Product Details

• Actors: Bill Jenkins, Derek Partridge, Jordan Maxwell
• Directors: Bill Jenkins, DEREK PARTRIDGE
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: LIGHTWORKS AUDIO & VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 15, 1995
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1568890060
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,061 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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143 of 173 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly produce, and filled with drivel, February 9, 2003

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Robert M. Downey (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Naked Truth - Exposing the Deceptions About the Origins of Modern Religions (DVD)

I'm about as anti-religion as you can get, but this video is simply horrid.

First of all, the production quality is that of a home movie. Grainy, horrible sound, and basically no direction.

The movie starts off with what seems like an endless diatribe against Christianity, which normally would make me happy, if it weren't for the complete lack of coherence or content. You could sum up the whole thing with "Chrisitians have done bad things in the name of God...". Very true, but do you need to take 30 minutes of rambling to say it?

Second, many of the points brought up were iffy at best. If you've ever raid Asimov's Guide to the Bible, you will start picking up on inconsistancies with what is said in the video, and what is said in Asmiov's book. Since Asimov provides massive amounts of citations and sources to back up his interpritations, I'm more likely to trust his judgement.

Third, there is one segment of the video where they compare quotations from an ancient Sumerian text with the Bible. It starts of as very interesting, with quotes almost being word for word. But then you start to realize that they don't provide any information about WHERE these quotes are coming from. There is no book/paragraph reference, not even a reference to what Sumerian text these quotes are obtained from! Not only that, but they go on for 20+ minutes! It was utterly PAINFUL to watch.

This brings me to my last gripe. Very little information about the people who wrote/produced this video is given. I know nothing about their background, nor about their research methodology. This, combined with the poor production value, makes this video not worth having. Many good books do a much better job of showing the idiocy of religious belief than this video does.

Skip this one.

47 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD SEE THIS!, December 8, 2000

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This review is from: The Naked Truth - Exposing the Deceptions About the Origins of Modern Religions (DVD)

This video exposes the ancient origins of modern religions, tracing them back to ancient Egypt and beyond. It tells about the sixteen other crucified saviors before Jesus, and how the Christian myth was created by plagiarizing the beliefs of many ancient civilizations. The story goes on to explain how many of these old religions were based on the ancient worship of the sun as "the light of the world" and the giver of life; how the sun "dies" for 3 days at the winter solstice as it ceases it's movement southward in the sky, and then is "reborn" on December 25th as it begins to move north again. The connection between religion and the zodiac is also explained, such as Christians (who worship the sun of God) worshipping on Sun-day, while Hebrews worship on Satur-day (from the ancient Semetic worship of Saturn.) These examples are just the tip of the iceberg and this video should be viewed by all living people, especially the devout believers in Biblical myths.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth seeing but not worth buying!, December 28, 2003

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omnikua "omnikua5" (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Naked Truth - Exposing the Deceptions About the Origins of Modern Religions (DVD)

This video should in a lot of senses be revised. It is for the super religious types that just need a tap on the shell. It has some intresting facts but the resources should be shared with the viewer. This video is comprised of taking religious stories from around the globe for centuries and comparing them.How the pieces fit so closely together is a miracle.. (ironic) This video is facts. Nothing more. Yes, its not super quality picture or sound, but the information and resources are excellent(except they don't tell you where to find themselves!) If you look for them you will find them though by doing your own research. I have researched religion for over 5 years. What the NAKED TRUTH says is nothing new, but put into a format the can not be refuted. This video tape puts it on such a low level that even a fourth grader could understand it. Bottom line... I personally have studied and found where the facts have come from, but it is true that the movie does not.