American Zeitgeist

Synopsis: American Zeitgeist is a feature length documentary by filmmaker Rob McGann that offers a historical look at the War on Terrorism from 1979 through 2006. The narrative of American Zeitgeist is woven out of more than 40 in-depth interviews with leading experts on terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, Islam and Middle Eastern studies.
 
IMDB:
8.4
Year:
2006
150 min
93 Views


The more you begin to investigate,

what we think we understand, where we came from,

what we think we're doing,

the more you begin to see we've been lied to.

We've been lied to by every institution.

What makes you think for one minute

that the religious institution is the only

one that has never been touched.

The religious institutions of this world

are at the bottom of the dirt.

The religious institutions in this world are

put there by the same people who gave you

your government, your corrupt education,

who set up your international banking cartels.

Because our masters don't give a damn

about you or your family.

All they care about is what they have always cared about

and that's controlling the whole damn world.

We have been misled away from the true

and divine presence in the universe

that men have called 'God'.

I don't know what God is but I know what he isn't.

And unless and until you are prepared

to look at the whole truth

wherever it may go, whoever it may lead to,

if you want to look the other way,

or if you want to play favourites

then somewhere along the line you're gonna find out

you're messing with the divine justice.

The more you educate yourself, the more you understand

where things come from - the more obvious things become

and you begin to see lies everywhere.

You have to know the truth

and seek the truth

and the truth will set you free.

...'cause I gotta tell you the truth folks,

I gotta tell you the truth.

When it come to bullshit,

big-time-major-league bullshit,

you have to stand in awe of the all time champion

of false promises and exaggerated claims -

religion.

Think about it!

Religion has actually convinced people

that there's an invisible man, living in the sky

who watches everything you do,

every minute of every day.

And the invisible man has a special list

of ten things he does not want you to do.

And if you do any of these ten things,

he has a special place

full of fire and smoke

and burning and torture and anguish

where he will send you to live and suffer

and burn and choke and scream and cry

for ever and ever till the end of time.

But he loves you!

He loves you.

He loves you and he needs money.

He always needs money!

He's all powerful, all perfect,

all knowing and all wise.

Somehow - just can't handle money!

Religion takes in billions of dollars,

they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more.

Now, you talk about a good bullshit story!

Holy sh*t!

This is the Sun.

As far back as 10.000 BC

history is abundant with carvings and writings

reflecting people's respect and adoration for this object

And it is simple to understand why

as every morning the Sun would rise

bringing vision, warmth and security

saving man from the cold, blind,

predator filled darkness of night.

Without it, the cultures understood,

the crops would not grow,

the life on the planet would not survive.

These realities make the Sun

the most adored object of all time.

Likewise, they were also very aware of the stars.

The tracking of the stars allowed them to

recognize and anticipate events

which occurred of a long period's of time,

such as eclipses and full moons.

They in turn catalogued celestial groups

in what we know today as constellations.

This is the cross of the zodiac,

one of the oldest conceptual images in human history.

It reflects the Sun as it figuratively passes through

the 12 major constellations over the course of a year.

It also reflects the 12 months of the year,

the four seasons, and the solstices and equinoxes.

The term zodiac relates to the fact

that constellations were anthropomorphised

or personified as figures or animals.

In other words, the early civilizations

did not just follow the Sun and stars,

they personified them with elaborate myths

involving their movements and relationships.

The Sun, with its life giving and saving qualities,

was personified as a representative of

the unseen creator or God.

God's Sun. The light of the world.

The saviour of human kind.

Likewise, the 12 constellations represented

the places of travel for God's Sun.

And they were identified by names,

usually representing elements of nature

that happened during that period of time.

For example, Aquarius - the water bearer,

who brings the spring rains.

This is Horus.

He is the Sun God of Egypt of around 3000 BC.

He is the Sun anthropomorphised in his life as a series

of allegorical myths involving Sun's movement in the sky.

From the ancient hieroglyphics in Egypt

we know much about the solar messiah.

For instance, Horus meaning Sun or the light,

had an enemy known as Set.

And Set was the personification

of the darkness or night.

And metaphorically speaking, every morning

Horus would win the battle against Set

while in the evening Set would conquer Horus

and send him into the underworld.

It's important to know that dark versus light,

or good versus evil,

is one of the most ubiquitous

mythological dualities ever known

and it's still expressed on many levels to this day.

Broadly speaking, the story of Horus is as follows:

Horus was born on December 25th,

of a virgin Isis Mary.

His birth was accompanied by a star in the east

which in turn three kings followed

to locate and adorn a newborn saviour.

At the age of 12 he was a prodigal child teacher.

At the age of 30 he was baptized by a figure known as Anap

and thus began his ministry.

Horus had 12 disciples he travelled about with,

performing miracles such as healing the sick

and walking on water.

Horus was known by many gestural names

such as "The Truth", "The Light"

"God's Anointed Son", "The Good Shepherd",

"The Lamb of God" and many others.

After being betrayed by Typhon, Horus was crucified,

buried for three days and thus resurrected.

These atributes of Horus, whether original or not,

seem to permeate many cultures of the world

for many other gods have found to have

the same general mythological structure.

Attis of Phrygia,

born of a virgin Nana on December 25th.

Crucified, placed in a tomb

and after three days was resurrected.

Krishna of India, born of a virgin Devaki

with a star in the east signaling his coming.

He performed miracles with his disciples

and upon his death was resurrected.

Dionysus of Greece,

born of a virgin on December 25th,

was a travelling teacher who performed miracles

such as turning water into wine.

He was referred to as "The King of Kings",

"God's only begotten Son", "The Alpha and Omega" and many others.

And upon his death he was resurrected.

Mithra of Persia,

born of a virgin on December 25th.

He had 12 disciples and performed miracles.

And upon his death was buried for three days

and thus resurrected.

He was also referred to as "The Truth",

"The Light" and many others.

Interestingly,

the sacred day of worship of Mithra was Sunday.

The fact of the matter is, there are numerous saviours

from different periods from all over the world

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