"The Evil" – about the dark side of human freedom

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When in the first frame of the movie part we see a shotgun hung on the wall, an experienced viewer knows that in the next 1 of this weapon will be fired. erstwhile the cinematic hero agrees to diabolical possession, we can be certain that sooner or later his body will have a demon. This assurance is not only due to certain principles of the construction of dramaturgy in the film, but to the experience of generations of people relating seriously to the reality of hell. However, blood in the veins is freezing, in which both a man with priestly ordination and a theological education and a doctor who investigates intellectual illness do not believe in the existence of individual evil.

It is in the reality of specified a communicative that the screenwriters of the movie entitled “Złowródów” introduce to the viewer. late shown in Polish cinemas the image of the creators of the loud work "Unplanned" is as strong as the staged transformation of Abby Johnson, an activist pro-life erstwhile acting as the manager of 1 of the “clips” of a powerful abortion organization Planned Parenthood. Like a erstwhile abortionist, the protagonist of the movie changes his view of the world, but it happens in circumstances he most likely wouldn't have invented. A long time conversation with a prisoner claiming to be a demon is simply a turning point for an unbeliever. This full communicative would have followed a different course if the Catholic priest who was called upon to examine the spiritual condition of a murderer in prison had not shown typical ignorance for Western clergy. The exact same ignorance – which is straight due to the conversation of the main characters – was at the core of demonic possession, the consequence of which were crimes committed by the convict.

The creators of the movie should be commended for the convention adopted in this work. utilizing simple, even classical movie measures, the recipient receives what distinguishes “X Muza” from another plays. The scenery is profoundly symbolic for the message. The demon from the beginning was a killer (cf. Jn 8:44), so the appropriate destiny for his grim existence is simply a prison cell and a close death. The drama of the situation is that a convicted criminal should be handed over to an exorcist, but since that did not happen, any decision of the psychiatrist active tragic consequences.

Equally important, the devil was not only a killer, but a liar. And since “he did not endure in truth, for the fact is not in him,” we can be certain that erstwhile he says “a lie, he speaks of himself, for he is simply a liar and a father of lies” (cf. Jn 7:44). This regulation was perfectly demonstrated by the authors of the dialogues, due to the fact that they are mainly based on the game of the film. The pandering messenger of hell cannot be in fact erstwhile he says that God's created angels were forced into slavery. Similarly, his message about “the carpenters of Nazareth” who, for his sacrifice, demands honor and submission is false. Spectacularly constructed communicative ceases to stick erstwhile a typical of underground powers begins to tell the fact suddenly. The remarks of the “malignant”, as he calls himself, about human freedom, a gift of the Creator wishing to see himself in man, encourage a deeper reflection. According to the author of these words, in this very area we should look for the causes of the terrible moral condition of people of all times.

This problem is brilliantly reminded by the film's creators in the short word of talks by the main characters. The claim of the dark angel of the defeat upon which the Creator condemned himself, giving people freedom, prompted the author of the text to reflect on the essence of humanity. The Bible’s imagination of man will necessarily be the mention point in these considerations. In specified a key it is possible, in the opinion of the undersigned, to realize the most pains of the present planet or, like the creators of this work, to effort to diagnose the dramas of modern times.

From Genesis chapter 1, we know that man was created in God’s image and likeness. The question that we will address will be about this aspect of the existence of man, which is above the animal level, and which we share with the Creator in a way that is not available to any another creature. This aspect is freedom of choice alternatively of blind obedience to instincts. In practice, this means an ongoing request to make choices. To no another creature but man, God could say: Today I take to witness against you heaven and earth, laying before you life and death, blessing and curse. So choose life to live you and your offspring (Pwt 30, 19) due to the fact that no another creature has freedom of choice.

The consequences of human freedom can be tragic. After all, we see that a man is capable – even against his instincts – of making a conscious decision to reject all that will give him eternal life. Thus, God does not force us to be slaves. On the contrary, in human and approachable terms, he accepts the act of conscious disobedience to man’s commands and prohibitions. Freedom is so about our humanity; it is the price which “God pays for His Love, for He is Love.” Love gives freedom by its nature so that love can be born as an answer to Love. How beautifully Archibald McLeish writes about this in his essay published in the book Nahum N. Glatzer. Dimensions of Job“ Man cares about God in everything; God cares about man in only one. Without man’s love, God does not be as God, but as Creator. For love, no one, even God himself, can force. Either love is simply a gift or nothing. And love is most of itself, it is most actual erstwhile it is offered in spite of suffering, injustice and death."

In an inconceivable way, the Incarnate God testified about it, offering Himself in the Victim for the salvation of all man. In this context, it is astounding to the movie conversation the remark of “The Evil One” that the cross death of “the carpenters of Nazareth” was the top failure for demons due to the fact that it made everything paradoxical. In relation to this, the superb course of the film's creators was to make an unbeliever a psychiatrist, whose “Sydney” chose to carry out his work, God’s apostle who wants to bring a informing to mankind. 1 of the warnings which the viewer may suppose, in view of the demonic message, is the devil's lie about nothing unlimited human freedom, in the name of which a man "has the right" to execution another under the cloak of false mercy and freedom of choice. It is about the genocidal practices of Western societies, called to anesthetize human consciences with euthanasia or abortion procedures. The strongest moments of the film, according to the author's sensitivity, are scenes in which the possessed demonstrates the madly even admiration over these consequences of human freedom.

As Swiss intellectual Denis de Rougemont rightly pointed out, “the top triumph of Satan is that he has succeeded in convincing people that he does not exist.” The movie "The Evil One" shows: the eventual winner is the Almighty, who, as they say, is capable of writing consecutive on the curves of human life. So it is worth saying to the proclaimers of “the death of God”: “My God did not die, the sad thing with yours.”

Anna Nowogrodzka-Patryarcha

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