As an atheist, religious horror movies never really frighten me. But this movie based on a true story really made me linger a bit, and it didn't make me think: Can all the supernatural events in this world be explained by religion?
The film is based on a true story, and I don't want to dwell on the authenticity of this story, because I think there must be something in this world that we can't explain. But must these things be a matter of religion, as the Warrens say in the archetypal story? I don't think so.
Religion can indeed save people, just like Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, faith saved his life; religion can also harm people, like those Catholic priests who molested children. The reason for this is that religion itself is something created by man. Wouldn't it be a joke to use something created by man to explain something that man cannot explain?
What cannot be explained is explained by religion. That is what human beings did hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Now it is the 21st century. Although science cannot explain everything, religion cannot.
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