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The God Who Wasn't There. Anyone seen it?

6/28/2009 6:36 pm

The God Who Wasn't There. Anyone seen it?

"The God Who Wasn't There" is supposedly a documentary about the origins of the Christian faith, with an emphasis on trying to shake the foundations of it. I am thinking of watching it.

However, my experience with supposed documentaries about Christianity is of their lack of DOCUMENTED evidence, and of their slant showing their skepticism. Most of them are filled with supposed pundits who state this or that opinion.

And these will sometimes make -- what to me are -- bogus and unsubstantiated claims against the origins and historicity of Christianity.

For example, the site TheGodMovie (related to this "documentary", I presume) says:

"The early founders of Christianity seem wholly unaware of the idea of a human Jesus".

Excuse me?? WHAT early founders are they talking about?

The Bible, which talks about several early founders -- The 12 Apostles (generally), even Saul of Tarsus, that is, Paul the Apostle, and so on, who saw Him alive after His Resurrection -- seems to me to speak quite clearly about a "Human" Jesus.

I don't suppose they've really considered the phrase, "The Son of MAN"?? LOL.

Or maybe they are thinking of the writings of what are generally called The Early Church Fathers?

But don't these speak about Him as being a real person? And some of them are supposed to be from the 1st and 2nd centuries. (The Apostle John was supposedly alive till he was 90-something, or maybe near 100? around the turn of the first century or into the second.) They do seem to in my reading of them.

Or maybe they prefer the writings from The Nag Hammadi library? (I haven't read much of these yet, but of what I have read, "Jesus"/Yashhua seemed like a real figure to me.) These writings are sometimes attributed to the Gnostics, and yes, some can sound pretty "ethereal" at times, but I doubt that there are many (any?) even in this collection, found in 1945 CE, that treat Yahshua as though they were "unaware" of Him being Human.

I guess I'll have to find out just which "founders" they claim were WHOLLY "unaware of the idea of a human Jesus"! LOL.

Seems like a pretty ridiculous claim. Already they've lost major credibility in my eyes, and I haven't even watched the thing yet. But I probably should, just so I know what new off-the-wall claims people will bring up in conversation.

Anyone seen this? Comments?

I plan to see it.

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6/29/2009 4:37 pm

Why yah done with bloggin? It can be fun.. well sometimes .. hmm maybe? u know u want to

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