Blogcritics Comments on DVD Review: The God Who Wasn't There

Comment by Celebrant

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:58:59 EST

Personally, I liked Flemming's work. I thought he did a good job of keeping the viewer's interest, instead of getting pedantic. I would highly recommend it to anyone--especially people who never question their own "faith."

Comment by Christopher Rose

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:33:11 EST

Guppus: Or he could just be trying to figure out what's going on. I don't really see it as propaganda to educate ourselves as best we can about issues as fundamental as the nature of Jesus or the existence of god(s). It's one thing to argue that Jesus was the son of this god being but what I still don't understand, and nobody seems willing to take on the task of dealing with, is the bottom line: the very nature of god and the religions that this extraordinary creature has inspired. As I understand it, the idea is that about a little over 2000 years ago some alien being not of this earth, who had already been hanging around here on Earth for at least another 3500 years before that (is that right, Ruvy?) somehow had a son through non-contact sex with a married earth woman and this special child did some fantastical stuff that's inspired a lot of people through all the ages since. Heady stuff.

Comment by Guppusmaximus

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:37:34 EST

This guy is ridiculous... Belief in Christ as the Son of God is just that, a belief. Faith based as it may be, The historical evidence of Jesus Christ points to the accuracy of the New Testament. You don't have believe in anything if you don't want to, but this guy should quit his hate filled propaganda against a group of people that did him no harm. It sounds like he was a troubled child and now has resentments about his lost childhood...Oh well!

Comment by Phillip Winn

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:32:32 EST

Brian Flemming's gift is in marketing, not necessarily staying on-topic. In fact, there is historical evidence for the existence of a man named Jesus who attracted some followers and was later put to death for insurrection, though whether He was God is unprovable almost by definition. The dates of the various pieces of the New Testament are hotly disputed, and have ever been, but it is easy to find people who can argue for dates for all four gospel accounts (in some form or another) prior to 70AD, predating even Paul's epistles.

Comment by Rodney Welch

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:36:42 EST

It certainly wasn't religion that killed the Waco kids. It was Janet Reno.