Donnie Darko
The part of Donnie Darko that I like to focus on is when the
human portal is being introduced.
Donnie’s father is sitting on the couch watching sports as Donnie
observes him. All of a sudden, a plasma
substance begins to rise out of his father’s chest. It seems to be charting a path for where he
is to walk. Donnie further researches
this phenomenon and discovers that it can be harnessed and used for human time
travel. However, as I was reflecting on
this, it brings up an interesting thought about free will, desires, and
predeterminism. The path seems to
reflect the desires of the person it is coming out of. It is almost as if the persons soul and mind
are already on the path, all that must follow is the body. However, what if one were to break from that
path? The path, though seemingly
predeterminded, could possibly be interrupted.
However, it would seem that someone would have to stop them from
following the path. For instance, if
Donnie were to go over and stop his dad, physically, from going into the
kitchen at that moment, it would break the system.
This raises the question of whether or not our lives are
determined by our desires. If this is
the case, then we would have to have our desires changed in order to change our
outcome. This would align with Psalm
37:4 “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he
will give you the desires of your heart.”
In other words, one way to change the desires of ones heart would be to
delight in the LORD and he would give new
desires.
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