The Naked Truth
Documentary The Naked Truth traces the origins of modern religions back to stories from numerous ancient civilizations.
Due to the lack of science and facts, stories were created by our ancient ancestors in provide explanations to the amazing, bizarre, frightening, but natural wonders of the world.
Earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes, and other forces of nature could not be explained such a long time ago, so stories and tales were created by the human imagination to provide answers to these unexplainable natural occurrences.
Today, we know that Egyptian, Roman, Greek, and other mythology originated from man’s imagination to explain the natural world, but are modern religions so different?
Are the similarities between Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, and other saviors and prophets mere coincidences? Or is there a clear and simple explanation that ties all modern religions together?
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The information provided in this documentary is inaccurate…
Especially the references to eastern religious facts pertaining the Buddha or Krishna…Not only does that raise questions about the credibility of the producers and research but also is a matter of insensitivity towards the people from who’s land these facts emerge form…Also the fact the the sources for all the given information has not been provided raises serious questions about the arrogance of the writers and research team and the possibility that they may have just as easily fabricated much of this information(this with reference to certain information about biblical characters)…Finally the interpretations that have been taken into consideration too must be recognised as nothing but interpretations, that there are other valid rational interpretations to the animal sacrifice Eg: sheep and cattle were most convenient to domesticate….
1 hr and 10 min. into this the vdeo stops.
Like Kenneth, I would have liked to see more sources named.
Unlike Kenneth, I have heard much of these historical facts before, and have little doubt about the producers’ veracity.
It is unfortunate though, that the level of religious indoctrination is such that those like Kenneth will simply call it all lies, without providing sources of their own.
The film was a little dry, but FILLED with facts. Worth a watch for sure.
The film played to the end without problems for me. This is an amazing presentation–logical and clear, revealing just how gullible we have been in following any of the present day religions. We may think the Egyptians, Romans, or Greeks were foolish in their beliefs, their myths, but guess what folks we are no wiser today than they were.
Religion = Mythology!!! Will humans ever be free of this ridiculous nonsense?
It is difficult to take someone seriously as a linguistics scholar, when he keeps saying “FISHES”…
A lot of his facts seem to be based on the similiarity between ancient languages and modern english. Fx Argha-Noa and Ark of Noah… except the “Ark of Noah” is called the Tevat Noach in hebrew and doesnt sound anything like argha-noa. This is just one example of many.
This kind of thinking is absolutely ridiculous.
I agree with Kenneth Hopkins.
The information provided in this documentary about Krishna is definitely wrong.As a matter of fact even the spelling is incorrect.
Not only is the info on Krishna incorrect, so is the info on Buddha.
Although (as a theology professor and pastor) I must agree with many of the objections to the damage religions have done, but this is all too one sided and totally biased. Religions have done a lot of good, though they do need to change as they are out of date.
I thought it was nevertheless a fascinating documentary, though would have been a lot better had the presenters had first checked their facts.
There were far too many obvious mistakes far too many to mention, but especially about the gods from other religions (Horus, Buddha and Krishna) which made it quite embarrassing as they were just repeating what earlier writers had wrongly stated.
A real shame because it obscures the fact that what they said in the beginning is actually true and religions do need to change.
The ‘so called’ facts are from a book called World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors by Kersey Graves, which even atheist scholars deride as being hopelessly inaccurate. This was because Graves did not use primary sources, but instead got a lot of his research from an earlier source ‘The Anacalypsis’, by Sir Godfrey Higgins, who also did not check his ‘so called facts’.
What started as something interesting, now looks hopelessly embarrassing.
I don’t know what the real intention of this documentary is, while it is bluffed about many so called ” truth”. My favourite one is “Dalai Lama”. In the film it says: “Dalai” sounds similar to Latin word– god “Deus”, and “Lama” sounds like “lamb” in English. So Dalai Lama means “Lamb of God”. Where as the true meaning of “Dalai” means “Ocean” in Mongolian, and is a translation of the Tibetan name “Gyatso,” while “Lama” is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit word “guru.” The full title is “Ocean Teacher” meaning a teacher who is spiritually as deep as the ocean.
I refuse to finish the movie because 25 minutes into it, and i am almost sick of the inaccuracies. The Buddha. The Dalai Lama. Krishna. I’m sorry, unless they are referring to totally different ones to the ones i know, this is a load of holy ****!
Fish
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2. (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
3. the flesh of fishes used as food.
4. Fishes, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Pisces.
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8. Slang. a dollar: He sold the car for 500 fish.
9. Slang. a new prison inmate.
This is totally BullS**t. information given in this film is totally inaccurate. and the producer should be tried for publishing such false information to general public.
Everyone that speaks in this doc is a renowned researcher, educator and intellectual. Stop telling us their facts are wrong unless you’re going to tell us why. Do you honestly think some of the most respected academic minds of this generation aren’t going to do their homework?
I can guarantee if you asked for sources they would be provided for you without hesitation. Retards.
thanx for the comments above especially john zheng, i don’t have to waste time over this doc.
“And the Jews say: Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah,
And the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allah.
That is their saying with their mouths, resembling
The saying of those who disbelieved aforetime.
Allah’s Curse be on them, how they are deluded from
Truth. Qura’an Chapter 9:30
“O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the(Jewish)
rabbis and the (Christian) monks who devour the wealth of
mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the way of
Allah (i.e. Allah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism). And
those who hoard up gold and silver (Al-Kanz: the money,
the Zakat (obligatory charity) of which has not been
paid) and spend them not in the way of Allah,
Announce them a painful torment.
Qur’an Chapter 9:34
Say (O Muhammad) ‘He is Allah, (the) One (1).
Allah-us-Samad (Allah–the Self-Sufficient Master,
Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)
He begets not, nor was He begotten.
And there is none coequal or comparable to Him”.
Qur’an Chapter 112:1-4
Well now there is a lot of serious doubt and discussion on this doc.
I have been researching religion for over 17 years and I can tell that all the information depicted in this doc is actually more accurate than you may allow yourself to believe. Krishna was originally translated in early English spelled as it is used in this doc. You think it is misspelled but that just shows your ignorance on the subject.
The Quran was written after the Old Testement of the Bible and is eclyptic to it and therefore all you are reading is the same stories.
John Zeng I urge you to do more research on the translations of the Dalai Llama! Your translations are current misrepresentations of it…as usual.
The most interesting thing that i find in these comments is that not one of you who are against this actually give adequate proof that debunks. The point is that it is obvious that not one of you have done any research or investigation on the matter. However, people always want to talk first before action.
maybe they spelt krishna chrishna, to represent the similarity’s in sounds between the two religions. The roman catholic church seems to have many pedophiles as priests.
Interesting.
I wonder why Atheists try so hard to convince Believers there is no God?
I wonder why most religulous kill in the name of god , what kind of god they worship it ?
I can provide the proofs and documents for proving them wrong. They tried hard to compare things, but that is absolutely a big failure. I suggest, being such big historians and scholars, they should not go according to one book. read each and every book of that particular religion and then make a documentary. Please do not give such wrong insights.
Krishna was not crucified, he was not born to a virgin mother, he did not cure a leper, all the facts they discussed about Krishna and Buddha are wrong. And I have the proof.
Is’s amusing watching the religious react when their beliefs are scrutinized. They always, and I mean always, react with hostility. How many comments on this doc are basically identical… haha. It’s all wrong!!! They don’t have the facts!!! Where’s their proof!!! Haha. Can you imagine religious people demanding proof… of anything. So much of their lives are based on belief in an unprovable and unfalsifable “faith.” Grow up people. There is no Santa Claus.
The Budda was not a god he was a prince who left his castle abandoned his wife and child and witnessed things like poverty, disease, old age etc. that were kept hidden from. He sat under a tree passed out from hunger and dehydration and thought up the whole story and refused to return to his family. Sat around for years begging for food and humming chants.
I can’t remember his real name any more.
There is a part 2 to this film that is 2 hours long according to Jordan Maxwell.com
“Story”? I didn’t see the documentary yet, but what “Story” do you speak of?
Lord Buddha did not come up with a “story.” He taught what he saw as the truth.
Also, he DID return to his family eventually. His stepmother became the first religious nun. :)
“Buddha was not a god, he was a prince”. Well, that depends.. According to theravada buddhism he was no more than a prince, but according to mahayana buddhism he was some kind of a god. I think many of you guys should check your own sources.. :) The documentary however was not that convincing. (I appologise if my spelling sucks, im just a random norwegian guy)
No, that is not right either. One of the main pillars of Buddhism is the rejection of any god/divine figures. Any such mention are merely for metaphorical use. Buddhists believe that “salvation,” as in the end of suffering, can only come through personal effort and mindfulness. There is no need or place for divine figures.
Also, Buddhists believe that there have been countless buddhas throughout history, because anyone can become enlightened. Anyone can be a Buddha. Gotama was just a guy who preached what he came to know as the truth. Gotama was just like you and me. :)
sorry, but you are wrong.. :p
What you are saying is true for most buddhists, but yo can’t really ever say Buddhism, as in “all buddhists”, because there are so many different interpretations, and so many different types of Buddhism..
BUT, I personally agree with you. I do not think that Gautama was anything more than you and me :)
This short narrative is very accurate.All of their comparisions have been known for scores of years.There are 9 jesus stories,all of which have the same scenario.As long as death remains a mystery,there will be religion,the greatest killer of mankind.
I’m pretty sure that all the information presented about Buddha is false. But then again all the other information presented seems to be true. That’s kinda odd. But then again I guess Buddhism is not really a religion. Or I guess, based on “divine power”. But rather more of a self help program. :D
I am a theologian and can attest to the validity of many of the parralells drawn here between ancient religions and the newer monotheistic traditions. I am not however very familiar with Buddhism as it is more of a way of life than a real religion in the classical sence. I get in many arguements with Christians and Jews, the latter more than the former(it seems that the Jewish have a tradition of indoctrinating thier children with the underpinnings of Judaism very early in thier life) Unfortunately most of the traditions are not history. Like the Exodus, probably the most widely accepted and important Jewish tradition. One problem though, it probably never happened. We can find absolutedly no mention of any Jews being enslaved in Egypt at any time. If in fact they where as many and as important to politics and society as the Jews would have us believe- Don’t you think at least one scribe would have recorded at least one transaction, event, court decision, death certificate, birth certificate, or reciept pertaining to a Jew or a Canaanite. If those horrible plagues the bible speaks of really decended on the cities would not one person have written about at least one of them or an incedent caused by them- nothing. And we are talking about people that didn’t take a piss without carving it on a wall somewhere. A place that had a whole profession built around nothing but writing things down, a scribe. Its obviouse that most of the Jewish tradition is based on a desperate peoples attempt to keep thier identity in a world much larger than themselves. And it worked, look how well the stood against much larger more militant societies. Such is the power of belief that if you can make a man believe that he is the chosen, that he has a devine right to something, that he belongs to a group that has suffered and triumphed together- look out. He is now capable of anything and will die for his indentity. Funny how the very people that created the Judaic tradition are the ones that just so happen to be the chosen ones. They wrote the bible and are its main benefactors- the chosen people. Doesn’t that make you think? Reminds me of the Pirates of the Carribean when they are trying to vote on a king and everyone votes for themselves- so no majority and hence no king has ever been elected. I suppose thats what it would be like with religion, “Who are the chosen ones?”-everyone steps forward. So maybe it is best that the authors went ahead and claimed the title, besides it was thier story so they can tell it like they want I suppose.
Then come along the bloody yanks and just ruin it. Calling it Christianity and doing away with all the cool rituals and wearing those silly hats. Westerners ruin evrything! We had a good thing going here. And of course once they got Rome ahh, thier goes the neighborhood.
You are all write, you just can’t believe anything you read or see on t.v. ANYTHING including religions all of them. Just live your life love and respect everything and everyone that all its simple don’t make it harder then it is. xoox
I am an atheist, but you can’t buy this stuff at face value. Simple bad example: “archa-noa” and “ark of Noah”, and his implication that the Noah story simply arose from an Egyptian tradition – is based on the similarity of the spoken sound of the two phrases…. one of which happens to be MODERN ENGLISH. errrr…….
In a nutshell….masonic cr**.