These guys don't get it. YOu are right, but I don't find the cinematic tradition of Priests making 'bad decisions' any kind of indictment of religion in general. These men lived their lives adhering to a certain set of beliefs. When they are presented with something completely OUTSIDE of the realm of the natural, their immediate and understandable reaction would be "Okay, this is a test from God". I don't laugh at their deaths. Though misguided since WE the audience KNOW what these terrible entities are, these priests in the context of their times do NOT. Thus they are 'walking the walk' so to speak. They are facing "devils" with the power of their faith. It is to their detriment that their nemeses are not devils in the biblical sense at all, but physical creatures from either this world or another. But they don't know that.
These men died bravely. It takes a special type of man to risk his life based on his faith. Now if these phenomena WERE devils, demons and other religion based creatures, then prayer WOULD be a weapon.
Dr. Kila Marr was right. Kill the Crystalline Entity.
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shoolaroon
11 years ago
I always love the scene in War of the Worlds where the minister gets toasted. Always cracks me up. You can't beat awesome fire power or a giant monster with a book - faith doesn't stop bullets.
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StoneGriffin
10 years ago
"faith doesn't stop bullets" true but Christian priests never believed that. The "witch doctor voodoo" talismans against bullets have only been practiced by obvious tribal or pagan worshipers in Africa and South East Asia.
It's kind of a cheap shot against men of faith. In their eyes, they could not believe what they were seeing (at least in the proper context) so they 'thought' they were fighting demons and devils. And as you well know, in movies where the hero is fighting the DEVIL, guns and explosions won't do the trick. It's usually faith or talismans or incantations.
Their only mistake was to 'misidentify' the type of enemy they were facing. Other than that, I just regard them as incredibly brave but misguided men.
Dr. Kila Marr was right. Kill the Crystalline Entity.
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