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The
mindset of self-sacrifice and complete surrender to a higher
purpose is an impressive force in its own right. Even if I knew
I was going to die, willingly determined to die to carry out a
mission, I would still probably be stuck in that airlock
thinking "I need to get to the computer! But I also need
the ship's air to stay alive and operate the computer! Then once
I get inside the bomb... THEN I am ready to die!! W00T!!"
But no,
not him. He blew all the stops. Breathing, the air, it didn't
matter anymore. All semblance of caution and reason was
discarded. He simply acted without hesitation and by any means
necessary. And it worked!
Funny
how life works out. Researching his role for Sunshine turned Cillian
Murphy atheist from agnostic, yet it
proved an intense source of spiritual inspiration for me. The
movie itself is meant to be a conflict between science and
religion. If it were to happen to us, would we use our knowledge
to try to save ourselves? The Sun has given humanity life, would
they return the favor? Or would we see it as the will of God and
wait quietly to die? |