In the film, he was skeptical about the story of Abraham's sacrifice and tried to redefine the story from his own point of view, including his belief that the essence of this story is to explain the power of God over humans rather than to test Abraham’s belief in God. , Isaac has actually been killed by his father, Isaac is not the only son of Abraham and so on. He has always believed that the power of God is the most powerful, and has been trying to find and confirm this power but has not received a response. Therefore, in the first half of the film, I agreed that Danny had doubts about God, which reminded me of the theological issues in Job, but then I found out that he was not actually doubting God. He had doubts about God. Covenant’s religious text has absolute belief, he has absolute belief in God, so this makes him always think that he is the chosen person, and this makes him fall into the hatred of the Jews, he hates the passive and weak of the Jews as well as nothingless without end, and the nature of this kind of hatred is just hatred of oneself, to this extent his predicament is actually just his personal predicament.
On the other hand, the factors of this predicament also include that when beliefs rise to nationality, individuals cannot be separated and irresistible. This may only be a national call, and it is the most powerful force of belief.
The most tragic thing about Danny is that he can fully understand the cause of his hatred, but he can't stop his hatred from destroying himself, so his ultimate destiny can only be toward self-destruction rather than self-salvation.
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