Donnie's Path to Enlightenment

[Teilhard de Chardin]

Moments before Donnie is crushed by a falling jet engine, God creates an alternative universe to show Donnie (and eventually the people around him) the implications of his actions - choosing to either sacrifice himself for others and the good of society by prosecuting a paedophile, or to escape death and stray from his chosen destiny. There are 3 key players in this tangent universe, God, Jesus Christ and an angel. I believe Frank to be God. He is working with Jim Cunningham (JC - Jesus Christ) and Cherita (Autumn Angel) in guiding Donnie through a path of religious enlightenment.

Justification:

Frank/God - a voice in Donnies head; has ultimate power in the tangent universe; predicts and controls the future; only appears to Donnie; controls everyones destiny

Jim/Jesus Christ - the letters of his name JC; when we first meet Jim on the golf course his head is illuminated by a halo of light from the sun; is labelled for preaching controversial ethics; the fact that he is a paedophile is irrelevant, the deviancy which is created illustrates the dark side of humanity, the antithesis of Christ.

Cherita/Angel - her halo has been replace with earmuffs to block out the disturbing noises of the world; her performance as "The Autumn Angel" speaks for itself; is found listening behind walls to Donnie, thus tracking his progress through the tangent universe; lets Donnie know that there are people (and forces) out there that love (and are protecting) him.

[Twitchmonkey]

nice evaluation

[Captain Nodle]

That actually does make a lot of sense. I applaud, that is a great evaluation.

[Smerk]

Ive come to very similar conclusions aswell, with JC as Jesus Christ, Frank as God, and the Autumn Angel.

Heres another fact to underline Frank as God:
When Frank runs over Donnies Girlfriend, check out the red ferrari's number plate: DUES EX MACHINA. which means in latin, GOD IN A MACINE.

Although, John Cunningham turns out to be a phoney in the movie with his child porn room, and his desregard for the "full spectrum of human emotion" by breaking everything down into fear and love.
So are we then stating that Jesus is a phoney? heheh...
I prefer donnie being the prophet, as only he speaks directly to god, and besides, god commands donnie to burn down Cunninghams house. (Dunno if god would do that to Jesus ;D) Also... if we are getting really biblical here, Donnie does get a second life in the movie (like jesus' resurection) and also (although the movie doesnt show it, so this is my interpretation) at the end of the movie Donnie ascends into the sky.