Thursday, February 16, 2017

Poletta and The First Legion

"But since, "every coin has two sides, every argument has its opposite arguments," there is still plenty of room for ideological maneuver." (Poletta 142)

I would like to put this quote into the framework of the earlier discussion in the paper regarding activists and the church. I find it interesting to think that this could also be applied to religion. Oftentimes, the church in the past has found explanations of phenomena through religion while many scientists find evidence through the scientific method. Are these two things mutually exclusive?

Also, regarding the First Legion, I think it was interesting, at the time, to frame the movie through the eyes of an atheist. In this case, we were also presented with the skepticism of the miracle from INSIDE the church while the reverent belief is expressed by the disabled girl who is not a member of the order.

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