I can’t recall specifics, I watched it a while ago but I do believe it mentions Mithras and how the story of Christ copied it, when in reality Mithras came many years after Jesus and was in fact, copying His story.Mainly the claims of Graves and others on that topic. Zeitgeist Part 1 is just one of them. Despite being a lot of conspiracy stuff in Zeitgeist on the whole as a film, the Part 1 religion section has a lot of truths in it from the Jesus stories that predate Jesus, to the astronomy and from that astrology that has been observed and worshipped for many thousands of years relating to the cosmos.
As I said in the Christmas songs thread, we’ve been mapping, following, celebrating and worshipping the cosmos and the seasons for thousands of years in Britain and other parts of Northern Europe.
I have read snippets and articles of all sorts of things like the MvM debate you mentioned but never a full book.
I should delve deeper. I would go from maximalists to minimalists to mythicists though, as I think there is much credibility in the myth theory. Whether that myth is of Jesus not existing or just that his story is a myth, I’ve not made my mind up about yet, and maybe never will. But I’m convinced his story is just a personification story of the Sun, just like all the others, even if he did exist.
I just felt the whole film was disingenuous and conspiracy led garbage, a little bordering on the types of conspiracies that lead to antisemitism towards the end.
You’re right about Paganism and other beliefs in Northern Europe and celebrating in winter.
There’s one idea within Maximalism that the story wasn’t a myth because why would those wanting to this great story have the protagonist so humiliated and brutally killed.
Quite an interesting concept.
Anyway, back to aliens, The US Government releasing this files this year was nothing more than Covid distraction imo.