I've watched this in the 90's but when I went back to the library where we used to borrow it, its film has deteriorated already. I am glad you published it here. Thank you so much!
We watched Insight every week when I was a kid but this is the one episode I never forgot. What I did not notice at the time was an uncredited Anne Meara there in the jury box.
Like many people posting here, I used to watch this, and had forgotten how good it was. As a nonbeliever, I wonder: what ever happened to this kind of faith-based intelligence and wit? Was it Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? Jim and Tammy Faye? Somewhere during the weighty eighties we went from thoughtful discourse on faith issues to the clown car that is the current culture of conspicuous Christianity.
I'm with the atheists. I used to like and look forward to watching the 'Insight' productions in the 70s. I was always impressed with the writing and in those days I was religiously inclined. I hope to find all of the Insight programs on TH-cam eventually and I certainly think they are some of the best apologetic material ever made - but then I could just be being nostalgic.
+Mark Lucas For me, my atheism was like mistaking the commonplace for reality. For instance, just because I was sitting behind a computer, I would start to think that my brain works the same way, ignoring the fact that computers don't do synthetic functions, they rely solely on representations, etc.
Rational Belief In God Thanks for your response but I wish you had said more. I'm not altogether sure what you were trying to say. I loved Insight as a developing kid and I was very impressed with how well it was written and acted. I was especially impressed with the power of its spiritual messages.
I've been all around the gamut of atheist/theist/agnostic. I've experienced every one of these points-of-view at one time in my life, and have later found something at fault and of praise with every position. I was just referring to a fault I had with atheism, but I also like the typically humanistic side of it. But, I too, have always respected this show. So, same here. This episode is one of my favorites of the series.
I reminded of the time when they nailed Jesus to the cross and I think Jesus said, "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." Just like this situation here when they beat up God at the end. They didn't know what they were doing. I think it was when he said he wasn't going to press charges and meant that that they realized he was the Almighty God. Anybody else would've likely pressed charges.
@@storba3860 Well, he didn't actually send them to Hell, they sent themselves there. He gave them chance after chance after chance to avoid it and this was the result of them screwing it up. But I get what you're saying and I honestly thank you for saying it.
@@jeprice08 I've heard that excuse and it's a dumb one. If we have free will in the afterlife then those in Hell will be begging to get out and if we don't then God never cared about free will.
Thanks for putting this on for us. I was trying to track down a show from January 1980 about a young boy in a hospital who dies of a terminal illness and the others learn from his bravery and their sadness about it. I know there was another serial on Sunday mornings in 1980 so I'm not sure if it was an "Insight" episode. Is there any chance you or the Paulists have a copy of that episode too?
Pretty sure you're talking about an HBO show that used to come on late 80s early 90s the kid catches his AIDS in his group of friends what's his blood brothers
A philosophical one, in our seminary we made a play for this, titled Kalantog ng Malyete, during our philosophical week so much memories in MHCCS seminary.
Now, I don't claim to be perfect. I'm not, but I'd like to get something off of my chest if I may. It's about the prosecuting attorney, Kay Durban, played by Marcia Rodd. The trouble with the prosecuting attorney is that she is a bigot. That's right, a bigot. She asks questions to God and he answers them, but the problem is either she's not listening to them (She's not even listening to herself when she speaks.) or they're not the answers that she wanted. She claims that she's too intelligent for all of this fiddle-faddle. Well, that may be true, but is she really intelligent enough to know when to listen to something that could be the truth and when not to listen to something that could really be a lie? During the questioning, she unintentionally peeled off some of her skin and showed what was inside of her and she's not alone, other people (one, in particular) have done that too, showing God to be the superior one. She said that she'd like to believe that there is good in the world, but claims she has far too much intelligence for it. Does she really or is she, in truth, a hypocrite? She and people like her can do some good in this world. Now, yes, it's not her problem, but she can help solve it. We all of us can help solve it if it was what we really want, if we want it bad enough, because if we just sit there and do nothing but put the blame on the Almighty, not only does the problem go unsolved, but we become part of it. In the end, I feel nothing for her but pity. Seriously...and that goes for the guy who at the end said, "What's going on?"
@Gerard S. G. If by chance you see this comment, as I noticed it has been 7 years since you posted yours, I just wanted to tell you there is now a channel devoted to episodes of Insight. They have been gradually posting episodes for almost 3 years now, and “Chicken” is one that they have since posted. I actually watched that one recently. It was pretty good, I must admit.
This entire court procedure only makes sense if you believe the truth of 1 Timothy 4:10, 1 John 2:2, Hebrews 7:3,24,25 and 1 Cor 15:22-28. That God is the saviour of all men: even of the demons after their punishment acording to the parable of the ungreatful servant in Matthew 18:21-35 which affirms, including those postponed by and subjected to disbelief after the great millenial Kingdom has served its purpose. Note that Christs highpriesthood is not "eternal" in a modern sense: but established for a purpose according to the meaning of the Greek word PANTELES and dienekes. Which derrive their meaning from "TELOS":fully: "until fullfillment" and "dienekes": perpetually [until accomplished]. Therefor Christ is a saviour according to the word "PANTELES": which to any Greek would have meant "until >all [creatures]< are completly perfected". This is why 1 Cor 15:22-28 speaks of God being PANTA en PASSIN: ALL in ALL after the Kingdom has done what Christ foretold in Luke. "And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the >whole< was leavened." The >whole< (pas/pan) includes all of creation: also the fallen who will pay for a while and then be restored. enter Alan Hess: th-cam.com/channels/tTMRzY2XxkiIMMNJjUbneg.htmlvideos
Interesting take on the play the trial of God where God was found guilty for the crimes against humanity. But being a church thing it would be twisted to end in this way
The jury would have found this guy guilty as charged w/death as punishment! The 'forgiveness' shown would not have been sufficient for a not guilty verdict! But the childish idea of any deity intervening in the lives of humankind challenges our credulity!
+Wayne Walczak Well, if they found Him guilty, then they would be admitting that He's God (otherwise, how would he have been culpable?), and if He was God, then the death penalty would be in vain. Why? Because "God's" an eternal being. "But the childish idea of any deity intervening in the lives of humankind challenges our credulity!" ... not if God is ingrained in our very being.
+Rational Belief In God "if god is ingrained in our very being"? This statement demonstrates irrationality and could be considered a serious mental issue; thinking a mythical figure exists without evidence is a step away from clinical insanity. BTW, since we know a big bang occured, an eternal god did not!
A mental universe isn't exactly a baseless claim. Read up on Leibniz, Stuart Hameroff, Roger Penrose, Cristof Koch, Galen Strawson, Peter Russell, Richard Conn Henry to name a few. To stretch that idea into a hypothesis that a higher mind plays a factor here doesn't seem to qualify as "insane," unless that's a term you commonly use for anyone who disagrees with you. Lastly, the "big bang" and the notion of a "creator" aren't mutually exclusive. For instance, it's just as consistent to believe that the big bang was created as it is to believe that space-time emerged from spaceless and timeless energy. In fact, the former claim would cover two mysteries, if true (mind and cosmology) whereas the latter just covers one.
This is gross - I thought Jesus was a Hebrew ?! Meaning he was WHITE! he was fair and hazel eyes. the truth is - Christ didn't come to save the world NOW ---- IT WAS FUTURE. CORRUPT MEN WIL NOT READ THE SCRIPTURES . THEY WIILL NOT HEAR AND WILL NOT PREACH THE TRUTH - HOPE IS FUTURE - NOT NOW.
Thank you for uploading this.., it needs more views.
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I've watched this in the 90's but when I went back to the library where we used to borrow it, its film has deteriorated already. I am glad you published it here. Thank you so much!
No problem. Thanks for commenting :)
Thanks for providing this series on TH-cam. I am not a believer, but decency and thoughtfulness should always be universal
Thanks for posting! I have been looking for this for quite some time now. I watched it as part of my philo class a long time ago.
This one is exceptionally well done IMHO... Thanks for posting!
Many thanks!!!!!!!!!! Loved Insight!!!!!
Having listened to the video' I realised that working for the God work takes ones commitment. Thank you
There are so many wonderful episodes of insight . This may possibly be the greatest. I truly think God breathed on the writers of this story .
Father Kessler wrote it.
Great episode. Good group of actors including Peter Haskell.
I remember this episode and today, I decided to look for it.
The ending was so powerful.
We watched Insight every week when I was a kid but this is the one episode I never forgot. What I did not notice at the time was an uncredited Anne Meara there in the jury box.
Watched it again, brilliant. The message speaks for itself and the atheist light weights will never get it, never.
May God help us Amen
Like many people posting here, I used to watch this, and had forgotten how good it was. As a nonbeliever, I wonder: what ever happened to this kind of faith-based intelligence and wit? Was it Jerry Falwell? Pat Robertson? Jim and Tammy Faye? Somewhere during the weighty eighties we went from thoughtful discourse on faith issues to the clown car that is the current culture of conspicuous Christianity.
Well put.
You are SO right!
Stop committing sociology and blaming popular culture for your decision to be shallow.
I agree with you
Lord Jesus christ have mercy on us and the whole world Amen
Yo guys! Can you make Reflection about this?
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I'm with the atheists. I used to like and look forward to watching the 'Insight' productions in the 70s. I was always impressed with the writing and in those days I was religiously inclined. I hope to find all of the Insight programs on TH-cam eventually and I certainly think they are some of the best apologetic material ever made - but then I could just be being nostalgic.
+Mark Lucas For me, my atheism was like mistaking the commonplace for reality. For instance, just because I was sitting behind a computer, I would start to think that my brain works the same way, ignoring the fact that computers don't do synthetic functions, they rely solely on representations, etc.
Rational Belief In God
Thanks for your response but I wish you had said more. I'm not altogether sure what you were trying to say. I loved Insight as a developing kid and I was very impressed with how well it was written and acted. I was especially impressed with the power of its spiritual messages.
I've been all around the gamut of atheist/theist/agnostic. I've experienced every one of these points-of-view at one time in my life, and have later found something at fault and of praise with every position. I was just referring to a fault I had with atheism, but I also like the typically humanistic side of it. But, I too, have always respected this show. So, same here. This episode is one of my favorites of the series.
Pardon me if I may seem ignorant, but could someone explain the ending where after they beat up God, the two apologize and hug God
I reminded of the time when they nailed Jesus to the cross and I think Jesus said, "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." Just like this situation here when they beat up God at the end. They didn't know what they were doing. I think it was when he said he wasn't going to press charges and meant that that they realized he was the Almighty God. Anybody else would've likely pressed charges.
By the way, I don't really believe you're ignorant.
@@jeprice08The fact He sent most of those people to Hell means He didn't actually forgive them.
@@storba3860 Well, he didn't actually send them to Hell, they sent themselves there. He gave them chance after chance after chance to avoid it and this was the result of them screwing it up. But I get what you're saying and I honestly thank you for saying it.
@@jeprice08 I've heard that excuse and it's a dumb one. If we have free will in the afterlife then those in Hell will be begging to get out and if we don't then God never cared about free will.
That was outstanding.
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Thanks for putting this on for us. I was trying to track down a show from January 1980 about a young boy in a hospital who dies of a terminal illness and the others learn from his bravery and their sadness about it. I know there was another serial on Sunday mornings in 1980 so I'm not sure if it was an "Insight" episode. Is there any chance you or the Paulists have a copy of that episode too?
+hnklbn I don't have a copy of that one. I have a few other episodes of Insight besides this one, but not that many.
Pretty sure you're talking about an HBO show that used to come on late 80s early 90s the kid catches his AIDS in his group of friends what's his blood brothers
A philosophical one, in our seminary we made a play for this, titled Kalantog ng Malyete, during our philosophical week so much memories in MHCCS seminary.
A nice trial like those that occur daily.
Now, I don't claim to be perfect. I'm not, but I'd like to get something off of my chest if I may. It's about the prosecuting attorney, Kay Durban, played by Marcia Rodd. The trouble with the prosecuting attorney is that she is a bigot. That's right, a bigot. She asks questions to God and he answers them, but the problem is either she's not listening to them (She's not even listening to herself when she speaks.) or they're not the answers that she wanted. She claims that she's too intelligent for all of this fiddle-faddle. Well, that may be true, but is she really intelligent enough to know when to listen to something that could be the truth and when not to listen to something that could really be a lie? During the questioning, she unintentionally peeled off some of her skin and showed what was inside of her and she's not alone, other people (one, in particular) have done that too, showing God to be the superior one. She said that she'd like to believe that there is good in the world, but claims she has far too much intelligence for it. Does she really or is she, in truth, a hypocrite? She and people like her can do some good in this world. Now, yes, it's not her problem, but she can help solve it. We all of us can help solve it if it was what we really want, if we want it bad enough, because if we just sit there and do nothing but put the blame on the Almighty, not only does the problem go unsolved, but we become part of it. In the end, I feel nothing for her but pity. Seriously...and that goes for the guy who at the end said, "What's going on?"
she is the bulverist
Thanks! Any chance you have the Insight episode called "Chicken"? It also aired in 1980. Haven't seen it ages...
No, sorry. I don't have that one.
@Gerard S. G. If by chance you see this comment, as I noticed it has been 7 years since you posted yours, I just wanted to tell you there is now a channel devoted to episodes of Insight. They have been gradually posting episodes for almost 3 years now, and “Chicken” is one that they have since posted. I actually watched that one recently. It was pretty good, I must admit.
th-cam.com/video/cU-4-y2_vxw/w-d-xo.html
wasn't he actually put on trial at one time...
How would Judge Judy have handled this?
Since he's a man, Judge Judy would find God guilty, just like all her other trials.
@@michaellong3836 lol, but she's a pistol of a lady.
@@AvidiaNirvana More like a loose cannon.
@@michaellong3836 hahaha
Eye opener. The last witness really pisses me off -.-
Spare 28mts of your time GOD ON TRIAL - You won't regret!
Openness
This entire court procedure only makes sense if you believe the truth of 1 Timothy 4:10, 1 John 2:2, Hebrews 7:3,24,25
and 1 Cor 15:22-28.
That God is the saviour of all men: even of the demons after their punishment acording to the parable of the ungreatful servant in Matthew 18:21-35 which affirms, including those postponed by and subjected to disbelief after the great millenial Kingdom has served its purpose.
Note that Christs highpriesthood is not "eternal" in a modern sense: but established for a purpose according to the meaning of the Greek word PANTELES and dienekes. Which derrive their meaning from "TELOS":fully: "until fullfillment" and "dienekes": perpetually [until accomplished]. Therefor Christ is a saviour according to the word "PANTELES": which to any Greek would have meant "until >all [creatures]< are completly perfected". This is why 1 Cor 15:22-28 speaks of God being PANTA en PASSIN: ALL in ALL after the Kingdom has done what Christ foretold in Luke.
"And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the >whole< was leavened."
The >whole< (pas/pan) includes all of creation: also the fallen who will pay for a while and then be restored.
enter Alan Hess: th-cam.com/channels/tTMRzY2XxkiIMMNJjUbneg.htmlvideos
I was told there would be a smiting.
To come to the conclusion the film comes to, is contrary to rational thought!
+Wayne Walczak Not in the least. Forgiveness is irrational? "Agape" is the most rational of emotions.
Interesting take on the play the trial of God where God was found guilty for the crimes against humanity. But being a church thing it would be twisted to end in this way
God in trial !!!!
"Intelligence" XDXDXD.
Don't give up your day job. ;)
Change the fashion and this could be today
It is today.
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The jury would have found this guy guilty as charged w/death as punishment! The 'forgiveness' shown would not have been sufficient for a not guilty verdict! But the childish idea of any deity intervening in the lives of humankind challenges our credulity!
+Wayne Walczak Well, if they found Him guilty, then they would be admitting that He's God (otherwise, how would he have been culpable?), and if He was God, then the death penalty would be in vain. Why? Because "God's" an eternal being.
"But the childish idea of any deity intervening in the lives of humankind challenges our credulity!"
... not if God is ingrained in our very being.
+Rational Belief In God "if god is ingrained in our very being"? This statement demonstrates irrationality and could be considered a serious mental issue; thinking a mythical figure exists without evidence is a step away from clinical insanity. BTW, since we know a big bang occured, an eternal god did not!
A mental universe isn't exactly a baseless claim. Read up on Leibniz, Stuart Hameroff, Roger Penrose, Cristof Koch, Galen Strawson, Peter Russell, Richard Conn Henry to name a few. To stretch that idea into a hypothesis that a higher mind plays a factor here doesn't seem to qualify as "insane," unless that's a term you commonly use for anyone who disagrees with you. Lastly, the "big bang" and the notion of a "creator" aren't mutually exclusive. For instance, it's just as consistent to believe that the big bang was created as it is to believe that space-time emerged from spaceless and timeless energy. In fact, the former claim would cover two mysteries, if true (mind and cosmology) whereas the latter just covers one.
Benjamin Horne is God!
What a non film a complete waste of celluloid.
Jack bassman sorry, hit by accident.
what the FUCK?
This is gross - I thought Jesus was a Hebrew ?! Meaning he was WHITE! he was fair and hazel eyes.
the truth is - Christ didn't come to save the world NOW ---- IT WAS FUTURE. CORRUPT MEN WIL NOT READ THE SCRIPTURES .
THEY WIILL NOT HEAR AND WILL NOT PREACH THE TRUTH - HOPE IS FUTURE - NOT NOW.