After watching the film Hacksaw Ridge, I felt inspired to be more serious about my beliefs by the story of PFC Desmond Doss and how he stood by his personal beliefs in spite of outside pressure. While I do not share Doss’ beliefs towards pacifism, I do share his belief in Jesus and am able to understand the basis of Doss’ personal promises to God, at least as portrayed in the film and why this was so important to him and his relationship to God. As society becomes increasingly more intolerant as while simultaneously becoming more politically correct, this film, while featuring characters, conflicts, and stories of a different time, is very relevant to our current world. Regardless of what each of us believes, it is clear that people are becoming either intolerant and unaccepting of others different from them, or hiding and suppressing their own beliefs out of fear of offending others. This film portrays a middle road, where Doss is able to maintain his beliefs in spite of others intolerance while not condemning the other soldiers for their nonacceptance of his beliefs.  He neither forces his beliefs on others, nor does he condemn others for their intolerance. He simply lives his lives according to what he believes in. I believe we should be like Doss in that we should feel free to according to our beliefs, but without creating fear in others that you might hate them for theirs.