The film strives to restore the truth, the complex and multi-level investigation process, and the secret contest of various forces in the two-hour film is relatively clear and clear, and the skill of the screenwriter and director can be seen. The actors' performances are also natural and realistic. However, what is most thought-provoking by the film is the appalling social phenomenon it exposes - the disgusting moral corruption hidden by the clergy who are regarded as moral benchmarks.
From priest to wretched. petty. Male, with reflections on religion and human nature in between.
Having said that, I have to mention the topic of the origin of human beings, which is still controversial. Just recently joined the reading group reading Harari's "Homo sapiens: A Brief History of Humanity", which proposes a very interesting concept, the human imagination. In the author's view, humans evolved from apes. At a certain stage that could not be examined, apes experienced a cognitive revolution, and the leap evolution of intelligence gave birth to a product called human imagination. In the author's point of view, the human imagination includes myths, religions, ancient codes, social classes, etc., which are used to manage and rule the growing human society. Religion is undoubtedly an important part of human imagination.
From a religious point of view, Darwinian evolution is bullshit. Humans are God's creation and are God's people. Churches and clergy are God's mouthpieces, they teach and guide the masses on behalf of God, not only spiritual benchmarks, but also the guidance and norms of behavior. The church always shines with divine brilliance, and the leaders and priests always shine with the splendor of humanity.
What is the difference between God's creation of man and Darwin's theory of evolution? The facts revealed by the film are reminiscent of Harari's concept of human imagination and human naturalness. The human imagination is a miraculous product, and the power that exists in the concept is far higher than the power that human beings have as a biological creature. The power of this concept regulates and controls the entire human society through its effects on the human spirit and brain. And this powerful external control based on human imagination has been competing with the inherent animal nature of human beings. Medieval religion's control of human society and individual morality pushed the power of the human imagination to the extreme.
Just when the theory of God's creation of man was manifesting its universal value with a surging momentum, a madman stood up and shouted that God is dead. Yes, Nietzsche's extraordinary brain hole dragged human self-cognition from externality, divinity and rationality back to nature and animality. He believes that the birth of tragedy stems from the suppression and annihilation of the Dionysian culture by the Sun-God culture. He put forward the concept of healthy natural person.
Nietzsche was crazy. And everything is as Albert Camus said, "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth". Absurdity is essence and truth. Nietzsche's past phenomenology of madness and absurdity, existentialism, and postmodernism have had an irreplaceable influence. Kant, who influenced Nietzsche's healthy natural person, put forward the theory of moral self-discipline earlier, arguing that moral people are self-aware and self-disciplined. Moral self-discipline denies that the norms of human behavior come from God's heteronomy, and raises individual subjectivity and individual freedom and obligations to an unprecedented height. Existentialism and postmodernism influenced by Kant and Nietzsche completely liberate the existence and rationality of human beings from God, the product of human imagination.
After some chatter, back to the movie. Spotlight exposes the priesthood that is respected by all. . The abuse or abuse of young children is a scandal that has been covered up and hidden by the powerful forces of religious groups. It also revealed the truth of the uninterrupted conflict and struggle between religion and human nature based on human imagination. In the movie St. Vincent, Saint Vincent Terry, the teacher of the Catholic elementary school said to the children, "Catholicism is the best religion because we have the most commandments and rules." In fact, Catholicism is definitely one of the typical representatives of the triumph of human imagination over human nature. The priests are a group of people who dedicate their whole lives to God, they do not belong to the pleasures of the world, but to the shepherds of God. However, this external norm established in the imagination finally bows to the instinct and impulse of human nature, and bows to the animality and naturalness of human beings.
The film succinctly points this appalling immorality at the Catholic system, thinking that something is wrong with the system. Thus, the deep-rooted original problem of religion's repression of normal human nature is naturally exposed to the audience.
The positive role of religion, church, and church in social development and human development is worthy of praise and affirmation. However, the limitations and negative effects of this historical product are also worth pondering.
I don't know that one day, religion and humanitarianism will achieve a perfect combination, pushing mankind to a better stage of development.
Of course, theists must have diametrically opposed thinking and analysis.
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