God on trial

God on Trial is a 2008 television play written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. The play takes place in Auschwitz during World War II. The Jewish prisoners put God on trial in absentia for abandoning the Jewish people. The question is whether God has broken his covenant with the Jewish people by allowing the Germans to commit genocide. I like to present this as evidence why we as believers still believe. What to do with God in hell on earth? Do we find him lacking? Yes, but the real question is what to do next. Acceptance that it's not a one way relationship and turn to prayer. "So what do we do?" says one prisoner. "We pray," says the other, and they all rise, face one way and begin to pray. The scene fades to the present day, with visitors to Auschwitz standing stunned in the same space; the ghostly figures of the prisoners are seen among them, praying.

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SW-User

Old scenario

God isn’t real

God is real and chose to do nothing. (Guilty)

God is real and can’t do anything to stop what he set in motion. (Guilty)

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God is guilty

Believe whatever you want…just be aware of what you give yourself to..

val70 · 51-55

@SW-User Oh yes, the belief of my forefathers :)

SW-User

@val70 let me buy you the next round of kool aid.

That’s how accommodating I am.

val70 · 51-55

@SW-User You're that alright. I'm glad that you know yourself. Je bent een gladde jongen

SW-User

@val70 mijn randen zijn roestig

val70 · 51-55

@SW-User Oh neen, je Nederlands is goed genoeg :)

SW-User

@val70 I was speaking to my presence here.

My Dutch is by way of google.
I do love languages though.

val70 · 51-55

@SW-User That's alright. I have dyslexia. Awful thing to have at times, but then again I'm not going to be anything than myself on here either despite the threatening behaviour of some :)

SW-User

@val70 I am not creative enough to do much else.

Axeroberts · 56-60, M

@SW-User how about God doesn't interfere or it wouldn't be reality. Otherwise it's staged and meaningless. Or why not have Him interfere in everything that isn't good. However God comforts within the circumstances. That is what they are praying for.

SW-User

@Axeroberts you are looking for the fairies in the garden.

val70 · 51-55

@Axeroberts In essence you are right. Look at how the movie ends. Does it end with the visitors seeing the SS guards with their Gott mit uns belt buckels? No, the visitors can rather still envision the rabbis praying there. Likewise, is there anything substantial left of Hitler to put against the establisment and maintenance of Israel as a democratic state? Mankind has always shown to be in the wrong and its lot can only be changed by lamenting this. Lament through prayer is the only option left