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The God Who Wasn't There

  • 20052005
  • 1h 2m
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The God Who Wasn't There (2005)
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Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
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  • Director
    • Brian Flemming
  • Writer
    • Brian Flemming
  • Stars
    • Sam Harris
    • Robert M. Price
    • Richard Carrier
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  • Director
    • Brian Flemming
  • Writer
    • Brian Flemming
  • Stars
    • Sam Harris
    • Robert M. Price
    • Richard Carrier
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    • 110User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Sam Harris
    Sam Harris
    • Self - Author, 'The End of Faith'as Self - Author, 'The End of Faith'
    Robert M. Price
    • Self - Fellow, Jesus Seminaras Self - Fellow, Jesus Seminar
    Richard Carrier
    Richard Carrier
    • Self - Historianas Self - Historian
    Earl Doherty
    • Selfas Self
    Scott Butcher
    • Self - RaptureLetters.comas Self - RaptureLetters.com
    Alan Dundes
    • Self - Professor of Folklore, UC Berkeleyas Self - Professor of Folklore, UC Berkeley
    Jerry Falwell
    Jerry Falwell
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Brian Flemming
    Brian Flemming
    • Self - Narratoras Self - Narrator
    Barbara Mikkelson
    • Self - Urban Legends Reference Pages, snopes.comas Self - Urban Legends Reference Pages, snopes.com
    David Mikkelson
    • Self - Urban Legends Reference Pages, snopes.comas Self - Urban Legends Reference Pages, snopes.com
    James Robison
    James Robison
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ronald G. Sipus
    • Self - Superintendent, Village Christian Schoolsas Self - Superintendent, Village Christian Schools
    Bailey Smith
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Reverend Bailey Smith)
    Dean Wycoff
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Brian Flemming
    • Writer
      • Brian Flemming
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    • Trivia
      Brian Flemming has allowed theatrical screenings to be held by any person or group without the payment of royalties.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: Yes, I used to be a fundamentalist Christian. I learned the doctrine at my school, Village Christian School in Sun Valley, California. Our school mascot was a Crusader, because our mission was to do battle with the secular world. But not just the secular world. We also knew that Satan worked through other versions of Christianity, and we fought those, too.

    • Crazy credits
      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.
    • Connections
      Edited from The Passion Play (1903)
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      I Don't Wanna Wait (The Rapture)
      Written by DJ Madson

      Performed using FAKE FRENCH by Le Tigre and DJ Madson

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    6/10
    Good, but spoiled by polemic and personal agenda
    Like many alternative documentaries, this one starts strong, with little known facts and strong evidence for its main thesis.

    However, it lets itself down when it degrades into polemic and blatant subjective reporting. This is not to say it is not entertaining and informative. Just a bit disappointing.

    If the purpose was to convert (or is that upgrade) any Christians to some other view, it probably lost most of its potential audience when reporting became attacking.

    Let me be clear, I am not a Christian. Growing up I was fed the same dogma as the narrator of this docu. I outgrew it, as all Christians eventually will - at least according to my understanding of the world and the views of people such as Ken Wilber, Jane Loevinger and the theories of spiral dynamics.

    Unfortunately unknown to himself, the narrator is the unwitting victim of the same vices he accuses the Christians of - Rightness. He is sure he is right. As are his enemies, the Christians.

    His attack is a textbook example of the rationalist attacking conformists. Perhaps in time he will move up to the level of pluralist and allow others to have their own views, while holding his own. He will realize that the conformists are as necessary to civilization as any of the other memes.

    Enough said. Entertaining, but could have been better without the not so subtly hid personal agenda and sarcasm.
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    • Jul 12, 2006

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Бог, которого не было
    • Filming locations
      • Pasadena, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Beyond Belief Media
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      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
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