see also: TheStrengthOfWeakTies
Oma Magriete gives the cross before we eat. In some ways religion is the perfect way to realize the way in which WeAreNotIndividuals. In a moment of prayer one is linked with everyone else who believes.
when Gent got sick everyone started praying. i do not belive in God but somehow... there is something which connects us, which might as well be called God. Now he is awake and I wonder if having the love of so many projected in your direction is what make the difference. Or is it what was inside of the man himself? Was the group action a factor?