... God is possible without the intercession of another man: "The Kingdom of God is within you and it surrounds you and God does not live in temples of wood and stone. If you can be part of the Kingdom of God within, you will live forever!" These messages basically mean that organized religion is not necessary and one will receive salvation ... years I have matured mentally enough to perceive the delicacy of the fragile secrets Father Kiernan fights in this movie to expose. I agree with Gonaim that the movie glamorizes what is sacred but to harp on only this would be to sentimentally decry ...

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