What struck me most profoundly, though, in that film was the idea that 'what you resist persists'. When I think about that, I think about the success of non-violent resistance. Of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. and so on. And also the failure of "anti" campaigns; war against drugs, war against terrorism, etc.

But again, I don't think it really has anything to do with some universal force. It's human nature and psychology. I think saying that the success of all of these things comes from some uncontrollable and invisible force of good, like most religions, greatly undervalues and underestimates the good and achievement of man. "The Secret Religion" is almost like pseudo-existentialism. In other words, you define yourself but it kind of takes away the point of existentialism in which is humanizing and empowering.

It also doesn't recognize, however, the success of some "anti campaigns". Such as revolutions, or the toppling of Nazi Germany or imperialist Japan.