Was Jesus Real? (My Response to the Zeitgeist Movement)

According the Zeitgeist Movement Jesus (and just about every other historical spiritual figure) was a work of fiction.

Earlier this year I watched Zeitgeist: The Movie for the first time. It presents its message in three parts:

1. That Jesus (and just about every other historical spiritual figure) was a work of fiction created to manipulate people through religion.

2. That the official September 11 explanation is also a work of fiction. The film presents evidence suggesting that the attack on the Two Towers was an inside job.

3. And that the Federal Reserve is also a fiction created to benefit a rich elite.

I’ve no issues with point two and three. I thought they presented the facts and drew appropriate conclusions.

As far as point one goes… I think they presented the facts and drew the wrong conclusion. Since the Zeitgeist Movement is obviously encouraging free thinking I’m sure they won’t mind me expressing my take on their anti-religious standpoint.

The Zeitgeist Movement concludes Jesus was a work of fiction based on the following three facts:

1. The fact that throughout history there are records of spiritual figures (before and after Jesus) who lived lives very, very similar to Jesus’.

2. The fact that there hardly exist any accounts of the great life of Jesus (outside of the Bible).

3. The fact that the story of Jesus (and the Christian traditions that followed) are packed full of pagan symbolism – suggesting that Christ was merely a fictional personification of nature and astrology.

Now, I DO agree with all three points. I just don’t agree with the conclusion that these facts mean Jesus was a fictional character.

I think they got it backwards. In many ways, what these three points suggest is that our whole view of reality is a fiction. What was manifesting in Jesus (and all the other Great Ones) is the only thing that is real.

In future MetaphysicalSF Musings I’ll explain why I think the Zeitgeist Movement has drawn the wrong conclusions about these three points. If you haven’t seen the film you can watch it online by clicking here.

Again, I agree with their facts – just not their interpretation of the facts. It’s always important to separate the two.

(Click here to read part two of My Response to Zeitgeist Movement.)

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