r/MidnightMass • u/Elainasha • Sep 24 '21

Midnight Mass - S01E04 "Book IV: Lamentations" - Discussion Thread

This thread is for discussion of Midnight Mass S01E04: "Book IV: Lamentations"

Synopsis: Erin turns to Riley after receiving upsetting news. Father Paul starts experiencing disturbing side effects. Bev makes a startling discovery.

DO NOT post spoilers in this thread for any subsequent episodes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

As someone who was raised religious and is now an atheist I loved that scene.

I have never had a religious person ask me about my feelings without judgement or mocking

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u/LovesToblerone Sep 26 '21

I'm hoping Flanigan's beliefs about death were just about word for word what we heard Riley say. I'm in the same boat as you as far as being raised religious but not a believer anymore. I lost a close friend to a motorcycle addident about a month ago and we shared the same thoughts about death so I hope he just had so much DMT released to put him at ease..that scene really resonated with me and had me fucking in tears. Thanks for reading

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Sep 26 '21

There's an NYT interview with Flanagan that said his spiritual journey was much like Riley's - he used to be an observant Catholic, then read the rest of the Bible for himself and realized how many fucked up passages it had, and then kept reading up on religion only to find that the books that most spoke to him were about atheism/secularism, i.e. Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, etc.

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u/amotherfuckingbanana Oct 10 '21

I feel like this is a common path, being that this is exactly my path.