Part 9- "What church do you belong to?"


In this scene Daniel is approached by a young man named Paul regarding information about a wealth of oil in a certain location he wishes to sell to Daniel. Now, I could focus every single post interpreting Paul and his "twin" brother, Eli, but that's for another time. In this scene he asks Daniel which church he belongs to. Daniel replies that "I enjoy all things, I don't belong to one church in particular. I like them all... I like everything" which is a hilariously ironic quote and a fine example of Daniel's manipulation. He struggles to spit the quote out and even pauses before saying it, obviously aware that Paul is a worshiper of God. He delivers the line like that because he has a lasting resentment for church, and Christianity, throughout the movie. This is the introduction to that part of his character. And the "I like everything" part of the quote is also foreshadowing.