Re: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie

I did not know two things among others;

a. 25th Dec is the Winter solstice- in my ignorance I thought it was 21 Dec

b. I did not know Jesus was born on 25th Dec.

Still, so long as drivel is put out to defend the Gospel elsewhere we cannot
be
surprised.

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger G. Olson" <rogero@saintjoe.edu>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:54 PM
Subject: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie

> Folks,
>
> Sorry to interrupt the niggling about the nuances in our common belief in
> Creation and the Gospels, but I just heard about yet another attack on our
> common belief from the artistic media, namely a movie titled "Zeitgeist -
> the Movie" : http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/transcript.htm
>
> It appears to be complete "conspiracy theory" nonsense. The Virgin Birth,
> Incarnation, twelve apostles, death, Resurrection after three days, are
> tied to Bronze Age astrological phenomena and the Sun god. Yoicks!
>
> The reason I bring this up is that a student cited heavily from this movie
> transcript in a paper he was writing on the Big Bang and origins. He
> seems to have latched onto this nonsense as a reasonable argument for
> rejecting the God of the Bible.
>
> The movie is likely campy nonsense, but such nonsense is often scarfed up
> by those looking for yet another excuse to reject the Divine.
>
> Roger
>
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Received on Sun Nov 18 02:42:12 2007