Flemming eventually gets to the point in discussing the timeline of when Jesus was to have lived and the writing of the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Most biblical scholars agree that Mark is the oldest of the four, written approximately 40 years after the life and death of Jesus (as it makes reference to the destruction of the second temple in the year 70 C.E.). The earliest writings were the letters of Paul, and as Flemming notes, in Paul's writings there is no mention of the miracles Jesus performed, no mention of the parables, really no mention at all of a living Jesus.

Finally, at the 15-minute mark, the interviews begin. Flemming has assembled a very small group of people as experts, who do offer an interesting look at the writing of the bible and the early days of the Christian church. Flemming interviews historian Richard Carrier; the late Alan Dundes, professor of folklore and anthropology at UC Berkeley; Dr. Robert M. Price, professor of theology at the Johnnie Coleman Theological seminary; authors Sam Harris and Richard Carrier; and Barbara and David Mikkelson of the Urban Legend Reference Pages (Snopes.com). And while almost all of these folks raise some thought-provoking insights into the early formation of the Christian religion. Especially interesting is a comparison of the Jesus mythos to the stories of the Pagan man gods Osiris and Dionysus, both of whom were born, lived, and died in almost the exact same way Jesus did.

The downside to the interviews is that, of everyone interviewed, only one has a graduate degree in theology, while the other has a PhD in folklore. The rest may be educated, but not in biblical history. I would have liked to have seen interviews with more theologians and biblical historians. Those interviews would have added much more credibility to the production.

Flemming's narrative is all over the place. After about 10 minutes of interviews with the folks listed above, Flemming switches gears to discuss Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of the Christ, and its seemingly unending violence (Flemming breaks down all of the violence and gore scene-by-scene). Flemming notes that films like Jesus Christ, Superstar and Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ pulled in small numbers at the box office, while Passion earned over $300 million dollars. I'm not sure what Gibson's film has to do with discussing whether or not Jeus really lived.

The interviews resume at the 30-minute mark (briefly) before Flemming tries to connect Christianity to the torture at Abu Ghraib. Again, another pointless diversion.