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It is a documentary, directed and produced by Peter Joseph in 2007. The title, Zeitgeist, is a
German expression that means "spirit of an era", referring to the experience of the
dominant cultural climate. In this it is affirmed that Jesus never existed and that in fact he is
a mythical character based on previous solar gods. The documentary exponent The causes
and motives of the deception and the infections that we have been subjected for centuries
with the sole objective of having controlled in a kind of sometime.
Later the author states that most religions share the same mythological features, attributing
the same characteristics to their gods, and indicates that the first religions were formed by
observing the sky, explaining the relationship observed between astrology and religions.
Also other shared myths, with parallels between the universal Flood and the legend of
Gilgamesh, and several examples of myths similar to the history of Moses in the cultures of
India, Crete and Egypt. Finally, it is stated that the Church, as an institution linked to power
since the Roman Empire, has used the figure of Christ as justification to repress and
manipulate societies.