| 1 | * AccidentalAesop: Although the movie repeatedly bashes in the lesson that religion is a lie that motivates people to be selfish. You can make the argument that the movie is accidentally supporting religion by saying that even if God doesn't exist, the idea of a higher power is enough to make people behave themselves and avoid doing bad things. With or without religion, humans are flawed and will always find an excuse to be selfish when given an opportunity. |
| 2 | ** Before Mark invented lying: people were going to let a suicidal man kill himself, had loveless marriages that were based purely on the value of their genetics, bluntly told people who were dying that there's no afterlife and they will be reduced to nothingness, and people were cold, distant, and lacked empathy to the point where they insult people with the utmost candidness. |
| 3 | ** By inventing religion; Mark's mother dies with the comfort that she's going to a better place, Anna falls in love with Mark because his invention of religion showed that he always had good intentions with his abilities, and Mark became so successful in creating a religion that he was envied by his rival, Brad. |
| 4 | * {{Anvilicious}}: Nearly half the film is driven by the point that religion is just a massive lie to make people feel better about themselves. There is also the message that you shouldn't judge a person based on their looks, with Anna refusing any kind of relationship with Mark for his physical traits, then coming to care about Mark for his kindness, in contrast to Brad who for all his good looks is an arrogant, shallow jerk. |
| 5 | * FridgeLogic: The film's execution of the premise invites various questions about how this world works. The most commonly cited example is that while people aren't familiar with lying, they are with mistakes, but the idea that Mark couldn't just be mistaken never seems to cross anybody's mind. |
| 6 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: An alternate universe where only one person can lie makes for a very interesting premise and some thought that too much screentime was wasted on the love triangle and the anti-religion angle. |
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