The above words are spoken by the heroine. The true love she mentioned, in addition to her true love with Pakistani Muslim boys, has a deeper meaning - a selfless love. This love created the world. Naked Peekay reminds me of Jesus who once came.
Peekay's story is a story of finding God. If he cannot find God, he cannot go home. We humans are not like that. We thought the earth was our only home. Materialists tell us that everything is built on this earth, and once a person dies, the spirit does not exist. The spirit is nothing but the response of human instinct to external stimuli, and it is just the product of the movement of brain nerves. Man has no soul. If we have to talk about the soul, it is only related to the thinking of the surviving people. Man's survival depends only on material things.
At first Peekay did not understand human language and culture. Recklessly clashes with all kinds of different religious cultures. Later, he began to learn to blend in, and in order to let God help him go home, he began to worship the gods of various religions. Actually, it's not worship, it's just bribes and deals. Just like the usual incense business. I still remember the male protagonist Pi in the Youth Pi said that he believed in the gods of various religions. His father said that you believe in various religions are actually unbelievers.
Obviously, such a path would not bring Peekay home. Homecoming here, I also understand it to be the return of life and the redemption of the soul. Other film critics have differing opinions. A certain author regards Peekay as a rational person. Compared with believers of various religions, there is no doubt that Peekay follows logic and reason. This is a common misunderstanding of religion. Only the monotheists of the world have developed theological systems. Logic is not unique to Greece. In the origin of Jewish civilization, there is logic. Christianity inherited the Old Testament. The word of Christianity is Logos. The Word became flesh and the Word became flesh. This is the birth of Jesus—a naked, helpless baby. Paul, Luke, and other witnesses to the New Testament saw Logos as God's revelation through Jesus, and this revelation was given to man through Christ.
In understanding monotheism, one must pass the test of reason. Monotheism is also opposed to fanaticism. In accepting monotheism, it is a leap of reason. As Peekay said at the end of the film: There are two kinds of gods in this world, one is the great creator, and the other is a man-made god like Tabots - the false god.
Peekay advises: When someone tells you he can reach God, run away from him. Throughout the ages, countless wizards have claimed to be able to communicate with the gods. In ancient Egypt and China, priests took advantage of people's awe to ascend to the throne of rulership. At the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, an idealism that preached utopia appeared before people. Under the instigation of the madman, the peak of the movement of human beings to create gods was opened. Countless man-made disasters have come, and the movement to create gods has evolved into a movement of murder. Peekay's good brother dies in train bombing by terrorists. Peekay bluntly pointed out that this is because there are gods, false gods and liars in the world. Their contact number with God is wrong. While thousands of people died innocently, there are still people who shamelessly speak for God. Let's think about Charlie, let's think about the hostages whose necks were sawn alive.
Has this world been abandoned by God? How should we pray when we suffer from disaster and pain? How to contact God?
Or there is no God at all.
God is about hope. Without God, all hope is lost. Although there are many atheists who disagree with this. As long as we try to think about it, if everything starts with materialism and ends with materialism, the materialist values mentioned above, we will feel despair eating our lives. Life based on the material outlook is hedonistic and nihilistic. What they think of living the present moment is not to cherish time in moderation and diligently, but to indulge in arrogance and enjoy all the pleasures brought to the senses. Humans return to animals in an instant.
This is by no means to say that if human beings want to abstain from sex, it is best not to think about it at all. But we have to admit that the accumulation of human civilization and capital lies precisely in the fact that human beings understand restraint and understand that they cannot let their instincts do whatever they want at any time. Restraining the instinct is what separates humans from animals. Restraint brings about a moral society. Only in the human world can there be a moral society. There is no such thing as society in animal groups. Animals are subject to instinct because they have no reason.
As Herschel, the author of The True Meaning of the Sabbath, said, matter turns to ashes at the end of time. The universe in the nut shell is a mass of violently burning fireworks. The universe is ending. It is impossible for us humans to transcend time. Even the most authoritative scientists have to admit this. Time is the glass cover that surrounds us, and we are limited by time. When the flames die, what is left of the universe? we do not know. There is always some basis for the mysteries of the universe that humans cannot understand. Our reason cannot get there. Science cannot break down the evidence. Einstein said: Axioms do not speak to reality. Einstein asked, "How can mathematics - the product of human reason, which does not depend on any experience - fit so seamlessly into objective reality?" And his own answer was: "As long as mathematical theorems speak of reality, these theorems They are unreliable; as long as they are reliable, they do not speak of reality.” Those who believe that science can explain the universe and break the ground are no different from the charlatans of the god-makers.
We humans cannot deceive ourselves. Just like the planet Peekay came from, don't lie, even to yourself. When we are faced with mysteries and foundations, we can only choose to believe. This belief is beyond the shackles of time and is a true connection with God. Once firmly believed, it is like standing on a rock. Amen, Hebrew means "sincere", which means "sincerely wish, wish so, wish so"; in Christianity it means "I believe". We're going to do what Peekay did, honestly acknowledging human powerlessness. Only in this sense can it be said that life is renewed and we are on our way home. Creatures go to the Creator.
It is reported that the release of the film was opposed and protested by Hindus. Atheists interpret the film as a satire on all religions. The essence of religious belief is openness and dialogue. Otherwise, there is no way to talk about tolerance. Tragedy is often caused by closed fundamentalism. Such religions are easily exploited by scammers. What I want to tell, however, is that Peekay clearly defines the relationship between man and the Creator. Remember his words: There are two kinds of gods in this world, one is the great creator, and the other is a man-made god like Tabots—the false god.
I don't mean to offend atheists by creating an atheist Charlie incident. Everyone, even an atheist, takes it for granted when he is convinced. It's just that there is a so-called "atheist" who has never seriously thought about the basis of the universe and the origin of the world. The real reality cannot be us humans. Once you think about it seriously, it doesn't matter whether you accept religion and belief in the end.
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