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The God Who Wasn't There (2005) 6.9
Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole. Director:Brian FlemmingWriter:Brian Flemming |
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Documentary filmmaker Brian Flemming examines the Bible and discusses the history of early Christianity, raising doubts as to whether the New Testament personage Jesus ever really existed. Flemming examines the similarity of the Jesus story to other savior myths of the time and points to inexplicable gaps in early Christian history that combine to shed doubt on the Bible's Jesus story. Written by Martin Lewison <dr@martinlewison.com>
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Narrator: The Earth revolves around the Sun. But it wasn't always that way. The Sun used to revolve around the Earth. It was like that for hundreds of years, until it was discovered to be otherwise, and even for a few hundred years after that. But, ultimately, after much kicking and screaming, the Earth did, in fact, begin to revolve around the Sun. Christianity was wrong about the solar system. What if it's wrong about something else, too? This movie's about what happened when I went ...
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Written by DJ Madson
Performed using DC 3000 by Thievery Corporation and WADIDYUSAY by Zap Mama and DJ Madson
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The documentary came about during Flemming's research into his fictional thriller _Beast, The (2006)_ See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: The Earth revolves around the Sun. But it wasn't always that way. The Sun used to revolve around the Earth. It was like that for hundreds of years, until it was discovered to be otherwise, and even for a few hundred years after that. But, ultimately, after much kicking and screaming, the Earth did, in fact, begin to revolve around the Sun. Christianity was wrong about the solar system. What if it's wrong about something else, too? This movie's about what happened when I went ...
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The final credits are inter-cut by additional footage of some of the interviewees: Scott Butcher, Richard Carrier, Alan Dundes, Sam Harris, the Mikkelsons, Robert Price, Dr. Sipus, and others. See more »Soundtracks
"A Way Cuddy Dis"Written by DJ Madson
Performed using DC 3000 by Thievery Corporation and WADIDYUSAY by Zap Mama and DJ Madson
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The God Who Wasn't There is a highly entertaining documentary that makes a compelling argument against the historical Jesus. In an equally fascinating and entwined thread, Flemming also explores the psyche of the modern Christian. The piece has a refreshingly irreverent, witty, and independent tone similar in spirit to some of the works of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock. And, like those works, can unfortunately sometimes cross into a "preaching to the converted" (rather, in this case, literally "unconverted") tone. Nevertheless, if you are an atheist or an agnostic this is an absolute must-see movie and it will seem far too short. If you are a theist, in particular Christian, prepare to have your core beliefs challenged.