The God Who Wasn't There (believe, doom, Jesus Christ, preaching)

[GCSTroop]

Has anyone seen this documentary yet? It's supposed to make a case that Jesus never existed. It's gotten some pretty interesting reviews from the NY Times as well as Newsweek and a few others.

Here is the trailer:

The God Who Wasn't There: View Trailer

[elizabeth7]

Nothing new here. We have numerous documentries that take a similar slant. I look forward to the day when a mainstream channel takes all the evidence and puts a pro-Jesus Christ on air. All they ever do today is try to disparage and dismiss him. Fortunately, the Son of God will have the last word.

[cncracer]

Not yet, but I have put it on my Netflix list.

[bellalunatic]

It looks good. After 4 years of University Religion and Theology classes, it's nice to see something that presents itself (at least in the trailer) to be a well rounded intellectual/historical/philosophical/psychological coverage on the beginnings of Christianity.
Of course it'll probably only be viewed by people who are willing to take an objective interest in it....(in other words, unfortunately only preaching to the choir)
The blindly faithful will attack and disparage the film without seeing it, as a result of their deep seated fears.

[Sizzly Friddle]

Troop, I have that dvd but I haven't watched it yet. I have been watching season one of "Dexter" instead. I will try to watch it soon and give my opinion.

Elizabeth- we are mostly non-believers on this forum. I for one am not interested in threats from the non-existent son of your non-existent god.
It is annoying and not the least bit intimidating.

[Tesaje]

Originally Posted by elizabeth7

Nothing new here. We have numerous documentries that take a similar slant. I look forward to the day when a mainstream channel takes all the evidence and puts a pro-Jesus Christ on air. All they ever do today is try to disparage and dismiss him. Fortunately, the Son of God will have the last word.

This is patently false. The majority of Hollywood treatment of religion is very pro-Christian. The big Nova Bible show was highly favorable to the Christer's views and had numerous false "histories" in it as well as the usual illogical conclusions from the lack of any evidence.. Keep your false propaganda in the other forums if you have nothing but whining to offer.

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There's an interesting article on the film in Wikipedia: The God Who Wasn't There - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It came out 2-3 years ago.

[ShepsMom]

Originally Posted by elizabeth7

Nothing new here. We have numerous documentries that take a similar slant. I look forward to the day when a mainstream channel takes all the evidence and puts a pro-Jesus Christ on air. All they ever do today is try to disparage and dismiss him. Fortunately, the Son of God will have the last word.

Please! I personally can not name any daily programming which tries to disapprove your god, but sure have seen enough preaching, gospel singin, closed eyes and hands waiving.

[GCSTroop]

Originally Posted by Tesaje

There's an interesting article on the film in Wikipedia: The God Who Wasn't There - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It came out 2-3 years ago.

Oh, I didn't know it came out that long ago. I had never heard of it until today when I was cruising around the New York Times online and there was an advertisement for it.

[Dusty Rhodes]

Originally Posted by GCSTroop

The God Who Wasn't There:

Yall are gettin' me a bit concerned, I had just assumed that none of them were ever really there! Of course, I am assuming, since I haven't clicked the link yet, that this one happens to be some subset of christerism, or any subset of christerism for that matter (yeah, I do tend to fuss at them more than all the others, but...they are the ones who tend to fuss more at me, preach at me on my doorstep, litter my yard with tracts, bicycles and a perma-grin, or a pod of women and children trudging from door to door with their message of doom and gloom. I do have one question for them, they come here, they read us, "Is it truly a requirement of christerism to have your sense of humor surgically removed?"

[Dusty Rhodes]

Originally Posted by GCSTroop

Has anyone seen this documentary yet? It's supposed to make a case that Jesus never existed. It's gotten some pretty interesting reviews from the NY Times as well as Newsweek and a few others.

Here is the trailer:

The God Who Wasn't There: View Trailer

Thanks Troop, good post, nice link, gotta spread it around before I can rep you again.