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Date: September 26, 2011 04:19PM
The movie "Zeitgeist" is a three-part (soon to be four) movie spawned by the independent filmmaker Peter Joseph. It's chalk-full of conspiracies and caters to the new age movement. From my observation of it, it takes many historical truths and adds speculation, exaggeration, or just plain falsehoods.
The very beginning makes large general sweeping accusations of the parallels between religions and Christianity, specifically starting with ancient Egypt. All you need to do to disprove many these claims is spend a mere 10 minutes doing independent research and realize they are without merit. It's obvious. You don't need me to explain it to you.
But I will anyways. At least try to.
First of all, where does Zeitgeist get support for it's views on religion? From a woman known as "Acharya S." or D.M. Murdock. You can confirm this by visiting these two sources:
http://freethoughtnation.com/contributing-writers/63-acharya-s/376-zeitgeist-sourcebook-part-1-the-greatest-story-ever-told.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acharya_SOn further inspection, it has been suggested that Acharya has derived her views from another Christ-myther, Gerald Massey. You can compare and contrast the Zeitgeist claims with those of Gerald Massey by looking at Gerald's wikipedia page.
This from Wikipedia:
At the same time, most contemporary Egyptologists believe these parallels are not true and pseudo-scientific[6][7][8][9][10][11]. In particular they point out that, among the sourses make no mention of these facts in the life of Horus, and the celebration of Jesus' birth on December 25 was chosen for political reasons and was never claimed to be the actual date of his birth.[9]. However, W. Ward Gasque conducted a world-wide pole of twenty leading Egyptologists - including Professor Kenneth Kitchen of the University of Liverpool and Ron Leprohan, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Toronto- in Canada, USA, UK, Australia, Germany, and Austria to verify if there was any academic support for these claims. The scholars were unanimous in dismissing the claimed parallels. One scholar, who called it "fringe nonsense", also cautioned that "[e]gyptology has the unenviable distinction of being one of those disciplines that almost anyone can lay claim to, and the unfortunate distinction of being probably the one most beleaguered by false prophets."[12]. (Wikipedia, Gerald Massey)
Notice all of the sources cited. They can be your reference point if you wish to delve further.
Zeitgeist claims that Horus was:
*born of the virgin Isis-Meri in December 25th in a cave/manger with his birth being announced by a star in the East and attended by three wise men.
*His earthly father was named "Seb" ("Joseph").
*He was of royal descent.
*At age 12 he was a child teacher in the Temple, and at 30, he was baptized, having disappeared for 18 years.
*Was baptized in the river Eridanus or Iaurutana (Jordan) by "Anup the Baptizer" (John the Baptist) who was decapitated.
*He ad 12 disciples, two of whom were his "witnesses" and were named "Anup" and "AAn" (the two "Johns").
*He performed miracles, exorcized demons and raised El-Azarus ("El-Osiris") from the dead.
*Horus walked on water.
*His personal epithet was "Iusa" the "ever-becoming son" of "Ptah," the "Father." He was called the "Holy Child."
*He delivered a "Sermon on the Mount" and his followers recounted the "Sayings of Iusa."
*Horus was transfigured on the Mount.
*He was crucified between two thieves, buried for three days in a tomb, was resurrected.
*Titles: Way, the Truth the Light; Messiah; God's Anointed Son; Son of Man; Good Shepherd; Lamb of God; Word made flesh; Word of Truth.
*Was "the Fisher" and was associated with the Fish ("Ichthys"), Lamb and Lion.
*He came to fulfill the Law.
*Was called "the KRST" or "Anointed One."
*Was supposed to reign one thousand years.
Just looking at that list your bullshit alarm should be ringing.
And for good measure.
Go ahead and examine Horus and his history. There are parallels for sure, but to that extent and specificity? No.
There are plenty of online sources to confirm this, or just go to the library and find yourself a copy of The Encyclopedia of Religion and start doing some research.
More on Zeitgeist found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist:_The_MovieMy belief on Jesus was that he was a real man, but JUST a man. Just like Joseph Smith was JUST a man, and not a prophet. But real nonetheless. COULD have ancient Egyptian religions as well as other ancient traditions led to the creation of the Christian myth that Jesus was the Son of God? Certainly. But it is one thing to say "They influenced the development of the myths of Christianity" and then to take it a step further by polluting the rich history of these ancient traditions with made up "facts" without any references.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/26/2011 04:23PM by greekgod.