Critical thought is hard

[urlawyer]

I guess if you truly want to refine your thinking skills and ability to debate religion, ask some specific questions.  What parts of the movie did you feel inadequate to address?  From what I gather from the trailer, the movie was just littered with fallacies and misrepresentations, so just bring up whatever issues you see and others can help you.

I really have to watch it some time. From what I've heard, the arguments which they let the atheist professor make are not all that bad, but they simply let the Christian guy counter them with completely silly emotional arguments which actually don't refute them, and then declare victory. The atheists in the movie are all strawmen who are bad people and/or simply angry at God, but secretly believe. In other words, they are written to nicely confirm all the prejudices of the evangelical moron in the audience.

You hit the nail on the head there. you'll have to forgive me since I am posting as I watch the movie so my opinions continuously are being updated. But the philosophical arguments that are being made at the very end of the movie are completely stupid to say it in the most simplistic terms.
I guess the biggest problem that I had in trying to argue this movie was in the beginning when they were giving scientific premises. I am NOT nor will I ever claim to be scientifically literate and that is where I must defer to my more scientificly knowledged brethren. but when it comes down to it the disbelief in God is all based in science. I suppose that is the entire reason is that I'm having a hard time right now

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My brain's not working very well, but in the meantime:

This is two great guys dissecting and humiliating the movie which may help and cheer you up:

http://youtu.be/Vu0mZe5wZ_Y

This is actually the video that inspired me to watch the film and was the the foreground of my presumptuous confidence