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COR 301 A: THE TRIAL OF GOD

We will hold a ‘virtual’ trial of God ourselves. This will be maintained on a course Wiki, available on Tigernet. This Wiki will serve as a fascinating remnant of our class that will trace the evolution/development of not only your own unique thought but of the larger class’ thinking on the topic of God and evil.

The Wiki will be a staged dialogue (see Wiesel’s Trial of God for an idea on format) that will grow each week. In short, God is on trial for allowing evil to exist in the world. The Wiki will imagine and create the script for how such a trial might commence. What would the prosecutor say? The defense? Witnesses? The judge? God?

Each week, with each new book, will bring new witnesses to the fore. The required witnesses called will be:

            Week 1: Elie Wiesel Week 2: Adam, Eve, Serpent, Job Week 3: The Shack characters Week 4: open (call whomever you like) Week 5: open (call whomever you like) Week 6: verdict

Wiki specs: -Respect the content of your classmates. NOTHING should be deleted or claimed as your own if it is not. -You must ‘sign’/tag each comment you make so I can identify its author with ease. Do so in parentheses after your          addition. -Format will be like a play, with dialogue assigned to each character. For example:

Judge : We have the charge against the defendant, that he has allowed evil to exist in the world. How do you plead? God: Not guilty. Judge: Very well. The trial will proceed. Prosecution may call their first witness. Prosecution: We call Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Mr. Wiesel, you describe on p. XX of your memoir Night that your experience during the Holocaust did not cause you to doubt God’s existence, only his absolute justice. What did you mean by that? Wiesel: (here you would create what you imagine Wiesel might say. Be certain it is true to the spirit            and thought of that person). -Contribute three times per week. Significant contributions are those that push the trial further in thoughtfulness and complexity, usually covering several characters in a session. Those that add only a single line or question will not be judged satisfactory. -Be certain you always ‘play’ the part of different characters. This helps you think through the issue from all sides. What question might you ask Wiesel? How might he reply? How might the defense cross- examine him? Etc. -Feel free to insert powerful images or video clips as evidence or the basis for a question. See my opening example on the Wiki for some ideas. Don’t feel like everything has to be ‘text-centered.’ -Be creative and have fun with it. This is our opportunity to think and grapple together, unfiltered.



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