Faith: Matt Damon

In the end, Matt Damon’s faith is the most common faith of the modern West. It is not the faith of cathedrals or crusades. It is the faith of the quiet agnostic: the one who sits in the pew after everyone else has left, not praying, but thinking. Not believing, but hoping. Not knowing, but refusing to stop asking.

Consider his role as the priest in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006). It is a small, chilling scene. Damon’s character, Colin Sullivan, a corrupt cop and a mole for the Irish mob, goes to confession. He tells the priest he has committed sins “that can’t be forgiven.” The priest, played by Damon, leans in. The camera holds on his face. He looks compassionate, weary, and utterly convinced of the sacrament’s power. matt damon faith

If pressed, he would likely offer a variation of the same answer: I don’t know. In the end, Matt Damon’s faith is the