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Cast Away: Wilson and the Need for Other (Genesis 2:18)

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Chuck Noland in Cast Away makes a friend from a volleyball because the human soul cannot survive alone. Wilson - a painted face on rubber - becomes his companion, his confidant, the one he talks to when silence would drive him mad. When Wilson floats away, Chuck weeps as if he has lost a person. God declared: It is not good for man to be alone. We are so wired for relationship that we will create imaginary ones rather than face isolation. Chuck's grief over Wilson reveals how deeply we need the other - presence, witness, someone to know we exist. We were made for communion.

Topics & Themes

lonelinesscommunitysurvivalrelationshipisolationpresence

Scripture References

Genesis 2:18Ecclesiastes 4:9-12Hebrews 10:24-25

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