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Revenant Junior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 82	Zeitgeist Oct 7^th, 2008 at 12:43pm If anyone is interested in watching the movie Zeitgeist and its sequel, you can watch them online here: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XLwn_QN_ICs This is the trailer for Zeitgeist: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
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Reply #1 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 1:53pm

Zeitgeist is packed full of holes. Not a very good movie (it's not a doco).

The thing I dislike about it most is that it is very convincing and will get people shattering their world views only to adopt a new one which is full of fallacies when they believe they are lucky enough to be in on the secret.

Next thing you know they are looking for a new crowd to hang out with, like-minded individuals, as everyone needs that sense of belonging and acceptance, and their heads get filled with more (seemingly plausible) rubbish that can hardly be proven either way, true or false.

And then who knows who they are hanging out with? Loons or very clever people who are shaping them in to what they want?

Did you like the butterfly effect?

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49003 At my desk.	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #2 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 2:32pm What will it convince people of?
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Reply #3 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 2:45pm

It could cause a very suggestible Christian to abandon their faith, and by that measure possibly a Muslim too.

It also outlines the power structure of the world according to the view of who made the film.

Remember the Bible code doco/movie thingo? Remember how many people believed it, Christians included? Remember how it says somewhere in the Bible about rejecting things like numerology and astrology?

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49003 At my desk.	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #4 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 2:59pm So it's like the DaVinci code?
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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #5 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 3:04pm I'd say it wasn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist,_the_Movie As much as I hate wikipedia.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49003 At my desk.	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #6 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 3:08pm Was there one of those weird old german movies with a similar name?
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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #7 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 3:10pm No idea.
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Reply #8 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 6:58pm

Well I posted a thread about it on Spirituality because I found the second Zeitgeist movie to be more suited there.
I didn't realise there was already a thread about it - there's far too many forums here.

Anyway, both 1 and 2 can be watched via the zeitgeist site, it's much easier than watching each part on youtube.

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

They are both basically the views of other people put together into a movie/doco.

As for the first Zeitgeist, yes I believe that it was a bit over exaggerated but it did get me researching for myself about the possibility that Jesus never existed. For that I am thankful.

I find it laughable that people will discuss the validity of something based purely on somebody's opinion without doing any research for themselves.

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It could cause a very suggestible Christian to abandon their faith, and by that measure possibly a Muslim too

Breaking news!! All Christians are very suggestible. They need to be to swallow that garbage in the first place.
As for Muslims, they brainwash themselves many times a day into believing their BS so they are more likely to pick up a gun in order to protect their beliefs.

I think that the content in Zeitgeist 2 is more in line with what the world is experiencing atm, and considering it has been in the making since long before this current crisis came into being, the content is not purely reactionary.

I would be interested in discussing the movies with anybody who has actually seen them.

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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #9 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 8:18pm The stuff in Zeitgeist, and I'd assume the new one as you mentioned it talks about financial collapse and the folly that is capitalism, have been discussed for decades, in the exact same context as the movies present. Just that the movies are crap and far too alarmist.
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #10 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 9:10pm You can sum up a lot of things in two words Quote: I'd assume
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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #11 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 9:55pm I'd have to assume seeing as though I haven't seen it. However talking to people who have seen it, the information is decades old, there are people in their 60's who would have learnt about this stuff in their 20's.
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #12 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 10:05pm Quote: However talking to people who have seen it, the information is decades old, there are people in their 60's who would have learnt about this stuff in their 20's. What stuff? Anyway, like I said, I want to discuss it with somebody who's seen it...end.
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easel Gold Member Offline Posts: 3120	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #13 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 10:11pm Things like financial control, thought control through false education and media, food additives, population reduction, medical coverups, you know. But like you said.... end. Thanks for posting the link to this movie, but you won't get much discussion of it here. Try ats maybe?
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: Zeitgeist Reply #14 - Oct 13^th, 2008 at 10:35pm Yes, and it makes me wonder why you are discussing it at all without seeing it. That's why I picked up on this thread, because there is obviously somebody else who has watched it.
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