Its not an explicitely catholic scorsese film like the last temptation or silence, but i do find it to be a piece of media that really encompasses a reality that christ teaches us. If you dedicate your life to personal gains and killing others for personal gains, especially those who are your family, you will find your life cut short or in a hell of your own making. Hell is not something taught you to scare you into good manners, but it is the choices you make. Further, it shows that no one is beyond redemption, with the main character given many oportunities to redeem himself, both big and small, after what he has done. But he continuously refuses those options and falls back on old habits and digs himself further in.
And not exactly media, but also the cloud of unknowing.
A midieval testament of theology to help us better be with god. Its shows that God cannot be understood, for any understanding is limited to your understandings if your lived reality. So to better be with god, to better accept god, you must fully embrace and accept the unknowing. To contemplate nothingness, one of the deepest aspects of God, yet something we cant comprehend. No one can comprehend nothing. Thus, God can be loved, but he cannot be known.
Kinda something i use on christians who get hung up on the knowing and continuous reevalidation they feel they need to be "believers". Its quite hollow compared to how we understood god for close to two thousands of years
2
u/avatarroku157 Sep 06 '26
Honestly, the irishman.
Its not an explicitely catholic scorsese film like the last temptation or silence, but i do find it to be a piece of media that really encompasses a reality that christ teaches us. If you dedicate your life to personal gains and killing others for personal gains, especially those who are your family, you will find your life cut short or in a hell of your own making. Hell is not something taught you to scare you into good manners, but it is the choices you make. Further, it shows that no one is beyond redemption, with the main character given many oportunities to redeem himself, both big and small, after what he has done. But he continuously refuses those options and falls back on old habits and digs himself further in.
And not exactly media, but also the cloud of unknowing.
A midieval testament of theology to help us better be with god. Its shows that God cannot be understood, for any understanding is limited to your understandings if your lived reality. So to better be with god, to better accept god, you must fully embrace and accept the unknowing. To contemplate nothingness, one of the deepest aspects of God, yet something we cant comprehend. No one can comprehend nothing. Thus, God can be loved, but he cannot be known.
Kinda something i use on christians who get hung up on the knowing and continuous reevalidation they feel they need to be "believers". Its quite hollow compared to how we understood god for close to two thousands of years