understand "nones", there motivations and the world view they eventually accept. Why eastern religions (li.e. Ight Buddhism) are so popular with this demographic.

2. People of this demographic wanting validation and the directors answer to it.

The film shifts to the directors solution; his Thesis that this is a "searching" that isnt a happy/final state and how he found meaning in Faith and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Basically that nones have rejected a unhealthy theology presented to them and need to find a better christian theology. So be warned you are getting a hypothesis instead of fully dispassionate analysis. It is up to you to accept this as a potential solution, the solution or as propaganda.