Zeitgeist: The Movie

[Natural Selection]

Zeitgeist: The Movie is a 2007 documentary film by Peter Joseph. It asserts a number of conspiracy theory-based ideas, including the Christ myth theory, alternative theories for the parties responsible for the September 11 attacks in 2001 and that bankers manipulate the international monetary system and the media in order to consolidate power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist:_The_Movie

I was very skeptical about watching this, but I love documentary's so figured what the hell, mostly because I knew it had an inside job 9-11 theory in it. However after watching it I feel like I have been fully mind fucked. There was a lot of stuff in it that I knew, but there was a lot of stuff I had no clue about. I really don't know what to think after watching it, but I do plan on watching the next two ZEITGEIST: ADDENDUM and ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD as all three are available free online and the first one Zeitgeist: The Movie is on netflix.



Have you seen it?
What did you believe what didn't you believe and why?
What do you think happened on 9-11-01?
Were you offended at all?

 

[Artemis Paradox]

No, I have not seen it, but I may after reading this.

Not really sure what to believe honestly- reading it doesn't do me much justice, but I plan on watching it now.

I don't particularly believe in any 9/11 conspiracies... not saying I know for sure everything the media released is the truth, I'm saying I just don't really believe all those crazy theories.

I haven't been yet, but I fear I may be when I watch it- but I doubt I will.

 

[Natural Selection]

No, I have not seen it, but I may after reading this.

Not really sure what to believe honestly- reading it doesn't do me much justice, but I plan on watching it now.

I don't particularly believe in any 9/11 conspiracies... not saying I know for sure everything the media released is the truth, I'm saying I just don't really believe all those crazy theories.

I haven't been yet, but I fear I may be when I watch it- but I doubt I will.

The 9-11 thing is what had me skeptical, but this is the only 9-11 conspiracy video I've seen that was actually presented intelligently. It features quite a bit of news footage that you can tell never aired twice. The really chilling shit is the interviews with people that were there I.E Fire Fighters, employees, etc.

The religion part is what seems to have really offended people, but the other two parts have a much greater impact on daily life. I already knew some of the banking stuff, but the way he explains it will leave you sitting there going "Wait...What?!"

Please watch it and give me some feedback as I am eager to hear the opinions of others.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

I enjoyed all 3 of the Zeitgeist movies as they are fairly well done although the second and third ones kind of dragged. So lets go through the 3 things they talk about in the original movie and break them down:

1) The Christ Myth

That's a big yes for me. It's something I always thought but it was well done here as well. It makes perfect sense and its crazy how much Christ resembles numerous religious figures through history. Of course I can't know for sure but its easy to believe that Christ and Christianity in general piggybacked off other religions and made some changes here and there. That's not a bad thing as religion in general can be a pretty awesome thing for some people, I've seen it help numerous people and that's great. The issue with religion isn't religion in general its just how some people go way overboard with this stuff and that's never a good thing. Religion hasn't caused issues in the world, people who go overboard with religion have caused issues in the world.

2) 9/11 conspiracy

Yes and no. What I mean by that is the US government hasn't been entirely honest about 9/11, that much is certain. With that said it in no way means 9/11 was perpetrated by the US for profit, if that's really what happened then it was a poorly executed plan as the US hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire lately with how much money they make and how much profit they've garnered, if anything the 2 wars hurt the US more than its helped them. I think that the story they released is generally true but 1 thing I will say is those buildings were definitely taken down by a controlled demolition. It could have been something as simple as Al-Queda doing it though and rigging the building unnoticed. It may sound far fetched but if you have enough guys doing it from the inside it can happen. The US government callously murdering over 4,000 people though? I doubt it.

3) The Federal Reserve

This is obviously true, I could have told you that before I saw Zeitgeist. The rich trying to control the masses and use their funds to sway situations to serve their own personal agenda? Its been done a million times over in history and its obviously going on today. A lot of rich people like that only care about taking care of themselves and screw everyone else. I don't necessarily blame them as I've always believed yourself, friends and family come first. It certainly doesn't have to mean screw the rest like some people think it does but they definitely come first in my eyes.

In conclusion for anyone who watches this keep an open mind. It's a good watch, makes some interesting points but do your own research first before you buy into this stuff. I did watch the movie, it definitely got me interested in these things but ultimately my opinions are based on what I found out myself and I based my conclusions off of that and who knows? In 6 months my conclusions may change based on new information I find out. I've just seen some people take this movie way too seriously and that's never a good thing.

 

[Natural Selection]

2) 9/11 conspiracy

Yes and no. What I mean by that is the US government hasn't been entirely honest about 9/11, that much is certain. With that said it in no way means 9/11 was perpetrated by the US for profit, if that's really what happened then it was a poorly executed plan as the US hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire lately with how much money they make and how much profit they've garnered, if anything the 2 wars hurt the US more than its helped them. I think that the story they released is generally true but 1 thing I will say is those buildings were definitely taken down by a controlled demolition. It could have been something as simple as Al-Queda doing it though and rigging the building unnoticed. It may sound far fetched but if you have enough guys doing it from the inside it can happen. The US government callously murdering over 4,000 people though? I doubt it.

I pretty much agree with everything you said on parts one and three, but this stuck out to me.


I didn't take it as him saying the US Government did it to make money for the US Government. I took it as him saying those in power did it to make private sector money for themselves via arms dealing and arms production or as he called it the invisible government.

On a side note I found the Charles Lindbergh quotes and the scenes from 'The Network' very interesting.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

I pretty much agree with everything you said on parts one and three, but this stuck out to me.


I didn't take it as him saying the US Government did it to make money for the US Government. I took it as him saying those in power did it to make private sector money for themselves via arms dealing and arms production or as he called it the invisible government.

On a side note I found the Charles Lindbergh quotes and the scenes from 'The Network' very interesting.

Fair enough and I can definitely see where you are coming from. After all the private sector is what would make money on such a thing happening and its definitely possible. I still find it hard to believe the US would do that though under their own volition, for me it seems like its a little too far fetched. Of course the private sector cleaned up big time on 9/11 but it may have just worked out that way as well. Companies like that often profit off of chaos and chaos and the earth as a whole go hand in hand.

The scenes from Network were some of my favorite parts in Zeitgeist. I freaking love that movie and they definitely fit with the theme of the film.