The God Who Wasnt There Quotes
[about The Passion of the Christ, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Last Temptation of the Christ]
Narrator: When it comes to Jesus movies, this movie is far and away the number one choice of Christians. Adjusted for inflation, the singing Jesus made 55 million dollars at the U.S. box office. The horny Jesus made 13 million dollars. But the bloody Jesus? 370 million dollars and still counting.
Narrator: When it comes to Jesus movies, this movie is far and away the number one choice of Christians. Adjusted for inflation, the singing Jesus made 55 million dollars at the U.S. box office. The horny Jesus made 13 million dollars. But the bloody Jesus? 370 million dollars and still counting.
Movie: The God Who Wasnt There
Narrator: If certain fundamentalist Christians had their way, we would put gay people to death. And you know what? We should do that. We should strap 'em right to this gurney and lethally inject them, because God does hate fags. The real question is why moderate Christians don't agree with God. Because when it comes to His rules, God is not a moderate.
Movie: The God Who Wasnt There
Narrator: Let me propose something. Religion does no harm at all. Discuss.
Richard Carrier: [laughs] Well, of course, you know, evidence of history and even contemporary events refutes that.
Narrator: Whatever.
Richard Carrier: Even, even, even if we set aside, you know, the obvious - war, conflict, violence that has always plagued society and has gotten particularly worse under the Judeo-Christian religions - um, even if we set that aside, we have ordinary, everyday things that are going wrong. Uh, the sort of dehumanization and mistreatment of homosexuals, for example, is a prominent example, and it's getting worse in this country, actually. It was getting better for a while, but now there's this backlash, and that's, that's bad. That's bad for humanity, it's, and in a religion that encourages that or even allows that, it's wrong.
Richard Carrier: [laughs] Well, of course, you know, evidence of history and even contemporary events refutes that.
Narrator: Whatever.
Richard Carrier: Even, even, even if we set aside, you know, the obvious - war, conflict, violence that has always plagued society and has gotten particularly worse under the Judeo-Christian religions - um, even if we set that aside, we have ordinary, everyday things that are going wrong. Uh, the sort of dehumanization and mistreatment of homosexuals, for example, is a prominent example, and it's getting worse in this country, actually. It was getting better for a while, but now there's this backlash, and that's, that's bad. That's bad for humanity, it's, and in a religion that encourages that or even allows that, it's wrong.
Movie: The God Who Wasnt There
Narrator: You ever notice what a bad rap the Inquisition gets? Even some Christians today think it was a bad idea. But how could it be a bad idea? If the Bible is right, aren't the stakes as high as they can be? If a little suffering here on Earth saves more souls for all eternity, isn't that a good thing? The Inquisition was not a perversion of Christian doctrine. The Inquisition was an expression of Christian doctrine.
Movie: The God Who Wasnt There