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Plot: Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
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MCT:October 8, 2008Where to start? I loved this and think more people should see it. Well illustrated points about the historical inaccuracy and mythical adoption of the Jesus story in the bible. There are many zealous Christians portrayed, which should cause fear deep within more people for the direction they intend to take us as human beings. For those of you who are insulted by this type of movie questioning your beliefs, do you realize how those of us with little faith view The Passion of the Christ for instance? It is downright sickening and tragic to think that all that blood and violence is filling your spiritual thirst, that the history of the church tries not to acknowledge it has anything to do with former barbaric rituals. The main point of this movie is that doubt is worth exploring, because we need to get beyond such an unquestioning trust of those who tell us these bible stories are fact; and realize that then either God does not exist or God should not be a being that instills this fear in people because it leads to such irrational acts. Religion should not be the only source of joy and hope and meaning and purpose for people. The ending is not satisfactory as he lashes out at the school and beliefs he was raised with, but hey, I get it, I'm upset too when I think about my religious childhood and conflicting lessons and the disillusionment I found as I became older.
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MCT:September 29, 2008
An argument so eloquent that Christians will look stupid when they try to claim -- and they inevitably will -- that it doesn't make sense.
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MCT:September 21, 2008Something to think about. A wee bit too biased, but that was the intent of the filmmaker. Some of the zealous who were portrayed were frightening.
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MCT:September 1, 2008It started with a good question, had some great interviews, but in the end it just devolved into an atheist filmmaker's childish badgering.
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MCT:April 7, 2008
It's a pity it took such an unprofessional treatment of the subject matter. It seems like the director victimises himself, and then tries to get even against the school where he received his religious education some 15 years ago. A petty reason to drag the audience with him, in a self-important quest for attention. There are some good interviews, though.
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MCT:April 5, 2008
Wanted to like this more. The good stuff: an exploration of the mythical origins of Jesus, the vast ignorance many born-again Xians have of bible history; interviews with terrific scholars like Sam Harris, Robert Price, and Richard Carrier. The bad: an unprofessional & self-aggrandizing ending that excludes the viewer.
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MCT:February 11, 2008Okay, so this guy had a lousy childhood so now he's going to say that all christians are bad. I am all for people not believing in God and of corse questoning; but to go straight out and say it you belive in God your an idiot totally infringes on people's personal ideas and thus in turn your doing just what you felt was done to you! How does that make anything better? While an interesting film, it moves much to fast. He hardly gets one argument out before getting onto the next, many can hardly bear the point being made and in some cases little to no research effort was made. Yes some extreme christians are nut but according to him because I go to church I am nuts too! Perhaps if he had better exicuted his argument, toned down on the fast animation and just done a better job at explaining rather than shocking it might have gone over better. Plus it dosn't go over well when you attack everyone!
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MCT:January 22, 2008Entertaining, enlightening...for an indie documentary it is outstanding. You need to see it just for the historical examination of Jesus and Christianity.
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MCT:December 27, 2007
Great insight into what I've been feeling about religion lately. Glad to know I'm far from alone in doubting the historical "facts" from the Bible.
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MCT:October 25, 2007
Condescending "documentary" that purports to prove the non-existence of Jesus, but is really just an excuse for the director to snidely make fun of Christians and their beliefs. I've been firmly in the "agnostic" camp for quite a while, and did not find this thing even remotely enlightening. The director is much more concerned with laughing at people who disagree with him than trying to convince others to expand their thought processes. Check out the much superior "Zeitgeist" if you're looking for a well-researched film that covers similar subject matter, without the childish name-calling.
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