The God Who Wasn't There (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Brian Flemming

Writer:

Brian Flemming (writer)

Release Date:

6 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | History

Tagline:

A Film Beyond Belief

Plot:

Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.

Plot Keywords:

Bible | Christianity | Christian | Christ Myth | Atheism

Cast

Richard Dawkins	...	Himself
Sam Harris	...	Himself
Robert M. Price	...	Himself
Richard Carrier	...	Himself
Earl Doherty	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scott Butcher	...	Himself
Alan Dundes	...	Himself
Jerry Falwell	...	Himself
Brian Flemming	...	Narrator
Barbara Mikkelson	...	Herself
David Mikkelson	...	Himself
James Robison	...	Himself
Ronald G. Sipus	...	Himself
Reverend Bailey Smith	...	Himself
Dean Wycoff	...	Himself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007)

Company:

Beyond Belief Media

Trivia:

Flemming has allowed theatrical screenings to be held by any person or group without the payment of royalties

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 looking for Jesus.

Movie Connections:

Features The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Soundtrack:

A Way Cuddy Dis

A groundbreaking documentary!

This movie was simply stunning. Well worth viewing by non-believers and believers alike. Many will criticize it based on the quality of it's scholarship - but these people are completely missing the point. This film is GROUNDBREAKING as the first one to shine the spotlight on a centuries old line of scholarly biblical criticism. It's made by a film-maker, not a scholar, but it's founded on the works of many actual scholars. Critics of the film's scholarship should have the backbone to challenge the scholars, not this film-maker! So many times I have hear biblical literalists hog the popular media bandwidth and pronounce unequivocally that there is no serious scholar who doubts the historicity of Jesus. This is simply false. Bravo to Brian Flemming and Amanda Jackson for ending the one sided conversation about Christianity in the popular media, and starting a true DIALOGUE!