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   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   c186282 wrote:   
   > Movie - "The Witch" (2015)   
   >   
   > An interesting example of a hermetically-sealed   
   > ideological universe.   
   >   
   > EVERYthing that happens ... it's a "message from   
   > God" ...   
   >   
   > It's set in the mid-1600s America. A family,   
   > OK the Guy, decides to separate from the   
   > 'sinful' civ and move off into the woods.   
   >   
   > His wife/kids do NOT appreciate the downgrade.   
   >   
   > This creates more and more division, more   
   > and more accusations.   
   >   
   > In the end, the nastiness DOES attract Satan,   
   > who embodies the big bad billy-goat.   
   >   
   > Death and horror and more bloody death and   
   > insanity. Mom goes nuts - tries to kill   
   > her daughter. The eldest son gets tetnus,   
   > but that's seem as 'demons'.   
   >   
   > In the end, the teen daughter is all that's   
   > left - and DOES invoke Satan.   
   >   
   > "Remove thy shift" ... the goat takes the   
   > form of a dark man. "Sign" - "I will guide   
   > thy hand" ...   
   >   
   > The daughter, at the very end, walks nekked   
   > into the woods - finds a witches celeb, floats   
   > into the sky in an orgasmic triumph.   
   >   
   > The film explains that the tale is a composite   
   > of various testimony/history from early America.   
   > The 'Puritans' were fanatics ... a very rigid   
   > theological take on things. Humans could not   
   > really LIVE that way - thus many problems.   
   >   
   > This is also an observation of hermetically   
   > sealed ideological systems. EVERYTHING is   
   > interpreted within the system - there is   
   > no reason, no proof, no outside universe.   
   > It's all gods and devils. Nothing in-between.   
      
   Excellent movie, an observation on   
   religious bigotry and hate.   
      
   Meanwhile   
      
   https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for   
      
   U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,”   
   Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders   
   giving similar messages at more than 30 installations   
   in every branch of the military   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)