Liam Neeson :
I have laboured in This Country for
15 years, I know it better than you.
Our religion does not take root
in This Country.
The Priest :
Because The Roots have been torn up.
Liam Neeson :
No. Because This Country is A Swamp.
Nothing grows here.
Plant a sapling here and the roots rot.
The Priest :
There was a time when Christianity
here grew and flourished here.
Liam Neeson :
When?
The Priest :
When? In Your Time, Father.
In Your Time, before you became like...
Liam Neeson :
Like who, like them?
Rodriguez, please listen.
The Japanese only believe in
their distortion of Our Gospel.
So they did not believe at all.
They never believed.
The Priest :
How can you say that?
From the time of St. Francis Xavier
through your own time,
there were hundreds of thousands
of converts here.
Liam Neeson :
Hundreds?
The Priest :
Converts, yes!
Liam Neeson :
Francis Xavier came here to teach
The Japanese about The Son of God,
but first he had to ask how to refer
to God. Dai Ni Chi, he was told.
Shall I show you their Dai Ni Chi?
Behold. There is The Son of God.
God's only begotten son.
In the scriptures, Jesus rose
on the third day.
In Japan, The Son of God rises daily.
The Japanese cannot think of an existence
beyond the realm of nature.
For them, nothing transcends to Human.
The Priest :
No!
Liam Neeson :
They can't conceive of our
idea of the Christian God!
The Priest :
No, you're wrong.
You're wrong.
They worship God! God! Our Lord!
They praise The Name of Deus!
Liam Neeson :
That's just another name for
a God, they never knew.
The Priest :
I saw men die!
Liam Neeson :
I did too.
The Priest :
For Deus! On fire with their faith.
Liam Neeson :
Your martyrs might have been on fire, Father.
But it was not of the Christian faith.
The Priest :
I saw them die. I saw them die.
They did not die for nothing.
Liam Neeson :
They did not. They're dying for you, Rodriguez.
The Priest :
How many did you save?
When you trampled on the face of Our Lord?
How many beside yourself?
Liam Neeson :
I don't know.
Certainly not as many as you may help.
The Priest :
You're trying to justify your own weakness.
God have mercy on you!
Liam Neeson :
Which God? Which one?
We say -- I'm sorry, you haven't learned
the language though really, have you?
There is a saying here,
mountains and rivers can be moved.
But man's nature can not be moved.
It's very wise, like so much here.
We find our original nature in Japan, Rodriguez.
Perhaps this was meant by finding God.
The Driver :
You're a disgrace.
You're a disgrace, Father.
I can't. I can't even call you that anymore.
Liam Neeson :
Good. I have a Japanese name now.
A wife and children.
I inherited them all
from an executed man.
How do you feel?
He has shown you the path of mercy.
I hope you take it.
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