Choosing to not watch this film because you read a few commentaries about it is not a wise choice. I actually told you about the film when you were in Toledo, before my father made the post about it, so I still urge you to watch it. This film is not meant to hurt your feelings or offend you, but to make you consider a lot of things you think you know about the reality you occupy. The people behind this film are not evil, scheming zealots who want to bend the truth or seek some kind of fame. They are not trying to force you to change your mind about these issues, but to have you openly and honestly (honest with yourself) consider important forces in your life. If this film does nothing to convince you of anything, as I’m sure it will for many people, then that’s fine. At the very least you took in some information, considered it, weighed the facts and theories and made up your own mind. You say you don’t want to be upset by this film. Well why vote for the president? No matter who I choose I’m usually pretty upset, if not quickly thereafter then a few years down the road. Perhaps I’ll just ignore the whole voting ordeal, it upsets me.. Perhaps it is not the words in the film that may upset you but your own mind when it is confronted with information that may be contrary to what you want to believe. Or maybe not. Ignorance is bliss, but a morally irresponsible one.
I have, somewhat reluctantly, showed this movie to a few of my christian friends (who aren’t religious zealots, because if they were they wouldn’t be my friends) and they have had a fairly positive response to the film as a whole, particularly after we talked and discussed it. The topic of religion is only a small part of this film, and rather loosely ties in to the rest of it, if at all. It is definitely the least important part. You referred to me the three “Loose Change” films, which means that you have at least found them interesting. I found those films to be very thought-provoking. This film covers similar types of ground in parts, in fact it uses some small segments from those films, but then goes even further from there.
I am not saying that I believe every single word in this film and that it is ultimately accurate. I am forever a skeptic and I urge everyone to view all information from as-neutral-of-a-ground as possible. Neutral ground is assuming nothing to be true except that which you can see, feel, and rationalize over, and without a doubt know to be true in the word around YOU. NOT what’s on TV or the majority public’s opinion. This is not the easiest principle to understand and warrants its own article. The fact is that this film cannot definitively prove or disprove anything. Nothing can be ruled as 100% for-sure true. All you can do is gather as much information as you can, sort through it, arrange it logically, deduct what it most likely points to, and what the likelihood of contrary theories is. Even then you should remain skeptical and open-minded. That nothing is 100% is true of everything, including the things that you believe to be real and true. Consider that when most people watch this film they see two sides and immediately divide them in their head. There is what the film is telling you, which is clearly a radical and uncommon viewpoint (these guys must be crazy extremist haters!) and then there’s what you know and what the TV tells you and what the church tells you and what everyone talks about and knows to be right, normal, and true. Or is it? YOU cannot prove that what you know as the truth is 100% right. Okay, so terrorists ran planes ran into the twin towers. Is that true? Perhaps. That’s what the media reported and everyone was talking about and repeating. There’s no clear path of facts to absolutely confirm this. It is, however, assumed as absolute truth. You personally cannot prove that, just as I cannot definitively prove any contrary theory. I can, however, gather information and note the hundreds of points where facts don’t seem to add up and where the government deliberately withholds information and then expects me to believe their every word. All of that adds weight to the alternative theories of the “truth”. Here is a fact that is known to be true: Planes ran into the twin towers and the government said that terrorists did it. Do you see the distinction? I will add that I’m not a conspiracy nut and reiterate that my goal is never to force my ideas onto someone else, but to expose them to information that that will make them consider different things, as another reader earlier commended the film for.
The main site,
www.zeitgeistmovie.com , has links to google video URL of the movie as well as its subtitled versions which are now available in many languages including Russian. Also, after viewing the movie, check the website for a comprehensive list of sources (still being compiled, I believe) , Q&A, and other information.
-Leon
Sorry that this is written in English. Russian is now a second language for me and I cannot communicate with it as clearly and confidently as I can with English. In fact I have to concentrate quite hard to read it here and it takes me a long time to read just one paragraph.
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