What is the Zeitgeist?

What is the Zeitgeist? Zeitgeist is a 2007 movie that has gone viral on the internet. The film is divided into 3 parts: 1) the Jesus-myth theory, 2) the theory that certain elements within the U.S. government were involved in the 9/11 attacks, 3) theory that Central Banking largely controls the world.

The term "zeitgeist" is German for "spirit of the times". The film's basic premise is that people are, and have been for a very long time, hoodwinked by the powers that be. We're lied to by organized religion, government, and by the powerful and wealthy structures in society.

I spent 12 years in a Christian fundamentalist church in my younger years. Since then I've done a lot of reading on Biblical scholarship, including many books by scholars on the Jesus-myth theory. And I can say that the Jesus-myth theory has the strongest evidence backing it up, and makes more sense than any of the competing theories on what the "historical Jesus" was like.

If Christians think the "Da Vinci Code" was shocking stuff, well, if only they knew the real truth about early Christianity! The gospel story of Jesus is NOT original, unique or historical - but is clearly based on many older religious myths. And most likely, Jesus never existed as a human on earth at all, but was a mythical/fictional character in a spiritual allegory.