Does the red light equal God?

I think the red light was just their moral compass in general. The movie was trying to say that people will do evil things as long as theres's no consequence. It was also saying that people are dumb & let the government/society/religion dictate to them what their morals should be. So yea ur prolly right it could represent God too.



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Yeah when I saw I thought of that. They were all running by the Red Light's Rules. They did something, if the red light didn't shine, then it was ok. It's like they stopped having to make these questions themselves, (just like in real life, if God says it's good, most people do it no matter what) here if the light didn't say it was bad, the guards kept doing it.

Actually the red light did equal God, but not for the reason you said. It wasn't that humanity was expecting God to stop the project, as in say some kind of divine intervention, but that the experimenters were playing God, and were the force behind saying when enough was enough. You might not have noticed, but the experiment was ran by the Monad Corporation. Monad is a term in Greek philosophy used to refer to God.

I don’t think so and this is probably offensive to the religious, but for Barris (Forest Whitaker’s character), I think there was certainly some abandonment of morality to the authority figure. The movie does go out of its way to show that he’s from a strong religious background that equates good with God and presumably God’s authority. Barris, makes a speech about how they’re the authorities and it must be okay what they’re doing as the ‘light’ didn’t go on.

There’s often a disconnect with the religious suspending morality when religion enters the pictures. I’ve been actually told by a few religious people that it wasn’t immoral for ancient Jews to smash in the brains of their neighbor’s babies as it was ordered by God. Wrap your brains around that.

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Yes, the red light became a representation of God. Forrest Whitaker's character justified his actions by reverting to the fact that if the red light didn't stop him then his actions must be ok. Adrien Brody's character, on the other hand, kept waiting for the red light to go on, begging for those in power to stop his suffering.

the same idea stuck in my mind.
the movie could be made more psychologically complicate.
i am not judging here what is right and what is wrong. (its upto u, i'm puzzled)
they showed
-the guard incharge was more religious person, more strict in following the rules, even does not forgive his own man. And Red Light was like a god, if it does not respond mean everything is fine, to him. So according to law he could be a Good man. Isn't?
- While the prisoner 77, was free man, No Religion. But he was rule breaker. So according to law, he could be a Bad man. Bad to society. Isn't?

So according to Worldly Social Laws, Police Incharge is Good and Prisoner 77 is bad. But from movies perspective Police incharge is bad and prisoner is good. If we get involve the religions then movie shows Religions are bad. Bad to Society..

Movie also shows there are always Parties. Different parties, fighting with eachoter...

I think that's an interesting take on the red light and I think it does fit the story quite well.

I feel like the story does put an interesting spin on religion. The movie is sort of against religion, if I'm interpreting it correctly. They show that you can't let an imaginary thing in the sky tell you what is right or wrong. Forest Whitaker was a man of God and he equated the red light as God.

"Hey, I just punched a guy and the red light didn't go on! So maybe that means that I could hurt people, only under certain conditions! I mean if the red light didn't say anything, then it must be right!

"Hey, I just killed a guy and the red light didn't go on! So maybe that means that I'm allowed to kill people only under certain conditions! I mean if the red light didn't say anything, then it must be right!

And it keeps going on like that until entire countries lead crusades on other countries and hundreds of thousands of people are killed in the name of God.

Or you could be Adrien Brody, a man who is seemingly, without God, and the only moral compass he has is himself. He lets his mind and his heart dictate to him what is right or wrong. There's no red light that tells him if he's allowed to do something, he listens to his conscience and not some imaginary figure in the sky.