A scene of meaningless dialogue in a hypothetical model

After watching "The Sunset Train" seriously, I must first say that it is meaningless to write this film theory. Even so, since the film was made because the director was ignorant, bored or consciously interesting, I will also write a few paragraphs based on this. . Based on the fact that this film is based on a simulation, it assumes a dialogue of beliefs that has no possibility of intersection, and in essence, whether it is for atheists or theists, it is a dialogue that cannot be completed. But the film neatly puts together the fact that the black priest saves the white professor, which makes it possible to have a dialogue between the two, and if it is more common sense, the black priest should send the white professor to Emergency Suicide Intervention Center. However, we are talking about the movie itself after all.

Just imagine, in the real world, is it possible to have a scene as it does in the movie? The conclusion is impossible, because:

1. The obsession with death will make people pursue the masochistic needs brought about by the meaning of death, instead of taking suicide as the goal and appeal, so the white professors take suicide as the Purpose is impossible in the philosophical sense, because the inquiry into death immerses one in the inquiry itself, rather than in death itself, which at best shows that the professor's understanding of death is still quite superficial, and he has a serious understanding of Schopenhauer or Nietzsche. 2. If a black pastor who understands

the essence of the faith really wants to talk to a white professor, he will not base his hope on his own theological language system at all, because according to the essence of the gospel , no one in the world will accept the gospel, because the gospel itself is super logical. Although it provides a basis for philosophical speculation, it is not within the grasp of the scope of speculation;

3. The true meaning of Christian belief In other words, no one can understand the relationship between death and resurrection on the basis of their own thinking and understanding. This is caused by the inability of black pastors to experience deeper life. This can be seen from the words of the reformer Martin Luther quoted by the white professor. Know, because Martin Luther's theology is based on justification by faith to achieve the life experience of death and resurrection and life with death, from this perspective, the true meaning of life is to experience death and then experience the declaration of resurrection , according to this law of belief, the white professor's conception of death does not include resurrection, and the black priest's conception of resurrection does not include death;

4. This reflects the limited cognition of the screenwriter himself, because when we think about faith and philosophy together, there can certainly be a dramatic collision. However, faith is not based on human thinking. And the nature of the apocalypse below, any true Christian will deeply know this, including that God, the incarnate Messiah himself, is still a warning to his disciple Judas’ betrayal and then does not hold back, let alone a pastor who has experienced rebirth?

5. Therefore, from a religious point of view, the final expression of despair by a black pastor is normal, whether it is the final outcome or life experience, or he finds the real light in despair, because the mystery of the cross is the beginning. From his personal sincere efforts, but the fulfillment of his life is different from the premise of personal thinking, or he is in the dark and finally unable to extricate himself to go to the path chosen by the white professor, but this Neither might be up to him to decide.

Based on a fact, we found that the screenwriter is familiar with an American-style evangelical church life, but does not understand a German-style philosophical thinking spirit. The rebuttal seemed wishful thinking. Putting faith and life and death on the basis of a verbal dialogue will never lead to a conclusion, just as atheists will never be able to prove that there is no God in a laboratory, or that atheists will never be able to prove that there is a God in a laboratory. Similarly, the film has to some extent both positive and negative effects, one is to stimulate the theists to try to prove that there is a God, and the other is to stimulate the atheists to prove that there is no God, or the movie is in the sense of watching It's nothing, it makes theologians laugh and the philosophers laugh, both because it doesn't have enough depth, and because it wants to appear deep enough.

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