Contrary to the Catholic faith

Rating: 2/10 (22 June 2017)

For a brought-up or actual Catholic, Scorsese shows he has little knowledge of the Catholic faith. The goal is Heaven: it is worth suffering in this Earth, since this life is nothing compared to the next life. So why would Jesus – never mind Ferreira - tell Rodrigues to deny Him in order to prevent the Japanese Christians from suffering? That suffering would have made them martyrs and assured their eternal life. Instead the priest saved their lives but many may have ended losing their souls. And for argument's sake, maybe Rodrigues thought they did not actually have faith in Christ, but how did he know for sure? A bigger question that I'm sure has been explored elsewhere and is barely touched in this film is why if Jesus Christ brought salvation to all men on Earth it is so difficult still to this date for the Japanese to be saved by Christ.