Silo and the Nature of Belief (2025)

Martin, J. (2025, March 6). Silo and the Nature of Belief.

• Highlights parallels between Season 2 of Silo and scripture when it comes to our diverse understandings of the nature of (meta)physical, social, and psychological reality.

“As sheriff, Paul Billings is responsible for maintaining social order. Similarly Saul—as a sanctioned persecutor—can also be understood as trying to maintain a sense of social order by punishing those spreading ‘radical’ beliefs. Just as Billings’ questioning of authority alters his worldview, Saul’s was altered while traveling to Damascus. These two figures and their stories invite us to consider three types of beliefs that inform how we treat each other: (meta) physical beliefs, social beliefs, and psychological beliefs.”