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An interesting miniseries on TV was “Storm of the Century” based upon Stephen King’s work.
I had a point to make about this miniseries, and also a question to pose.
The point has to do with the religious connotations of the miniseries. The demon’s name was Andre Linoge, obviously making reference to the passage in the Christian bible
“And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Legion": because many devils were entered into him.”
However, towards the end, in the town hall, the demon says “I am not a god, nor one of the immortals”.
This sounds like something straight from Roman or Greek mythology. He does not say, “the god”, which one would expect if it was a Christian reference, and certainly the reference to “immortals” is of some different mythology.
The point here is that there seems to be a mixed religious message in this movie, where it’s kind of hard to figure out what religious meaning it is supposed to have.
Of more interest, of course, is whether the people of the town made the right decision to give the child to the demon.
My opinion is no, they didn’t.
By giving the demon the child, they not only sacrificed the child, but insured the continuance of this demon’s obvious cruelty to human kind.
If they had stood against the demon, here are the possible scenarios.
Best case:
The townspeople pit their collective will against the demon, and he doesn’t have the power to overcome it, and leaves.
Worst case:
The demon does have the power to make the children die, and the townspeople commit collective suicide.
I still think it’s better that the townspeople stand up to the demon, and risk dying , rather than sacrifice a child to perpetuate his cruelty.
Your thoughts?
I had a point to make about this miniseries, and also a question to pose.
The point has to do with the religious connotations of the miniseries. The demon’s name was Andre Linoge, obviously making reference to the passage in the Christian bible
“And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said, "Legion": because many devils were entered into him.”
However, towards the end, in the town hall, the demon says “I am not a god, nor one of the immortals”.
This sounds like something straight from Roman or Greek mythology. He does not say, “the god”, which one would expect if it was a Christian reference, and certainly the reference to “immortals” is of some different mythology.
The point here is that there seems to be a mixed religious message in this movie, where it’s kind of hard to figure out what religious meaning it is supposed to have.
Of more interest, of course, is whether the people of the town made the right decision to give the child to the demon.
My opinion is no, they didn’t.
By giving the demon the child, they not only sacrificed the child, but insured the continuance of this demon’s obvious cruelty to human kind.
If they had stood against the demon, here are the possible scenarios.
Best case:
The townspeople pit their collective will against the demon, and he doesn’t have the power to overcome it, and leaves.
Worst case:
The demon does have the power to make the children die, and the townspeople commit collective suicide.
I still think it’s better that the townspeople stand up to the demon, and risk dying , rather than sacrifice a child to perpetuate his cruelty.
Your thoughts?