re: The Leftovers - Season 3 - early reviews are coming in / Season thread

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“the entire series has been about what’s real and what is not (Kevin’s sleepwalking adventures, Patty, the hotel, Nora’s journey) and the stories we tell in order to make sense of our experiences as humans (which is in many ways the definition of religion).

And like religion, it is the story, far more than the reality, that matters – and it is up to the individual to decide to accept the story or not. What matters is how the story gives us identity and meaning.

When Kevin meets Nora, he tells her a story that she says is not true but which seems to have given Kevin enormous comfort and clarity.

She in turn tells him a story that he accepts as true because he sees it gives her identity. Isn’t that what faith is all about?”

Reza Aslan

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