God on Trial - 1 of 9

Added by deleted 2 months ago on 18 September 2009 11:07

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Genocide committed on any people is heinous but simultaneously enlightening and telling to its witnesses. In deed, the German people before the beginning of WWII were demonstrably less racist and less prone to genocidal actions than most of their co-citizens in other countries. Before the beginning of the war, some 61% of marriages in Berlin were mixed marriages, Jew with Christian. The anomaly was Jews without influence in that society, and the German leadership profited a great deal from their capture. One transaction we can certainly make gain from within the Jewish genocide is the discussion Jews had among themselves after and during the war. The most creative and best Jewish minds came from this time. Some 29% of all Nobel Laureates are Jewish and more than half of them were either born or alive in the 1940s. With such a collection of educated and interested people, it makes sense that these discussions would include a great deal of reason and honesty.

The film presented here is a fictional account of a group of Jews who fit this somewhat broad bill. A variety of doctors, lawyers, and professors are placed in close proximity to discuss the religious implications of genocide, specifically on the chosen people. The literacy present in these gatherings was surely significant, and I think it would have been a widespread topic, at least among those in the early times while the captive were still healthy enough to engage in healthy thinking.

This production is touching. It shows the conflict between evidence and religious dedication. It can be a source of comfort and yet paradoxically anguish. God has abandoned his people because he does not exist. When the people are prosperous, it is easy to thank an invisible god; however, when the people suffer, it makes for a more difficult time to believe in evidence-poor propositions.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.