Review of Zeitgeist: The Movie (2007) by Lilu S — 02 Feb 2010

I wanted to get this done yesterday but did a ton of research and never had the opportunity because I kept getting interrupted. The movie in and of itself is one thing, a massive conspiracy theory and the second movie which I've seen as well furthers the conspiracy and even suggests a possible better future for us all, that seems to me remotely impossible due to the nature of a human being.

The film consists of three parts, Religion, 9/11, and the Central Banking System. In general what either movie lacks in totality is HOPE. It seems there is a total lack of it and belief that hey we're just screwed or going to be screwed in the future.

By my words you'd probably initially think that I'm disputing the author and creator's intent, and I'm arguing against the movie, but that is pointless and it isn't to say I agree totally with it either.

On the subject of religion I don't think they disproved Christianity, proved astrology as true, or smashed any religions of the world. I know a lot of people were shocked by this movie and were offended by the approach they took towards religion but it's natural to be skeptical of something we cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt and that in fact ties in with the concept of faith. We cannot have faith in anything if we were given all the answers. That is a logical fallacy and it's just stupid. To put it in other words if God came to you today with beaming lights around him, you'd have no doubt in believing in him but that is the challenge of faith in itself. A definitive point is made though, and one I've believed for a very long time. Life and behavioral changes are affected by what happens to us in life and cicrcumstances. For example I believe in the beaten dog theory, which means that if you continue to traumatize someone in life, not just you but if life does that to someone then what do you expect will happen to the person? Do you think they are going to be trusting, hopeful, or loving? Or are they most likely to possibly self destruct, and even if not, turn more bitter towards the world around them? A beaten dog continues to be beat, until it won't let it's master pet it anymore.

I have my own personal issues with religion and God, and I'll handle those another day during a Vlog I'm sure. But the main concept of the religion discussion is suggesting that similarities exist between all the religions out there, and the names have changed. My response is simply so what? As long as you believe in some higher power regardless of it's name, I think you're ok. It isn't to say I believe in my own dogma, but at the same time if I was born in Iraq, would I most likely be a muslim today and the answer is obviously yes. I think a total absence of belief in anything is incredibly absurd. How can you believe in nothing? It isn't to say you ever have to go to church in your entire life, but I cannot believe for a moment that nothing came from nothing and we just appeared here one day. That's impossible and shortsighted. Something is out there whether it's the Christian God, Jesus, supernatural entities that rule us from afar, or we're just in the matrix in a sense of course. But nothing ever came from nothing, and I'm of the belief that everything can co exist. Meaning the Big Bang theory could still be possible with God being in control of it, and so on and so forth.

I still believe in God after watching that segment but it reminded me so much of the elementary test of where we stood in a line, they told us what to tell the other person, and at the end the result was different from what we first stated. Even if our God, our one true God, has many names on the Earth, what difference does it make? Even God himself in the bible says I have many names.

Part II focuses on 9/11.

Was it an inside job or not is the question, the answer is I don't know and don't really have a lot of feeling towards this subject. I knew no one affected by it, and the only negative reality of the situation is the concept which talks further into the next part of the movie, of which the government isn't necessarily against us, but they do what they decide to, regardless of the consideration of the lives of anyone. Whether they be Americans or people from other countries. Many times in life we might do or say things that make us look guilty and the more guilty we look the more realistic it is that we are guilty. Bush and Cheney and the FBI, not allowing the 9/11 commission to release what they said to the public, or any of the video tapes clearly shows a cover up, so even if it was a total terrorist attack without anything done on our own or by our government elected officials we still cannot deny that it looks horribly bad when the truth is not being shown to us as a lie, but being hidden from us.

When anyone hides something in life there is a reason why, and it's usually because of guilt for committing wrongdoing.

Part III talks about the Central Banking System.

This one hits home the worst of all, because it's most likely all true. We were born a species of human that is designed to destroy itself or walk over each other for the betterment of self and not of others. We are selfish and evil, and even when we say and do good things in our life, we still have our own desires to entertain and work towards. Through this we acknowledge our own humanity and yet have to realize our impending destruction or ultimate low. It's like a depressed or suicidal person in life. Sometimes it takes people to fall all the way to nothingness and the depths of deep darkness before they decide to climb themselves out of the hole and into prosperity.

But with a government that cannot even maintain a budget, that adds debt daily, how does the government stay in business, and the answer is theft. The Federal Income Tax is illegal, it never went through the proper channels to be a legal tax, and therefore you don't have to pay to it. The problem is you have no choice, you have to do it because your employer makes you, there are crimes for not paying your tax, but no law that says you have to. Much like a drivers license, you don't have to have one, it's not a crime, but it is a crime to drive a vehicle and not have a drivers license.

In the end the Central Banking System will not only destroy the US economy but also the World Economy as well. It is a self defeating system with a core concept of creating more wealth for it's founding members. It needs to be eradicated if the economy is ever going to get where it needs to be.

This is very long, and too much too talk about, we could go on for days as to how our society works, the taxes, the government funded programs, the ways we help each other and yet the taxes we pay to do so. I pay tax so people can come in and buy $600 worth of food stamps in food and they eat better than me? So if I was poorer, I would have a better life?

Something is wrong and the United States is the bandaid of the world. We fix everyone's problems and in doing so are praised and blamed for it, and we help other countries like Haiti recently with 36 billion or whatever, and it's like...where is that money? Who paid for it? How can we ever get it back? It was the noble and generous thing to do but it's irrelevant you can't help anyone else if you can't help yourself, and when your own country is bleeding from the inside and your debt rises everyday, you shouldn't be helping anyone else and instead be dormant and fix yourself.

After fixing your own problems, you can then do anything, including the impossible, thanks for reading.