Product Description

Bowling for Columbine did it to the gun culture. Super Size Me did it to fast food. Now The God Who Wasn't There does it to religion.

Holding modern Christianity up to a bright spotlight, this eye-opening documentary asks the questions few dare to ask. "Did Jesus even exist?" is just the beginning for The God Who Wasn't There. Your guide through the world of Christendom is former fundamentalist Brian Flemming, joined by such luminaries as Jesus Seminar fellow Robert M. Price, author Sam Harris and historian Richard Carrier.

In addition to the film, which won the Best Documentary award at the 2005 Grassroots Cinema Film Festival, this feature-packed DVD includes:

-Special commentary tracks with Richard Dawkins and Earl Doherty
-Over one hour of compelling additional interview footage
-An in-depth Web-enabled slide show
-Music from the soundtrack
-Bios of all participants

This provocative DVD takes off the gloves and gives religion an unprecedented, no-holds-barred examination. So hold on to your faith. It's in for a bumpy ride.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3326 in DVD
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Released on: 2005-08-23
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 320 minutes

Newsweek, June 27, 2005
"Irreverently lays out the case that Jesus Christ never existed."

Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2005
"Provocative - to put it mildly."

Christianity Today, June 7, 2005
"What if Jesus Christ never existed?"

Customer Reviews

Save your money...
Save your money and watch for free the same material but in much greater detail on the Internet by doing a search for the movie Zeitgeist. (It was on YouTube last time I looked) (Slight warning though - only the 1st Chapter deals with religion...the rest discusses 911 so at least watch it for the 1st Chapter)

I was disapointed in spending the amount of money for something that was done for free and better quality. I am at least grateful to Amazon because they had it for alot less than the films website did.

I am mainly posting this review with a nod to another movie because I think this topic is important to discuss and Zeitgeist does a better and more detailed job.

FYI - My account is my real name and does not infer anything

This DVD Makes Me Ashamed to be an Atheist
Being an atheist is supposed to be about reason. What's reasonable about making an assertion about a topic, assembling one-sided evidence and not giving the other side a reasonable opportunity to defend itself? The creator of this documentary lists a couple of Bible quotes taken out of context, interviews a bunch of laypeople to defend the existence of Jesus Christ and brings in his own carefully selected experts to support his position. He never interviews a SINGLE biblical historian, archeologist or scholar that may disagree with his thesis and allow them to present their case, giving the viewers a chance to make up their own mind. Instead he makes it for them, the exact opposite of what any good atheist should do. Being an atheist is about rational inquiry which requires critical thought, discerning examination of the evidence and balance. This DVD is anything but. Don't buy this garbage; it gives us atheists a bad name.

A personal story
I saw a excerpt of this film on youtube, containing a well produced juxtaposition of two individuals, one a devout evangelical, the other a confirmed atheist. It was so profound to see the gulf between the two that I chose to purchase the film to see more of the same.

Unfortunately, not all of the film was cut from the same cloth. While thought provoking, with some excellent interviews, I was left with the feeling that this was much more a film about the producer/filmmaker and his issues with his education in a fundamentalist christian school.

The film did touch on several interesting points, but it never investigated these points at length, instead pointing to them and asking the watcher to take for granted that they were true. This is something find concerning, because the subject matter is central to the way our culture thinks and acts. I think the film would have been far better if it had stuck with an investigation of the early centuries of christianity rather than on the film makers high school years.

There is some interesting information contained in the film, however it is not a film I can recommend on its merits alone