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Faith isn't treated too badly here, just institutional religion


While the movie attacked the hypocrisy behind dozens of social norms, habits, and institutions it was kind to his religion. Yule, despite his young age, was shown to have the confidence, the internalized words, deep faith, and verbal tools to say a blessing at the last supper of an extended family, consisting mostly of (probably) secular people who felt the need to connect to a higher power at that time, but didn’t know how to. It is as if religion literally got a seat at the table of a world where the number of adherents is rapidly decreasing.

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https://www.filmandreligion.com/2022/01/a-seat-for-faith-at-the-last-supper-thoughts-on-dont-look-up-usa-2021/

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