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[Haunting Piano Music Begins]
Mark: You prayed and believe your whole life.
And here you are.
Explain that to me!
[Piano Music Becomes Louder]
Amy: What do you say to people that are offended by your show? You should pray to Jesus in every episode.
Willie: If we disown Him, He'll disown us.
Professor Radisson (PR): When a 12 year-old watches his mother dying of cancer,
a God who would allow that is not worth believing in.
Life is really a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing.
[Upbeat Music Begins]
Registration Booth Person (RB): Name?
Josh Wheaton (J): Uh, Wheaton. Josh Wheaton.
RB: Philosophy 150. You might want to think about a different, uh- instructor.
J: Come on, man. It can't be that bad.
RB: Think, uh, Roman Coliseum. People cheering for your death.
PR: I'm Professor Radisson. And this is philosophy 1-5-0. I would like to bypass senseless debate altogether,
and jump to the conclusion which every sophomore is already aware of, there is no God.
All that I require from each of you, is that you fill in the papers I've just given you with three little words:
God is dead.
["Challenging" music begins]
PR: Mr. Wheaton, is something wrong?
J: I can't do what you want. I'm a Christian.
PR: If you cannot bring yourself to admit that God is dead, then you will need to defend the antithesis.
J: I think of Jesus as my friend.
Martin: You think Jesus is God?
J: I don't want to disappoint him.
Reverend Dave: So, you're acceptance of this challenge-
may be the only meaningful exposure to God and Jesus they'll ever have.
J (in narrative voice): To me, he's not dead.
I don't want anyone to get talked out of believing in him just because this professor thinks they should.
PR: Mr. Wheaton, are you ready?
J: We're going to put God on trial.
PR: Do you think you are smarter than me, Wheaton? Do not try to humiliate me in front of my students.
In that classroom, there is a God. I'm him.
Girl: This experiment is over. You get to decide who the most important person in your life is:
Me...or Professor Radisson.
J: But I have to do this thing. Like it's something that God wants me to do. I,I, I can't just turn away from it.
PR: You just want to ensnare them in your primitive superstitions.
J: What I want is for them to make their own choice. That's what God wants.
PR: You have no idea how much I am going to enjoy failing you.
J: Yeah but, who are you really looking to fail? Me - or God?
[Newsboys Music Begins]
{God's not dead, He's surely alive!}
{He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion!}
{God's not dead, He's surely alive!}
{He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion!}
[Music Fades, Plays Softly in Background]
J: Science supports His existence, you know the truth! So why do you hate Him?
It's a very... simple question.
Why do you hate God?
(Loud Music) {God's not dead, He's surely alive!}
{He's living on the inside, roaring like a lion!}