I've read several articles debunking Zeitgeist. It was interesting to say the least, but it's really insulting to me when a movie pretends to be something it isn't, even the slightest bit of cynicism regarding that film, not even the religious stuff, but the 9/11 conspiracies, the global bank and wealthy starting every war we have ever been in conspiracies that really do not stand up to scrutiny. Take into account that at least half of the quotes in that film were either never said by the supposed author, or taken out of context, while the other half are from known anti-semites and bigots from the 20's and 30's and the bulk of the film's evidence falls flat. It's entertaining, enjoyable if you like listening to nonsense conspiracies, but I doubt there were any substantial fact based claims in the entire movie.
"In our youth, we lacked the maturity, the decency to create gods better than ourselves so that we might have something to aspire to. Instead we are left with a host of deities who were violent, narcissistic, vengeful bullies who reflected our own values. Our gods could have been anything we could imagine, and all we were capable of manifesting were gods who shared the worst of our natures."-Me
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
