Kristen: Why are you becoming a priest?
David: Now, there’s a segue. [long pause] My mom had me baptized. My dad thought it was idiotic. His life was art and sex. Her life was prayer and mass. I was drawn more to my dad’s life. I followed up until, I guess, five years ago?
Kristen: Julia?
David: That’s when I knew science didn’t really explain life to me. It was like having an instruction manual about how to put together a bike, but when the bike was put together, it didn’t explain the bike. Science is best used as science, not as philosophy or religion. That’s when I was drawn back to my mom. She seemed to understand.
Kristen: What? Understand what?
David: People do bad. People are bad. They try not to reveal it because Americans are obsessed with purity. They can’t even let on that something is wrong, and there’s only one solution.
Kristen: Jesus?
David: No. Forgiveness. People apologizing.