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Research

I'ld be very glad if someone had some information on the Maher's research for the movie (maybe from some DVD commentary, interview... anything - I, sadly, found no sources on that). I found it quite interesting to realize that all the information he uses is identical with what Karlheinz Deschner wrote in "The Cock Crowed Once Again" (in 1962!). Does anybody have evidence for whether or not Maher might have known that? And anyway - is that book (widely) known in the US? 03:31, 9. November 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tcgit (talk • contribs) 02:32, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would love to see a "Points Raised in the Documentary" section, so each claim can be verified using Wikipedia's standards. I researched (googled really) claims about Krishna and found no backing, but many of the claims made abut the alleged life of Horus were verifiable. well, what do you guys think? Alessio.aguirre (talk) 19:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds allright to me (even though, as far as I know, it is not common for a documentary - does/would it automatically imply the accusation that Maher is lying? at the other hand, it might at the same time 'help him', backing his statements by legitimable sources). After all - also as for example most parts of the same director's "Brüno" appear to be staged so that the accusation of a lack of credibility is not too far fetched - I like the idea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.14.171.115 (talk) 00:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Hum, I do not think creating a "points raised" would imply that the production is or isnt lying. We list the points that the documentary raises and try to find data to back it up. I, as I said, cannot find any mention of Krishna as a carpenter, nowhere. I think that ought to be noted somewhere. I have no time now though :( cheers Alessio.aguirre (talk) 03:22, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to see more of his claims verified as well. While I'm no Egyptologist, I've done some amount of research on Horus, and had never heard of most of the things attributed to him in this film. They sound to me like post-Christian Hermetic syncretism, but it's hard to say. Also, in the comment about the Taiban man's ringtone being ironic, I'd like to either hear an explanation of why that's supposedly ironic, or see it removed as a strange and unnecessary comment. 68.35.110.86 (talk) 06:20, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]