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Peter Joseph (writer)
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Divide & Conquer is the Motto more
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Documentary about a) the origin of christian faith b) how american banks have seized worldpower at the beginning of the 20th century c) how these 2 items are related to the wars fought in the 20th and 21st century. full summary | add synopsis
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(Credited cast) | Osama Bin Laden | ... | (archive footage) |
 | George W. Bush | ... | (archive footage) |
 | George Carlin | ... | Himself (voice) (archive sound) |
| Tim Galloway | ... | (voice) (archive sound) |
| Adolf Hitler | ... | (archive footage) |
| David Icke | ... | (voice) (archive sound) |
| Lyndon Larouche | ... | (voice) (archive sound) |
| Jordan Maxwell | ... | (voice) (archive sound) |
| Chogyam Trungpa | ... | (voice) (archive sound) (as Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche) |
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Zeitgeist: The Movie (USA) (promotional title)
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Factual errors: Dionysus mother was not a virgin, she was Semele and was seduced by Zeus numerous times. He was not born on 25th of December, he did not perform miracles, he only caused madness. He was not called "King of Kings". The symbol of Dionysus they present is ORPHEUS VAKHIKOS. This is a small artifact which dates back to 300 A.D. that shows a man tied on an anchor not crucified.
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Chogyam Trungpa: "Spirituality" is a particular term which actually means: a dealing with intuition...
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Chogyam Trungpa: "Spirituality" is a particular term which actually means: a dealing with intuition...
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Features Bill Hicks: Revelations (1993) (TV)
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You can call me a cynic, but I need citations or some other proof of the "facts" presented in this "documentary. In the first 20 minutes a single citation is listed and then it only lists a person (G. Massey) and a job description (Egyptologist). From this the documentary appears either amateurish, or worse, deceptive.
The film uses shocking images, quick edits, and an authoritative voice to persuade the audience. It is meant to influence the viewer affectively, not engage them intellectually. Facts that would counteract the argument are simply ignored, no attempt at balance is even given.
Just one example, the film asks you to believe that crucifixion is the shared death of "sun/son" gods. This is categorically not the case. The film mentions Dionysus as such a typical deity, yet his death in Orphism was that of being cut to pieces and eaten by the Titans. Attis, another example, in Greek mythology died as a result of being gored in the thigh by a boar. Horus in Egyptian mythology died as the result of a scorpion sting.
So check for yourselves, all you have to do is google some facts, heck the first two can be found in wikipedia under "orphism" and "Attis", the last one is found near the bottom of this page:http://www.touregypt.net/HORUS.HTM Simply put, it is lying to you.