develop a faith

[hhtt21]

Would you please judge this sentence only with respect to English. Self-made sentence.

"The movie developed a faith and that faith became a religion by time.

[emsr2d2]

I don't understand it.

[jutfrank]

I'm not sure what you mean, either, but I think the last part of the sentence should be:

... and in time this faith became a religion.

[hhtt21]

I'm not sure what you mean, either, but I think the last part of the sentence should be:

... and in time this faith became a religion.

Why are by time and that wrong?

[YAMATO2201]

"The movie developed a faith and that faith became a religion by time.

Hi, hhtt21. Can you flesh out that sentence with a few sentences? "By time" does not work for me at all. Do you mean "after a certain period of time"?

[Matthew Wai]

I guess it means "The movie inspired faith, and this faith became a religion over time."

[Skrej]

Sounds like it was a real cult classic!

[Tdol]

Did the faith exist before the movie?

[Skrej]

I believe so.

[teechar]

hhtt21: are you sure you don't mean something like "a cult following" instead of "a faith" in that?