@RsistncE: Whether you're religious or not - and I can understand why you wouldn't be - the claims that Zeitgeist makes are simply untrue. For the sake of saving my time (which I personally consider to be valuable), this link shares a lot of reasons why:
http://www.conspiracyscience.com/articles/zeitgeist/part-one/ I have no way of knowing whether the author is religious or not, unfortunately. But the Zeitgeist guys were operating from a bias in the first place, so even if this guy is working from the opposite bias, I'd consider it fair (I say the same thing in reverse, when it comes up).
The point is, though, that there aren't nearly as many simularities as the film would have you believe. This is really the only aspect of the film that I can speak with any authority on, because as I said, I study religions - not politics and everything else - but having already been familiar with stuff like the zodiac and Egyptian mythology - but mostly well versed in Biblical mythology - I knew right off the bat that the film was being decietful in its wording and editing. Again, this is the only part of the film that I can say that for with certainty, but it certainly made me question the other parts pretty seriously.
As for the "sameness" thing, yes, there are a lot of similarities between religions... But some of them are uncanny in a way that actually help's Christianity's argument rather than hurt it. Such as the fact that many ancient civilizations had a myth about a great, worldwide flood, even when said civilizations were far apart from each other.
Likewise, the story of the Mayan "Hero Twins" reflects Biblical stories in a lot of ways. One I noticed rather quickly when studying the Popol Vuh myself was a story that was very similar to the story of Shadrack, Meshack and Abindigo (spelling is wrong but I'm too tired to look it up. It's 2am here), with the Hero Twins being tossed into a furnace without being burned. The story of the Twins also ultimately deals with sacrifice, ressurection and salvation, much like the story of Jesus... But the Mayans were in South America while Jesus was in the Middle East. How'd the stories get so similar?
Granted, since the only translation of the Popol Vuh we currently have was written after Christian missionaries arrived in Mayan territory, there's a chance they influenced the text. But we don't know for sure.
Anyway, now that I might have proven that I at least have an idea of what I'm talking about...
As for events in the Bible happening or not... Whether you believe that Jesus was the son of God or not (and again, I can see why you wouldn't and it's not at all my place here to try to "convert" you, as it were) even staunch athiest historians don't doubt that the New Testament in particular is a pretty reliable historical document. The evidence is there in a lot of ways, from archelogical finds to other, completely seperate documents. Again, I'm not saying this proves the Bible is the only way to Heaven and that Christianity is absolute truth or anything like that (a subject like divinity would need much more evidence to prove)... The ONLY thing I'm saying that that there's strong historical evidence for the events portrayed in the texts (or at least many/most of them). So by saying "If you HONESTLY believe that anything in the bible actually happened,
well I'm surprised your brain hasn't committed hari kari yet." you're only showing yourself to be fairly uneducated. Many of the battles and stuff recorded in the Bible are accepted to be factual, whether you believe in God or not.
I have absolutely no problem with people who disagree with religion, etc. But you HAVE to know what you're talking about if I'm going to take you seriously.
