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Essay / Dogma - 537
DogmaDogma, a belief or set of rules adopted by a group or organization, which others are expected to follow or accept without argument. "He caused a storm by questioning one of the central dogmas of the Church. "Dogma is a black comedy, which questions ideas and beliefs, ordogmas, set out in particular by Catholics, but which can also apply to other faiths. The story is this; two angels are expelled from heaven and want to return there. They find a way to return which, in doing so, will forgive them all their sins; unsurprisingly, they had to be stopped, by the "last descendant", in the form of Bethany, a needy woman struggling through life. Accompanied by two dark "prophets", an apostle and a muse, she must prevent the two fallen angels from returning to heaven, because this would prove God wrong and humanity would be reversed, and the effects would be disastrous. Many, i.e. Catholics, were challenged in the film. The film explored ideas, looking...