One of the most memorable scenes out of the movies I watched recently, has to be a scene from Dogma. Directed by Kevin Smith, it's a film that dealt heavily with Christianity, and it's symbolism.
I'd like to share this scene because it really draws a parallel between the life of a Christian to angel, and non-believer to human.
[Excerpt; Bartleby]
Bartleby and Loki were angels exiled from heaven because of disobedience. Loki was the angel of death and destruction (the plagues, etc...) but because of their sympathy for humans, he threw down his sword and this act caused their expulsion, and eternal damnation from paradise. After two thousand years, they've finally found a way back to heaven, but God will stop at nothing to prevent this from happening.
Bartleby to loki:
Then he created humans. Ours was designed to be a life of servitude and worship... and bowing and scraping and adoration. He gave them more than He ever gave us. He gave them a choice. They choose to acknowledge God, or choose to ignore him. All this time we've been down here, I've felt the absence of the Divine presence. And it's pained me... As I'm sure it must have pained you. And why? Because of the way he made us. Had we been given free will, we could choose to ignore the pain. Like they do. But no! We're servants!
Wake up! These humans have besmirched everything He's bestowed upon them. They were given Paradise -- they threw it away. They were given this planet -- they destroyed it. They were favored best among all His endeavors, and some of them don't even believe he exists. And in spite of it all... He hath shown them infinite fucking patience at every turn. What about us? I asked you... Once, to lay down the sword, because I felt sorry for them. What was the result? Our expulsion from Paradise! Where was his infinite fucking patience then?! It's not right! It's not fair! We've paid our debt. Don't you think it's time... Don't you think it's time we went home? And to do that... I... I think we may have to dispatch our-our would be dispatchers.