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This just goes to show the ridiculousness of Christianity


True, the priests in this movie may be perverting Christianity to their own version of it to gain full control, especially that guy with the glasses being the main persecutor, but with this kind of mindset, once someone is accused of devil possession, witchcraft or whatever else they can think of to get rid of an enemy, they simply don't stand a chance.

This is the sort of thing that makes me hate religion. It might bring peace to many, but it can be so easily misused to create this extreme paranoid environment as depicted here.

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This movie shows religion to be completely fraudulent from priest to prayer, nothing more than a powerful tool of the state to mete out its corrupt ends. The lone true Christian here is Father Grandier who is cast out, tortured, and burned at the stake by men who know his innocence.

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