The jesus we worship is just a fiction, a conglomeration of myths from the past. The zeitgeist film has a lot of untruth and misinformation about egyptian and other mythology. The popular internet movie zeitgeist has lured many from the faith with the claims that the gospel of jesus derived from pagan astrology, that the bible is a series of plagiarisms and that christianity is the fraud of the age. We exist to provide a safe haven for all followers of jesus christ to discuss god, jesus, the bible, and information relative to our beliefs, and to provide nonbelievers a place to ask questions about christianity as explained in the scriptures, without fear of mockery or debasement. Is the jesus of the new testament based in mythology or history. He claims we should support those in the patriot movement who have died for us.
A refutation of the zeitgeist part 6, i debunked such claims that jesus birth sequence was astrological and that the 12 disciples are representative of the. However, so far i have investigated the first three of the five deities listed such as horus, attis, and krishna and so far these claims have turned out to be bogus. Zeitgeists jesus myth refuted part 2 da pacem domine. The jesus we worship is just a fiction, a conglomeration of myths. The answer is because there is good primary source documentation for the latter and not for the former, for jesus of nazareth and not for the others. It is interesting to note that some of the harshest critics of popular jesus myth theories like those from zeitgeist or joseph. Zeitgeist is a series of three documentary films released between 2007 and 2011 that present a number of conspiracy theories, as well as proposals for broad. Isnt that the movie that said jesus horus because son of god is clearly based on sun god, despite the fact that theres no way early christians would have based their faith on a homophone in a language that wouldnt even exist for centuries. Many atheists, neopagans, and other disbelievers of christianity claim the story of jesus christ was borrowed from earlier mythologies. The point of listing them is to show further on that jesus is no different than horus, dionysus or mithras. Zeitgeist pagan myths and jesus hashtagapologetics. Zeitgeist claims that christianity copied the death and resurrection of jesus from the ancient deities horus, osiris, attis, adonis and mithras. Stellar house publishing specializing in archaeology. The film assembles archival footage, animations, and narration.
Zeitgeists jesus myth refuted part 1 da pacem domine. In this video, we answer this question from a historical perspective to show why this view of mythicism taught in films like zeitgeist. It has gained exposure due to author acharya s and her collaboration with the zeitgeist filmmaker. In this blog i have been investigating the claims made by the film zeitgeist that jesus christ is mearly an imitation of several other pagan gods that predate christianity. The film attempted to claim the story of jesus is merely a reimagining of the accounts of such pagan deities as horus, attis, mithra, krishna, and dionysus, each of. In the video its director, peter joseph, seeks to persuade viewers that the authors of the new testament essentially plagiarized the concept of the virgin birth, december 25 as christs birth date, the twelve disciples, the miracles, the crucifixion, and the resurrection from. Obviously from this area, she believes jesus to be a myth, and thats fine, i just didnt realize her opinion of jesus extended into fact. I had never had anyone give me a real reason why christianity was wrong.
Rochford many skeptics today claim that the resurrection of jesus originated from pagan myths about dying and rising godscommonly called the copycat theory of christianity. Zeitgeist s creators say this is a not for profit work made to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective. Actually, as per my experience over the past 6 years, most within the zeitgeist movement tzm do not subscribe or agree with this film in general, although mixed reactions are most common. The allegations concerning jesus in the zeitgeist movie can be summarized as follows. Shp books attain to the highest standards of scholarship while being accessible to the public.
Welcome to stellar house publishing shp, a company dedicated to bringing to the public lost and hidden information regarding the worlds religions, mythologies and spiritual traditions. Theres a challenge to christianity that seems to be growing in popularity. In his thorough response to this new wave of jesus. He was then visited by three kings who adored him, was a teacher at twelve years of age, baptized at thirty years, traveled and performed miracles, was betrayed by judas for 30 silver pieces. Horus, the egyptian sun god, is introduced as having a number of attributes similar to many other religious deities which came after him, including but not.
The charge that christianity is plagiarized from pagan myths will be addressed here. It goes through the list of details associated with jesus christ and then applies them to these pagan gods in order to create the impression that christianity is only a copycat religion. After zeitgeist, the movie makes several easily disputed claims which i have refuted about how similar pagan gods are to jesus the film then goes on to list attributes to jesus and then attempts to show that he is astrological. Zeitgeist s jesus myth refuted part 2 the film zeitgeist begins with list of pagan gods such horus, attis, krishna, dionysus and mithra. This excerpt from the documentary zeitgeist shines a very logical light on the requirement of ancient humans to give importance to certain. Zeitgeist, the movie debunked part one skeptic project. The christ myth theory is the view that the story of jesus is a piece of mythology, possessing no substantial claims to historical fact. Zeitgeist was created as a not for profit expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are. The zeitgeist movement and the historical jesus gospels. According to peter joseph, the original zeitgeist was not presented in a film format, but was a performance piece. Furthermore, are they before or after jesus death and resurrection.
The claim is that these mythological figures are essentially the same story as what the new testament ascribes to jesus christ of nazareth. Rap news featured on russia today current tv users vote the zeitgeist film series as 4th in top ten must see documentaries. Zeitgeist, the movie debunked sources skeptic project. Justin martyr, one of the first christian historians and defenders, wrote. Zeitgeist is an amazing think piece but this authors feeble. In recent years, a claim has been making the rounds that jesus is based on the egyptian god, horus. The companion guide to zeitgeist, part 1 stellar house publishing.
As zeitgeist nears the end of part 1, it then calls the historicity of jesus into question by saying not a single historian mentions jesus. I blogged a short time ago to alert readers about this book. But i digress, she also mentions that you can find more information in her book the christ conspiracy, something which was used as a primary source for zeitgeist, the movie, something i have shown to be. When i was given an argument against my faith, it sent me on a journey for answers.
Stellar house publishing was founded in 2005 by author acharya s aka d. Zeitgeist, the movie did not make this up originally. The answer is that there is good primary source documentation for the latter and not for the former, for jesus of nazareth and not for the others. Zeitgeist s jesus myth refuted part 1 the film zeitgeist begins with list of pagan gods such horus, attis, krishna, dionysus and mithra. Zeitgeist, the movie is heavily dependent on the idea that the bible and christianity have their roots in astrology and the zodiac. I have invested quite some time in researching and writting my refutation of the first part of zeitgeist, the. The movie is a 2007 film by peter joseph presenting a number of conspiracy theories. The popular internet movie zeitgeist has distributed and lured many from the faith with claims that the gospel of jesus derived from pagan astrology, that the bible is a series of plagiarisms and that christianity is the fraud of the age. Part i of zeitgeist the movie, entitled the greatest story ever. The movie, myths, and motivations the internet movie zeitgeist uses dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically. Zeitgeist movie an overview the zeitgeist movie has been circulating on the internet since 2007. As attributes of jesus, zeitgeist lists that he was born of the virgin mary on december 25 in bethlehem which event was announced by a star in the east.
According to peter joseph, the original zeitgeist was not presented in a film format, but was a performance piece consisting of a vaudevillian, multimedia style event using recorded music, live instruments, and video. Zeitgeist a german phrase that means the spirit of the age is the name of an online video first released in june 2007 that seeks to persuade viewers to believe that the authors of the new testament borrowed the idea for jesus virgin birth, december 25th birth date, twelve disciples, miracles, crucifixion, and resurrection from astrological sources and ancient pagan mystery. In this instantly downloadable and printable pdf file are answers to the following questions. Wait, there are still people who think zeitgeist is reasonable.
Dont question, just support the troops and be a good american. The mythology of jesus theory was an obscure and generally dismissed theory. It then goes on to say, four historians are typically referenced to justify jesus s existence. The movie is a 2007 documentary film by peter joseph. Zeitgeist was created as a not for profit expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more.
The zeitgeist film series noted in the top 10 films that explain why the occupy movement exists the zeitgeist film series noted in a movie guide to occupy wall street peter joseph satirized on juice media. Please share with everyone more information can be found h. But are these mythological accounts really similar to the death and resurrection of jesus christ. Instead, jesus is an invention of the biblical authors who painstakingly copied attributes of ancient pagan deities and created a new god to be worshiped. And that is because there are good primary source documentation for jesus of nazareth and not for the others. The popular internet movie zeitgeist has distributed and lured many from the faith with the claims that the gospel of jesus derived from pagan astrology. A film on the internet called zeitgeist, apparently well done, attempts to make the case. The movie is the first film which is directed and produced by peter joseph in 2007.
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