The Zeitgeist "documentary" is very popular with the CT’s I’ve known, and it’s been recommended to me many times since Part I came out in 2007. A good number of CT’s consider this film to be some sort of holy grail. I've never seen it. The people who’ve recommended it and the way they’ve talked about it have convinced me I probably wouldn’t appreciate it ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist:_The_Movie .
I’m hoping anyone reading this and has actually seen some or all of the film will comment and give me your thoughts. If I understand this correctly, the Zeitgeist Movement, the film, and the Venus Project are all intended to get people involved in changing the planet in positive ways? And that the “documentary” highlights the critical issues Peter Joseph would like the viewer to get up to speed on? Interesting. I hardly think Joseph taking on the the Christ mytho's is terribly productive, and I think arguing issues of personal faith is a losing proposition; but how interesting that this subject appeals to so many people I know in the CT community. I've read that climate change is mentioned a little in some part of this film, but of course my main quarrel is with all the classic CT’s taken as fact.
“Zeitgeist, Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told” takes on Christianity, and in theory I don’t have any quarrel with that. I’m agnostic and was raised by atheists, but I really don’t care what another person chooses to believe until they want to run for public office. Then it matters a great deal if a person believes the earth was created a few thousand years ago and believes dinosaurs never existed. But while this first part takes on the subject of the Christ mytho's, from what I’ve read so far it sounds like the Zeitgeist people are still promoting some kind of spirituality, and it sounds a little like the New Age movement philosophy but with a few new twists.
In “Zeitgeist, Part II: All the World's a Stage” the 9/11 CT is the focus, and it sounds like it goes the distance, from controlled demolition to US Gov. prior knowledge…in fact, the Zeitgeist 9/11 CT sounds exactly like what everyone connected with “9/11 Truth” claims to believe. Hmmmm…
“Zeitgeist, Part III: Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain”. Released earlier this year, and wow. The full gamut of paranoia-inducing CT’s, with very little reality attached. Everything from the Federal Reserve Bank forcing the US into every war it’s been involved in since 1913, to the notion that the Federal Income Tax is unconstitutional, to the attack on Pearl Harbor (and other attacks on US interests) being false flags, all the way to One World Government and RFID chips.
Like I said, wow. I'm very interested in this subject, the film, the movement, the people behind it, and I'm interesting in what and who is driving these "new" theories that so many people, most of them under 40 years-old, gravitate to.
I found an excellent blog on the subject of the 3rd part of this documentary. The Journeyman Heretic ~ http://journeymanheretic.blogspot.com/2011/04/dont-mind-men-behind-curtain.html
Any thoughts?
Janet D
I’m hoping anyone reading this and has actually seen some or all of the film will comment and give me your thoughts. If I understand this correctly, the Zeitgeist Movement, the film, and the Venus Project are all intended to get people involved in changing the planet in positive ways? And that the “documentary” highlights the critical issues Peter Joseph would like the viewer to get up to speed on? Interesting. I hardly think Joseph taking on the the Christ mytho's is terribly productive, and I think arguing issues of personal faith is a losing proposition; but how interesting that this subject appeals to so many people I know in the CT community. I've read that climate change is mentioned a little in some part of this film, but of course my main quarrel is with all the classic CT’s taken as fact.
“Zeitgeist, Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told” takes on Christianity, and in theory I don’t have any quarrel with that. I’m agnostic and was raised by atheists, but I really don’t care what another person chooses to believe until they want to run for public office. Then it matters a great deal if a person believes the earth was created a few thousand years ago and believes dinosaurs never existed. But while this first part takes on the subject of the Christ mytho's, from what I’ve read so far it sounds like the Zeitgeist people are still promoting some kind of spirituality, and it sounds a little like the New Age movement philosophy but with a few new twists.
In “Zeitgeist, Part II: All the World's a Stage” the 9/11 CT is the focus, and it sounds like it goes the distance, from controlled demolition to US Gov. prior knowledge…in fact, the Zeitgeist 9/11 CT sounds exactly like what everyone connected with “9/11 Truth” claims to believe. Hmmmm…
“Zeitgeist, Part III: Don't Mind the Men Behind the Curtain”. Released earlier this year, and wow. The full gamut of paranoia-inducing CT’s, with very little reality attached. Everything from the Federal Reserve Bank forcing the US into every war it’s been involved in since 1913, to the notion that the Federal Income Tax is unconstitutional, to the attack on Pearl Harbor (and other attacks on US interests) being false flags, all the way to One World Government and RFID chips.
Like I said, wow. I'm very interested in this subject, the film, the movement, the people behind it, and I'm interesting in what and who is driving these "new" theories that so many people, most of them under 40 years-old, gravitate to.
I found an excellent blog on the subject of the 3rd part of this documentary. The Journeyman Heretic ~ http://journeymanheretic.blogspot.com/2011/04/dont-mind-men-behind-curtain.html
Any thoughts?
Janet D