【Reprint】Faith flies in the desert

Kacie 2022-04-22 07:01:04

"Book of Elie": Faith Flying in the Desert

Author: Eat Meat

This is a movie that looks like an apocalyptic sci-fi movie, has a physique like a sturdy action movie, and its soul is filled with Christianity and faith.



When I was young, my mind was weak, so I was always thinking. Thinking is full of question marks, but can't see a way to the light.



Later, I was addicted to reading, reading gave me strength, reading made me hard. With regard to Christian thinking, I do not agree with Nietzsche's "conclusion" that much, although I do appreciate "Thus Spoke Zarathustra." There are two books to show off, the thick 1500 Years of Christianity and Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity. The former is used for popular science and the latter is used for enlightenment.



Lao Fei is a deviant punk who uses human scales to measure gods. As a result, people are invincible to gods that people create and use to comfort and encourage themselves.



Later, although I admired Nietzsche and Feuerbach, as well as the early old horses and the later "Western horses", I was no longer radical and confrontational about religion itself.



About three years ago, I read Mo Yan's "Life and Death Fatigue". This Buddhist-style story of using "suffering" to cultivate "love" and then dissolve "hate" deeply moved me. This is the power of literature and the power of human nature. Of course, this can also be called religion. the power of.



In the same way, I think I can probably understand Christianity in a similar way. You don't have to worry about its entanglement with Judaism, just feel the feelings of its teaching of kindness, self-reflection, and love to others, and then you can know its power and warmth.

We are not unfamiliar with this. Twenty-five hundred years ago, this is what Confucius meant by "benevolence".



More foreigners do not understand Confucius's propositions and theories, but they can feel the light of Christianity, although some people want to use religion to achieve their own "government", such as the Middle Ages in the past, such as the villain in the film.



The protagonist takes the "Book of Scriptures" all the way to the west. The foreign version of Journey to the West is different from Tang Seng. He does not take the scriptures, but sends them off.



The film has been emphasizing the important role and significance of Christianity, but not only that, but the power of faith.



Religion is belief, accepting irrational logic in a rational way. Its significance is not in Feuerbach and Nietzsche's accusations, nor in the criticism of people's struggle for the status of man in the Renaissance, but in that it can replace the thinking of countless people who are unwilling, unnecessary, and unable to think about value. Give these people value so that they are no longer confused, weak, and hopeless, but hopeful, positive, and confident. Even a lie that can bring this to people is actually so beautiful.



It is impossible for everyone to become "too human" ("superhuman"), and it is impossible for everyone to be as intrusive as Feuerbach. What more people need is faith.



People without faith are daunting. Because such people have no reverence, no rules, lack of compassion, and lack of integrity...



I believe in the power of love, the warmth of human nature, and the joy of freedom, but many people are not like this, so I think Ellie should keep going west, Go all the way to the east - so that faith can fly in the wind in the desert to the east!







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The Book of Eli quotes

  • Eli: They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.

    Solara: Yeah.

    Eli: The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since.

    Solara: And you did all this because a voice told you to?

    Eli: I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it

  • Hoyt: [seeing two dead hijackers] It's like he's protected somehow. Like there's nothing that can touch him

    Carnegie: Oh, he's just a fucking man. You put a bullet in him, he'll go down like any other.