"A Midsummer Night's Fright" tells the story of a Swedish student at an American university who invites several of his classmates to his hometown to experience their communal life firsthand. This was indeed a heretical cultural experience, and it was even more difficult to come back and forth. Several American students took their lives, and the audience was stunned to see what a cult is.
The essence of a cult lies in its resistance and rejection of the secular. The ascetic style advocates nature and believes that men and women are incompatible with modern prosperity, so they leave the city to establish a commune in nature and live a group life. Be grateful for the earth and weather, be grateful for food, pursue harmony and balance of all things in the world, and pursue the destination of your soul. Said in a set, one after another ceremony. They are more socially distant than those traditional religions we are familiar with. But like traditional religions, they all want others to understand their set, preferably to join them. To be recognized by others, it is quite common with human beings. The essence of a cult lies in its deceit, bewitching, and its ignorance. Sacrifice is the spirit advocated by some religions, and sacrifice is placed in a prominent position here. The little girl in the movie is willing to dedicate herself to the goddess and claims to be happy with it, but she is too deep and her brain is washed clean. The funny thing is that their so-called characters are drawn by disabled people at will, saying that he is not disturbed by ordinary cognition, he draws elders and translates, and develops culture like this. For foreign guests, the clean and noble appearance of the Nordics and the rituals with a sense of sacredness are quite deceptive. Evil things always appear in a high and profound form, and the uncivilized factors always wear a clean and noble mask, and the truth can be revealed by in-depth understanding.
The essence of a cult lies in its exclusion of violence and its anti-humanity. The treatment and killing of the elderly within the commune is undoubtedly, and this so-called closed ethnic group also needs external reproductive power and sacrifices from outside. I don't know if the Swedish student who brought everyone here had an ideological confrontation in a secular university. The highly developed modern secular society of the United States has not changed him, and he must still think their set is better. The suave and elegant he actually counted his classmates, making everyone embark on a road of no return. Modern society is diverse, with different life pursuits and different life realms, as long as they do not violate the law, they should be allowed to exist and form social customs together. Just like we worship money and fight for power and profit, as long as it does not endanger others, and does not have a negative impact on the normal order of society, there should be no problem. Diversification is the progress of society. If you are caught in a united thinking and fight each other to the death, the society is backward. For this kind of religious community, the simple and crude social management method should be banned, but this must be supported by relevant laws. If they don't violate the law or go against humanity, there may not be a better way to disband them, and under the banner of protecting human Q, they voluntarily accept that their Q power has been violated and trampled on. When dealing with spiritual problems, we still need to use spiritual methods, and when dealing with pseudo-scientific things, we still need to use science as a weapon. People are easily confused when their will is weak. It is said that if they join, they will not be confused. In fact, only a strong self will not be confused.
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