Zeitgeist Fail

For those that have seen the movie “Zeitgeist”, this debunking video ought to be pretty interesting.  Part One of the Zeitgeist movie was a seemingly enlightening (and shocking) foray into the roots of Christianity.  Well, shocking unless you’re familiar with some of the claims they’re making.  Peter Joseph, the writer and director, seeks to persuade his viewers that the authors of the New Testament borrowed the idea of Jesus’ virgin birth, December 25th birth date, twelve disciples, miracles, crucifixion, and resurrection from astrological sources and ancient pagan mystery religions that were around long before the time of Christ.  The video below is dedicated to debunking the the first part of the conspiracy laden claims of the Zeitgeist movie.  While there are similarities between various pre-Christian myths and the roots of Christianity, the Zeitgeist movie really showed it’s ignorance by making some obvious screw ups in the first few minutes.   One that I caught was the idiotic connection between the Christian “Three Kings” story, astrology and to Horus.  Those familiar with the Bible will know that it says nothing about three kings.  There were however, Magi that visited Jesus after his birth.  Their number was not specified and they were not kings.  It appears that the creators of Zeitgeist had sources in “Part One” that didn’t go much further then poorly researched Hallmark cards and Christmas carols. 

The other obvious Zeitgeist fail is the importance of of the December 25th birth date.   The bible states NOTHING about December 25th, or the winter solstice being the birth date of Jesus.  In fact some theorize that the bible indicates a spring summer or autumn birth of Jesus due the book of Luke mentioning that the shepherds were outdoors with their flocks(Luke 2:8).   The December 25th date was something that came roughly 300 years after the life of Jesus as a result of the Roman Empire’s customs meshing with the Christian faith.  The Pagan connections relevant to the date of Jesus’ birth came far after……not before.  While this is still a bad mark on Christianity, its has nothing to do with the source of the original gospel story.  It is however a good point to make if you are discussing the Christian faith in relation to it’s corruption in the years after it’s dispensation throughout the Roman Empire.  Along the same vein, the reason many Christians worship and close their stores on Sunday instead of the Sabbath is related to a Roman post-biblical influence.  The Sabbath is still the holiest day according to both Old and New Testaments…..but good luck find Christians today that know that.  It’s even one of those wily 10 Commandments that folks in the US fight over so much.

You can read the official claims of the original Zeitgeist Movie here in the Movie Companion Guide. Also you can watch the originals at http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

See the entire Zeitgeist Conspiracy Debunked Video Below:

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Thanks Grandma!

“A computer repair man said having this is like gold.  If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail from friends.”

Thank you.  Now everyone will have a silly address entry called “AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA”  in their contact list.  I have no idea what this does, but I’m sure half the family and friends on the fwd list are are actively fighting viruses with this ridiculous technique.  Sweet……another false sense of security!

How to protect your e-mail address book

A computer repairman says this is like having gold.  This is a good thing.  I learned a computer trick today that’s really ingenious in its simplicity.

As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads straight for your email address book, and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.

This trick won’t keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact that the worm has gotten into your system.

Here’s what you do:

First, open your address book and click on ‘new contact, just as you would do if you were adding a new friend to your list of email addresses.  In the window where you would type your friend’s first name, type in ‘ A’.

For the screen name or email address, type AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA

Now, here’s what you’ve done and why it works:
The ‘name ‘A’ will be placed at the top of your address book as entry #1.

This will be where the worm will start in an effort to send itself to all your friends.
When it tries to send itself to  AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA, it will be undeliverable because of the phony email address you entered.  If the first attempt fails (which it will because of the phony address), the worm goes no further and none of your friends will be infected.

Here’s the second great advantage of this method:  If an email cannot be delivered, you will be notified of
this in your In Box almost immediately.  Hence, if you ever get an email telling you that an email addressed to AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA could not be delivered, you know right away that you have the worm virus in your
system.  You can then take steps to get rid of it!

Pretty slick huh?

If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail from friends.
DO IT NOW and pass this on to all your friends.

HEY GUYS, MICROSOFT AND AOL JUST SENT DOODIEPANTS.COM $4722 FOR FWDING THEIR EMAILS!  SPECIAL BETA EMAIL TRACKING PROGRAM!

Ok, the Microsoft\AOL\Abercrombie  forwarded email has been around for over 10 years!   The amazing thing is, I still get one every few months from someone.    They usually start the email by saying something to the effect of, “Sorry I had to try it.”    No my friend……no you didn’t, “have to try it.”    The famous email that all of us have received multiple times by countless relatives and money grubbing friends, is below.  And beneath the email is a debunking with sources for all those wondering why they haven’t gotten their check yet.

THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY – IT IS FOR REAL To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is an attorney. If she says that this will work – It will work. After all,What have you got to lose? SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I’m an attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and &nbs p; Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago. Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check. Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085 [ mailto:] Charles_Bailey@csx.com [ mailto:Charles_bailey@csx.com] Charles_bailey@csx.com thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my address and within days, I received a check for $24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can affoard this, Bill gates is the man. It’s all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00 We’re not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother’s girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When i went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped “Paid in full”

100% False!

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.07/hoax.html

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blintelaol.htm

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ms-money-giveway-hoax.html