Yes, God, Yes

2/24/2023

Good film! Led by the likeable Natalia Dyer, <em>'Yes, God, Yes'</em> is a fairly amusing and entertaining watch. It's pretty straightforward and there aren't any thrills or anything, but it is a competently made film that doesn't overstay its welcome; 78 minutes well spent. Dyer is very good, as I knew she would be - I'm a fan of her from <em>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things" rel="nofollow">Stranger Things</a>'</em>. Worth a watch.

10/1/2026

This movie does not portray religious people as they truly are, contrary to what some might think; rather, it reveals how non-religious people imagine them—a projection intended to provide the non-religious with psychological comfort. To avoid feeling like they belong to a "corrupt" group, they generalize corruption, claiming everyone is corrupt. They may even convince themselves they are superior because they do not hide their corruption—ignoring the fact that concealing wrongdoing is a virtue, not a sin. Concealment serves to maintain the distinction of sin as sin; if no one hid their transgressions, the very concept of sin would vanish, as people would argue, "If it were truly a sin, they would have tried to hide it." In any case, I do not deny the existence of hypocrites—those who disp