He recalls the movie Brave Heart (1995), the main character was
tortured to death. If you say "Mercy," he is told, he will be killed right
away without pain. However, with all his might he shouts "freedom".
Freedom was more important than life and extreme pain. For freedom
alone is the core of the dignity that makes us human.
The Church catechism: Freedom is exercised in relationships between human beings. Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being (#1738). However, some people don't know the importance of freedom. "Why has God given man freedom to sin?"
The Church catechism: Freedom is exercised in relationships between human beings. Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being (#1738). However, some people don't know the importance of freedom. "Why has God given man freedom to sin?"
In
the film 'Misery' (1990), the heroine kidnaps her favorite novelists desiring him to portray the characters in one of his novels in the way she wants. He cannot love
someone who takes away his freedom. In this sense, we can understand why
in the Garden of Eden, we hear the story of the tree of knowledge, the
serpent and the possibility of temptation and sin. God
has given humanity the freedom to hate him, and disobey him.
In
the movie "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1993), The husband of an alcoholic wife seemed to deny the problem and had more trouble with the wife after she became sober. The husband found it difficult to accept the new person and her freedom in sobriety. She has become a fuller and more competent person and the husband was not able to deal with that. People are not property. For this reason, it can be seen
that God cannot hold humans from going to hell. Ignored freedom is ignored personality.
There are cases like this: where a mother loved her eldest son so much. The mother worked long hours for her son, bought him the best clothes, and sold her fields for his tuition at the best of schools. The son did not let his mother down and studied hard. He entered a good university, got a good job, married a good family woman. But he was the oldest, so he had to live with his mother. The mother had been hard on her daughter-in-law, and she fled to her parents' house three times. The mother even listened to her son and daughter-in-law's words at night putting her ear to the wall of their room.
There are cases like this: where a mother loved her eldest son so much. The mother worked long hours for her son, bought him the best clothes, and sold her fields for his tuition at the best of schools. The son did not let his mother down and studied hard. He entered a good university, got a good job, married a good family woman. But he was the oldest, so he had to live with his mother. The mother had been hard on her daughter-in-law, and she fled to her parents' house three times. The mother even listened to her son and daughter-in-law's words at night putting her ear to the wall of their room.
Her
daughter-in-law could not stand it any longer and took her own
life. Now, did all the love of the son belong to the mother? The son
moved to Seoul and never saw his mother again. Did the mother realize her fault at this time? "I've lived only for you all my life. Can you do this to me?"
While this mother said she loved her children, she did not actually
treat her children as independent human beings. She said that she loved
her children, but they were actually her possession to be used for her own happiness. We must never infringe on the freedom of others, even when the person is an adult child. Even God does not infringe on our human freedom. Human beings have dignity because they are free. Freedom must be
guaranteed because of dignity.
