zeitgeist debunked and we still dont care, page 8

In my research on the internet, I have come across this board, which has not been responded to in over a year. However, I think it's important enough to respond to, so for anyone who happens upon this, enjoy.

I was first introduced to Zeitgeist film over a year ago, by a friend of mine who was once somewhat spiritually oriented (many would call it religious, but I avoid that term). He was not the most faithful person, but he certainly was a Christian.

The film changed him. He "realized" that he was believing in something false. It saddens me to think of this to this day. Mostly, it saddens me because it is things like this that we were warned of by revelation in the bible. But let's leave what the bible says out of this for a while.

There's no reason to "debunk" Zeitgeist. In itself, it's false and was "debunked" in it's own making. There's a site out there called the Zeitgeist Challenge... asking that anyone who has proof that any of the dozens of Christ-like myths are true will be paid money.

Not a single person has been paid. The film gets its information from one or two books that make these claims, but have no credible source. Let's just look at Horus. I'll let you research it, but in short, Horus is nothing like Christ.

Can you find similarities between two deities in any two religions? Of course. There are also many similarities between JFK and Abraham Lincoln. That doesn't mean they didn't exist or that their assassinations didn't happen.

Christ being born on December 25th? I'm sure you're read by now that it's not true. December 25th was a Roman Holiday and the Christians that were taking control of Rome began using that date. It's quite accepted by almost all scholars that look at this more than once that the bible indicated very clearly that the Christ was born in a spring time period. December is still mid winter in Israel and the odds of Shepherds tending their flocks by night in December are pretty slim.

Interestingly enough, it is also widely accepted that Christ was born in September, on the 11th, 3 B.C.. While that is not Spring, it's still better than sitting outside in the cold watching sheep stand there and shiver.

Let's look at the wise men. Apparently, the film says something about the stars of Orion's belt lining up with another star and that's where the myth of the wise men come in. Something that the film ignores is what the Christians say about the Wise Men. Here I will bring up what the bible says, and has said for hundreds of years.

Matthew, the 3rd chapter tells us this:
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth; and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

So the Wise Men didn't even show up on the day of the Christ's birth. Not for about two years afterward. So much for the starts lining up on that day.

I could go on, but one simple fact is true. The people who put together the Zeitgeist film took information from sources that were not credible. They didn't do their own research on the matter, only taking for fact what others have falsely written.

Again, no one has yet to complete the Zeitgeist challenge, and I'm assuming that's because it cannot be done.

If you have questions about your faith in Christ, do not let one source of information, especially a film designed to destroy your faith, influence you.

More to come in next post...