Zeitgeist

I watched Zeitgeist the movie yesterday. Nice movie, I recommended it to a few friends for the 2nd and 3rd parts :) (Nice = it fits in with my previous beliefs, of course :P)

As for the first one... well, the whole Horus/Jesus thing is a hoax. This thread is a request by someone for actual evidence... now, the thread is huge, reading it all will take more time than seeing the movie :D, but the thing is, even Acharya's attempt at one point to substantiate her claims fails flat on its face. The conclusion - even by some atheists commenting on the thread - is that the whole thing is Massey's invention, which Acharya parrots because it sells books. (Who knew Dan Brown will practically spawn a new industry, huh?)

So... still a nice movie, and I did learn a lot even from the first part. (Yes, I have long known that the Catholic Church took over a lot of pagan holidays to make Christianity easier to swallow.)

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Anonymous said…
I find your blogs very informative. Found this interesting youtube video, thought you might be interested, Are you sick of Religion? - Dr. Laurence B. Brown ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXS6pZrFcPs ).

Watch it when you have some time, it would be a very beneficial.

Thank you
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