Seeing is not believing

The sincerity of a believer -- Father Moore, in this case -- is conflated with the plausibility of his beliefs. The doctors, meanwhile, seem so sure of themselves. But of course, the movie says, no one can ever be completely sure, and thus superstition becomes a matter of reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the clocks stop, the wind howls, and we are encouraged to believe -- or at least not to disbelieve -- our own eyes. Father Moore knows what he saw. So do I: propaganda disguised as entertainment.