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One night while visiting his mother, a man contends with the nature of faith and family.

When a fourteen-year-old boy moves with his family to a farm town, he reads a book that leads him to have a crisis of faith and he begins to question what really happens after death.

When a scientist discovers science-based information that negates his world's established creation myth and belief system, he sends the world into chaos, with some zealots clinging desperately to their dogma, while others attempt to embrace the unknown future.

When a ten-year-old boy stands up at a family dinner and declares he wants to meet God, his proclamation spurs a series of philosophical debates.

In a futuristic world, a human fights heresy on behalf of the Christian church and goes to challenge a new church on a different planet, only to find out from its creators is a giant lie. Though he does his job and destroys the heresy, it destroys his already wavering faith.

A young Jewish boy has a theological struggle with his stubborn Rabbi who refuses to answer his inquires about God.

A young Jewish boy wavers between his father’s militant atheism and his anxious desires to speak to God, only to become an old man still asking the same questions of his faith.

A middle-aged man watches his vulnerable older sister slip into the clutches of a religious cult.

As he witnesses his neighbor being kidnapped, Kyle must make a choice to either defy his strict, overbearing parents or remain silent.

In discussing the altercations witnessed over the course of the day, Stephen Elwin and his family grapple with question of whether the downtrodden and those burdened by prejudice are nonetheless responsible for their own breeding and behavior. Elwin’s earnest and idealistic daughter Margaret valiantly defends their maid, who happens to be Black and also named Margaret, until she witnesses 'the other Margaret' breaking a piece of artwork.