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The subtext of free will is very consciously handled in this film; in one scene, Fenton and Adam were even watching a claymation parable about it on tv. For anyone with a comparative understanding of the religion, the question of free will versus destiny is one of the major themes in Christianity. I think Frailty uses that to great effect. It does seem to come down more on the side of destiny being written and the worth of a soul being weighed out before the sins have been committed, or, at the very least, that free will exists but an omniscient God can predict the end results. Nonetheless God waits for you to commit the sins before He sends vengeance. Remember, Adam said he had to wait until God put Fenton on his list, otherwise it would have been murder.
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Yes, Fenton had the choice to murder or not to murder those people but the film makes the viewers think, ok, God tells a man to kill Demons AKA People who commit murder and destroy the innocence of children. His child, a boy who seems to think logically and seems to question his father's blind faith witnesses his father murder people because God told him too in a very grotesque fashion. Could Adam not see later on that those actions may have very much mentally harmed his brother to a point where he had murderous impulses he could possibly not control due to mental illness? Adam had faith but the film also made him appear to be impressionable at a young age and he could have grown up all his life not thinking about the trauma his more logical thinking brother (as he was portrayed )had gone through. Yes, Fenton didn't have to murder people as he has free will, but it is no doubt that the actions he witnessed as a child mentally harmed him. The film to me also seemed to have portrayed God as hypocritical. Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.

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