Zeitgeist Movie -Rational Input Sought

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Sooo… I’m late to the game, and my google foo is failing me this fine evening.

Someone I respect as a generally smart guy told me that I MUST see this “documentary”. I’m about 29 minutes in, and I’m feeling a little duped. To me, it seems unsourced, and prone to a paranoia that I have heretofore associated primarily with the excessively stoned.

Has anyone got a link to a fact-by-fact refutation of some of the claims in this flick?

Better yet, point me in the direction of a great primer book on the linkages between religions that would fill an intellectual void for this fella… the only one I can think of right now is “A History of God”. but I’m not sure that’s exactly what I’m looking for. I’m not so worried about the 911 nonsense I see will be coming up shortly, from my review of the summary - I can deal with that myself. A book that is juicy but factual would be ideal - something I can come with and say “hey, I caught that flick you wanted me to watch. You should read this book that actually sources its facts but is fun to read” in a nicer way.

I suppose what I’m looking for is the straight dope on this flick, and the only threads I can find in the search are from 07. Any help is much appreciated. Unless my woosh radar is way off on this.

Back to the rest of the movie. If this thread takes off at all, I’ll have more sighs to add I’m sure.

Thanks in advance!

Signed,

A very, very tired Jillyvn

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Well, that’ll teach me to post before finishing the film.

Oy vey. This was the worst piece of drivel I’ve ever seen. I was mildly intrigued by the religion bit at the beginning because it was at least partially rooted in fact. By the end, I’m firmly of the opinion that this is very thinly disguised new generation anti-semitism. The only thing missing was the spurious assertion that no Jews were killed in the world trade center. I want my two hours of my life back.

Good lord. Clearly posted in haste, perhaps this belongs in the pit. Nonetheless, my question remains - anyone have a link to a rational point by point refutation of this god awful flick?

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I haven’t read the whole thing, but this page looks like a good debunking.