I was almost geared up toward such a view when she goes to the Father, but his words were actually very even and applied equally to Christians and non-Christians.
I think religion, or rather 'belief in the good' is a minor theme though, just as it seems to me that maybe infidelity is the major theme. To me, the whole premonition stuff was a story to hang these themes on.
The story is told very sympathetically from Linda's point of view. But if you look beyond that and see it from the husband's point of view, you can look at it as a fable of how her negativity did indeed become self-fulfulling prophecy.
American society, according to a recent study, is so concerned about infidelity that it can almost mess up their enjoyment of fidelity. That's a big generalisation, but you see this type of pattern in the film. That he becomes so distant is a dead give-away. And he looks guilty so often when she confronts him with affection. Sincve he cares about her, could he not get the blonde woman out of his head at least while he's with his wife? She, although loving, is almost as bad. She appeals in a very needy way, not in a sexy way. In societies where marital infidelity is seen as an unfortunate but often unavoidable part of marriage, tolerance, as well as better expertise at handling such bumps often wins the day.
Don't get me wrong - I personally think marital infidelity should be avoided. But wooing a person back, rather than making it into an almost life-or-death, make-or-break, situation, has a lot of things going for it in my opinion.
The 'faith in the good' issue is not really about religion, as the Father aptly pointed out, IMHO. When a person becomes lost in negativity they may constantly find themselves building very pessimistic scenarios in their head. It's like building a road map that leads you the wrong way, or an autopilot that is programmed to make the plane crash. Positive minded people tend to build achievable dreams and find ways of making those postive results come true. I think that is probably the case whether someone draws on religion for a positive outlook on life or life itself.
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