Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
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| Sam Harris | ... | Himself - Author, 'The End of Faith' | |
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Robert M. Price | ... | Himself - Fellow, Jesus Seminar |
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Earl Doherty | ... | Himself |
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Scott Butcher | ... | Himself - RaptureLetters.com |
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Alan Dundes | ... | Himself - Professor of Folklore, UC Berkeley |
| Jerry Falwell | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
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Barbara Mikkelson | ... | Herself - Urban Legends Reference Pages, snopes.com |
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David Mikkelson | ... | Himself - Urban Legends Reference Pages, snopes.com |
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James Robison | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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Ronald G. Sipus | ... | Himself - Superintendent, Village Christian Schools |
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Bailey Smith | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Reverend Bailey Smith) |
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Dean Wycoff | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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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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6 June 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bóg, którego nie bylo See more »Filming Locations:
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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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The Superboy story that Robert Price refers to (where he goes into to the future to discover he is considered only a folktale in the future) appeared in Adventure Comics #279 . It does not refer to the Earth-23/Pocket Universe Superboy story of a similar theme. 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 »Frequently Asked Questions
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As a second-generation atheist, I walked into this movie knowing as much about the historical aspects of Jesus as say, your average Christian; not much. This movie opened my eyes to the mythological aspects of Jesus and the attempts made by the Christian church to turn him into a messiah. I was particularly impressed by the interviews with Sam Harris, Richard Carrier, Alan Dundes and Robert Price, to name a few. Each one was able to put forth very clear reasoning as to why we should question the existence of Jesus Christ.
I highly recommend this movie to those of all faiths, or no faiths at all. Critical thinking and reasoning should be present for all of our personal tenets. If you haven't yet questioned the foundational pillars of your religion, there's no better time to start.