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A few people had recommended the movie Zeitgeist to me, so I watched it. I tried once, and turned it off after ten minutes, but then a few weeks later watched it all the way through, just so I could write this review.

Part I, The Greatest Story Ever Told, debunks the Jesus myth by pointing out its similarities to the many preceding myths (such as Mithra, Horace, etc), and concludes that therefore astrology is true. I mean, isn’t it obvious?! No Jesus = Astrology YES!! The funny part is that they actually use things Jesus “says” (yes, the same Jesus they just finished debunking) as proof for their claims about astrology!

Part II, All the World’s a Stage, claims 9/11 is an inside job, and furthermore, everything the government ever does is some kind of conspiracy. EVERYTHING!

Part III, Don’t Mind the Men Behind the Curtain, tells us that rich people have, throughout history, done things, EVIL things, to stay rich. NO!!!!

For me, all credibility was shot at the beginning. I can’t understand how people got past the opening montage with scenes from the Hubble telescope, war zones and mock ups of evolutionary change — intensified impressively with a rhapsodic score. I felt so ready to believe anything! Yes, YES!!! Andromeda + evolution = war!!!

WhatEV.

The first spoken content occurs at the five minute mark, and goes like so…

The more you begin to investigate, what we think we understand, where
we came from, what we think we’re doing, the more you begin to see
we’ve been lied to.

Um, okaaay… …”what we think we’re doing”? <looks around for someone watching…> How meaningless can you be? And “lied to”!! Of course, it’s always that, isn’t it? Really, viewers can switch off at this point, but let’s continue for a bit of sadomasochistic fun, shall we? They’re going to tell us “where we came from” I think…

We’ve been lied to by every institution. What makes you think for one
minute that the religious institution is the only one that’s never
been touched.

What makes you think I think that? And, oh by the way, that’s a pretty grand assertion to just throw out there at the top of your little show. Care to back that up? “Every” institution? Really? EVERY???

The religious institutions of this world are at the bottom of the
dirt. The religious institutions in this world are put there by the
same people who gave you your government, your corrupt education, who
set up your international banking cartels, because our masters don’t
give a damn about you or your family. All they care about is what
they have always cared about and that’s controlling the whole damn
world.

I love that line: “the bottom of the dirt.” Ha ha ha! Man, this guy needs a writer! But I digress… Elites, “masters,” leaders, whatever you want to call them, have ALWAYS existed since we started organizing ourselves, which, as far as you and I are concerned, is since FOREVER! The fact that leaders emerge is a part of our evolutionary history and interesting to study, but the fact that they “emerge” is exactly the point. It’s a point about ALL OF US, and not an “us/them” question in any way.

Conspiracy theorists don’t get that. Onward…

We have been misled away from the true and divine presence in the
universe that men have called god. I don’t know what god is, but I
know what he isn’t. And unless and until you are prepared to look at
the whole truth, wherever it may go, whoever it may lead to, if you
want to look the other way or if you want to play favourites, then
somewhere along the line you are going to find out you are messing
with divine justice.

Wow. So much in that one! “I don’t know what god is, but I know what he isn’t.” Really? Is god male? Wait. Nevermind. I don’t care…

But I am curious to know how it is you know what god isn’t. Where did you get this knowledge?! Can anyone get knowledge like this there? Teach me oh wise one!

I guess by not playing favorites, you mean not indulging your biases? How is it that you escape yours?

If you’re interested, it turns out that we actually already HAVE a system for looking at the truth, as best we can, and generating our knowledge about things. It’s called science. Now, before you get all pissy about your conspiracy theories about the behemoth science controlling knowledge, consider the following. It’s the only system in the world, whereby anyone can postulate what they think is true, test their ideas, show results, and then present them to the community at large for review. This last piece is the crucial part. It prevents the powerful and the crackpots from overly influencing the discussion (notice, I said “overly”).

Many scientists would give their left nut/ovary to be famous for proving something very new and exciting. Proving ANYthing paranormal qualifies. And even if you prefer to argue against that last point, and think that not one single scientist would ever do such a thing as “break ranks” for the promise of fame and riches (and you would be arguing so for the purposes of your conspiracy theory), fine. Do the science yourself. Postulate, test, report, and submit to review. Easy peasey!

And sorry, what? Divine justice? WHAT? You don’t know what god is, but you do know what he isn’t…. So god … um … ISN’T … um … the LACK of divine justice. Got it! Clever!!! The universe has a justice to it!! Nice!!! I feel better already. (And, that’s the point really, isn’t it Conspiracy Boy?)

The more you educate yourself, the more you understand where things
come from, the more obvious things become, and you begin to see lies
everywhere.

Great, now I see lies everywhere. Thanks a lot!

You have to know the truth, and seek the truth, and the truth will set you free.

This just sounds so familiar. Is it just me?

And hey!!! What about the part about where we came from?!!!! I was waiting for that!