What Dreams May Come Analysis

Throughout human history, there has always been contemplation of an afterlife, from the seemingly simple concepts of Greek spiritual dualism and Egyptian culture, to the commonly misunderstood and complex idea of Heaven and Hell that the Catholic Church and the Magisterium teach. There have been many reasons why the originally taught Christian ideas of Heaven and Hell are misinterpreted today; most of them spring from either a lack of quality of teaching from past years by various institutions (or even the Church itself), or from our modernist culture, finding its roots in both Jewish/Christian traditions but largely Greek and Roman ones. The movie What Dreams May Come, starring Robbin Williams, displays some modern misconceptions of Heaven

It is a state of being (not a state of mind), and can experienced on Earth as well. Not only is Hell a place of physical isolation, but of social and spiritual isolation as well. This is exactly what Jesus went through in his lifetime, especially in his Passion and Death. It is then, that Jesus cries: “Around the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, saying ‘Eli Eli lama sabachthani?’ which is, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’” (Mark 15:34). This is the very moment Jesus enters the depths of what Hell truly is. He experienced it so we (humanity) would not have to. Hell, is not necessarily a physical place, which is why there are many common misconceptions of Hell. The Nicene Creed is not meant to be taken literally when it states “And He descended into Hell”; it is, however, meant to be taken as truth. Not of fact, but of something deeper than fact. The language that the Creed is written in (Along with the Bible, the Cannon, and other books the Magisterium, use as sources of their teachings) is not primarily a historical account at all, but a set of statements that go much deeper in facts; they remain true forever. That is what is at the core of the misunderstanding of