with godless lives and therefore deserve to die, “how all four of his victims, moments before death, had desperately tried to buy back their godless lives by
telling their secret.” p. 13. His intolerance towards the Priory is further proven by his feeling no guilt whatsoever when killing all the top four members of the
Priory. On top of that, as a fanatic, Silas does not want to accept or listen to other
ideas or arguments. All he cares about is that his slogan must be upheld and that those who are working against the Opus Dei are scorning God. Therefore, when
he discovers that Sister Sandrine is against Opus Dei’s ways of applying the word of God – on top of helping the Brotherhood of the Priory to hide the keystone –
this sister becomes the next target of Silas’ intolerance. Sister Sandrine is the keeper of the Saint-Sulpice church who cannot
accept nor understand the ways and rituals of the Opus Dei. According to this sister, Opus Dei has strayed from teachings of Jesus Christ. She knows that Jesus
Christ never taught his followers to torture themselves to prove their faith. The sister’s understanding is actually truer to Christian doctrines than Silas’ but she
will never be able to make Silas understand this. True enough, at the first sign of her criticizing the ways of Opus Dei, Silas kills her.
According to Silas, the sister of the Church who helps the Priory and questions the ways of Opus Dei has betrayed God. Therefore, the sister also
deserves to die. “You are a sister of the Church, and yet you serve them?”
“Jesus had but one true message,” Sister Sandrine said defiantly. “I cannot see that message in Opus Dei.”
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A sudden explosion of rage erupted behind the monks eyes. He lunged, lashing out with the candle stand like a club. As Sister Sandrine fell, her
last feeling was an overwhelming sense of foreboding p. 146. “She was working against God She scorned the work of Opus Dei” p.
180.
Being an intolerant person, he separates his world into two: those who are with him and those who are his enemies. This can be seen through his treatment
and judgement towards those who have different beliefs and towards his fellows who have different perspectives with him, The Priory and Sister Sandrine.
5. Readiness to Sacrifice Others
Religion and humanity can not be separated. That is, all religions teach their followers to always respect humanity. The same thing applies to Christianity.
In its core, Christianity is all about teaching people to love and respect one another. However, Silas though is a Christian, breaks this basic rule. He – as most
of all the fanatics do too – does not hesitate in ridding of all the innocent people who
oppose the
beliefs of
his group
Flossen, http:pages.prodigy.netkrtq73aafanatic.htm. He thinks that murder is necessary
and that the people he murdered deserved it because according to him, everybody who is in contradiction with Opus Dei is the enemy of God. Opus Dei’s The Way
is the only absolute and ultimate truth. Therefore, it must be defended at all costs by eliminating its mockers. This is another aspect of Silas as a fanatic that is his
intolerance that allows him to sacrifice others – all the top four members of The Priory and also sister Sandrine – for Opus Dei.
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When he gets the order from the Teacher to murder all the top four members of the Priory, Silas actually is very reluctant to do it. He is actually very
reluctant to even hold a weapon, “At Rémys suggestion, Silas had wiped down his gun and disposed of it through a sewer grate. He was glad to get rid of it. He
felt lighter” p. 411. However, since he is told that these “heathens” p. 59 are a threat to his belief, and that the keystone that they hold will lead to the Holy Grail
– the key to give Opus Dei great power over the church – he is eager to kill. He kills all the top four members of the brotherhood both in order to force them to tell
the location of the keystone and to punish them for mocking Opus Dei, his sanctuary.
When he comes to Saint Sulpice church he does not originally plan to kill the presiding Sister Sandrine, because at first, Silas thinks that Sister Sandrine has
nothing to do with the brotherhood. She is a woman of the cloth, and it is not her fault the brotherhood chose
her church as a hiding place for their keystone. She should not be punished for the sins of others p. 95.
But when Silas finds out that Sister Sandrine is actually helping the brotherhood to hide the keystone, his attitude changes. He eventually becomes enraged and
kills the Sister when she criticizes Opus Dei’s harsh ways in applying the word of God. Silas cannot tolerate those who question Opus Dei’s doctrine, and therefore
loses his temper when he hears the sister questioning the righteousness of it. According to him, this sister deserves to be killed because by scorning the work of
Opus Dei, this sister is working against God, and enemies of God must be exterminated. This twisted doctrine is so explicit in Silas that rest of the characters
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