And when modern morality chips away at our desire to serve the Father of the Lamb and not the father of lies comes the dissonance created by wanting to serve our Lord while at the same time wanting to be accepted by man. It is a most efficient battle strategy of the adversary. Willis was indeed as masterful as in any other his performances in his cinematic portfolio. The support cast portrayed fully developed personages, not leaving any character development to the audience but leaving situation analysis to the audience with just enough connectivity to enable accurate construction of events by the attentive viewer. The influence of an entity does not have to be the truth to corrupt.
Comic books call it invulnerable.
And therein is the dangerous fantasy. Joseph was going to shoot his father to prove it. At birth Elijah suffered two broken arms and two broken legs due to a congenital disease that made his bones extremely fragile, so fragile that as an early teen he pretended to be injured to prevent going outside. This led to mom encouraging Elijah to venture into the cruel world by rewarding outdoor escapades with comic books, buying him a new one each time he went outside. Fifty-four bone breaks later, Elijah becomes a collector and dealer of comic books and comic book art.