Easy to believe: It is also a predisposed choice

Helga 2022-03-25 09:01:08

I just want to talk about the young nun.

She is easy to believe, and often chooses to believe. For example, she believed that the boy really had a nosebleed, so she asked him to go home early from get out of class. In fact, the boy just wanted to skip class to smoke, but the old nun's judgment on the boy's behavior was correct. Young nuns tend to trust others, while older nuns trust themselves very much, by experience.

So when the young nun found out that the boy had been called to the priest's dormitory, it seemed that she had natural questions, but nothing from the boy. She wanted to believe that the matter was in vain, but apparently the doubt did not go away, so much so that it took a week to tell the old nun. Because she was swaying between doubts and doubts, since the nuns lived together, she should be able to talk to the old nun immediately, but she was unwilling. She would rather believe the priest, but she couldn't solve her doubts and struggled in her heart for seven days.

When the three of them confronted each other, when the old nun said something cruel and almost walked away, the priest justified that it was a boy who stole the wine from the altar and was afraid of losing his identity as an assistant priest. Say, thank God, I knew this was a misunderstanding! Whether it was a misunderstanding or not is unknown to the audience, but what the audience can see is that the young nun's words reflect her point of view: she expects it to be a misunderstanding, that everything will be fine, and the world will remain beautiful.

As the old nun once said to the young nun, you were convinced by him that you would rather believe, you just want a simple life, because it is easier to believe. Yes, it's easier to believe, and it's easier to believe, because if you believe, you can continue this white and flawless Heavenly Father's world without facing the school and church upheaval caused by real scandals.

Innocent, not sophisticated is not bad, but is the starting point completely innocent (innocence)? I also have doubts about this point. Let's not discuss the right or wrong of the three or the truth, and the tendency of the young nun to choose to believe is also a point of view, and it will grow into a prejudice if it persists for a long time.

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Doubt quotes

  • Sister Aloysius Beauvier: This will not do.

    Mrs. Miller: It's just until June!

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [sternly] I'll throw your son out of this school!

    Mrs. Miller: [angrily] And why would you do that if it didn't start with him?

  • [Father Flynn enters Sister Aloysius' room, looking very nervous]

    Father Brendan Flynn: [nervously] May I come in?

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [not looking at him] A third party would be required.

    Father Brendan Flynn: Look, what was Donald's mother doing here?

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [looking at him] We were having a chat.

    Father Brendan Flynn: About what?

    Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [slowly approaches him] A third party would truly be required!

    Father Brendan Flynn: [entering the room] No sister, no third party. Me and you are due for a talk, you have to stop this campaign against me!