God's Not Dead 2 Page #9

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class about a historical figure,

and your history teacher answered it

in a sensible manner?

Yes.

Thank you.

Your witness.

Ms. Thawley, do you like Ms. Wesley?

Yes.

Would you say she's your favorite teacher?

Yes, absolutely.

Do you think Ms. Wesley likes you?

Objection, speculative.

Your Honor, speaks to the state of mind

of the witness, if not Ms. Wesley herself.

I'm gonna allow it. Overruled.

You may answer the question.

Yes, I think she likes me.

Uh-huh.

Do you think there's any possibility

that in answering your question,

she may have tried to share

some of the ideas of her faith,

a faith that she holds most dear?

No, uh, no, not at that moment.

Not at that moment.

You mean to say that

there were other moments

in which she talked to you

about her faith?

Hmm? Ms. Thawley, please?

You must answer the question, Ms. Thawley.

Yes, but it was outside of school

and it was only one time.

Move to strike.

Your Honor, this is irrelevant.

No actions off the school

campus are at issue here.

Denied.

Mr. Kane seems to have

found a loose thread.

I'm inclined to let him pull it.

See what unravels.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Why didn't you tell me about this?

You didn't ask,

and I didn't think it mattered.

Brooke, you realize that

you have to tell the truth here.

You understand that, correct?

Yes.

So, what did you mean when you said

that you had talks

about faith outside of school?

My brother died in an accident

6 months ago.

Ms. Wesley noticed that

I wasn't doing so well,

so she asked me if everything

was all right after class.

Mm-hmm.

I told her I was fine, but I went

and found her later on at the coffee shop.

And did Ms. Wesley refer you

to any kind of psychological counseling?

No.

Did she suggest that perhaps

she wasn't the right person

to be discussing this with you?

No.

Well, then what did Ms. Wesley do?

She was really nice.

We talked for a long time

and I could tell that she really cared.

Mm.

I asked her how she kept it all together

so well, and she said, "Jesus."

So, she's the one who brought up Jesus?

Did her endorsement of Jesus

move you to explore Christianity?

Yes, at first.

But when the Salvation Army came

to pick up my brother's things,

one of the ladies found his

Bible, and she gave it to me.

I didn't even know that he had one.

Mm.

So, I started reading it,

and once I started,

I realized that I didn't wanna stop.

That's why.

That's why I came up with the

question that I asked in class.

Now, if I understand you correctly,

without Ms. Wesley's direct involvement,

you never would've asked that question

in the first place, would you?

I don't know.

After all of your Bible readings,

do you feel now that you're a believer?

Yes.

Maybe even a Christian?

Yes.

At the risk of seeming redundant,

do you think any of this,

the Bible readings,

the question about Jesus in class,

the newfound commitment to Christianity,

is it likely that any of that

would've occurred

without Ms. Wesley's direct involvement?

No, it wouldn't.

I thank you for your honesty.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Mr. Endler, do you wish to redirect?

No, Your Honor.

You may step down, Ms. Thawley.

Why do they look so angry?

Because they think we lied to them.

But we didn't.

It doesn't matter.

This court is adjourned.

I have to prepare you, Grace.

We're gonna lose this case.

I know.

You were right.

I'm gonna lose everything.

We saw a very large crowd

out here at the courthouse yesterday,

both in protest and

support of teacher Grace Wesley,

who is on trial for allegedly

proselytizing at the classroom.

Now, in an unexpected move yesterday,

we saw some of Wesley's former students

come out to silently demonstrate

their support for their teacher.

Oh Father, please take this from me.

I don't know what to do.

Please don't forsake me.

Please.

Hey, Brooke.

I ruined everything, didn't I?

It's okay, you don't have to answer.

I know that I did.

I'm not even allowed to talk to her.

How do I let her know that I'm sorry

without making things worse?

I can't tell you what to do,

but whatever you do,

just let her know you care.

Recently, when I've been praying,

it's like Jesus isn't letting me

feel his presence.

Usually I can almost

reach out and touch him,

but right now it's like

he's a million miles away.

Honey, you of all people should realize

when you're going through

something really hard,

the teacher is always quiet

during the test.

# Oh Lord my God #

# When I in awesome wonder #

# Consider all the worlds

thy hands have made #

# I see the stars #

# I hear the rolling thunder #

# Thy power throughout

the universe displayed #

# Then sings my soul,

my Savior God, to thee #

# How great thou art #

# How great thou art #

# Then sings my soul,

my Savior God, to thee #

# How great thou art #

First of all,

this trial took an unexpected turn

when Wesley's counsel decided they'd

try to prove the existence of Jesus.

Gary, this is kind of

your area of expertise.

How do you convince the skeptics?

Well, Governor, I employ what

I call the minimal facts method,

which uses only the historical events

that are so well evidenced

that they're accepted across the board,

even by skeptical

and non-Christian scholars.

As a result, we...

Now I understand what it is

you weren't allowed to talk about.

I wish I still wasn't

allowed to talk about it.

She needs me on that jury.

Have faith, David.

God's plan is at work.

How'd you get here anyway?

I borrowed your Prius. It's very nice.

Don't get too comfortable.

I'm planning a full recovery.

So, Rice, do you believe that she

was proselytizing to her students?

Governor, not at all.

Jesus Christ was the most

influential person who ever lived.

How could you ignore

that fact and teach history?

I think the real problem is...

Hey, Martin!

More questions?

I wanted to make sure that you were okay.

Yeah, I'm fine.

They're just holding me

over for a little observation.

I'll be released soon.

Something different about you.

Are you okay?

I should say so.

Yes.

I believe God wants me to be a minister,

to return to my country

and become a pastor,

just like you.

That's great.

There'll be challenges in your country.

Are you prepared for them?

I am.

I'm proud of you.

Come here.

That's awesome.

It's a shocking reality

that Christians are soon gonna be forced

to choose between obeying the law

of man or following the Word of God.

I'm Mike Huckabee.

We'll see you next time

on "Point of View."

Hey, Brooke, why don't you

go be with Ms. Wesley.

I think we can handle this.

Yeah, seriously, we've got backup coming.

You're covered.

Go get 'em.

God's got this.

Where's Tom?

All rise.

Be seated.

Are we missing someone?

Sorry, Your Honor.

My apologies to the court.

That's unexpected.

He almost looks like a lawyer.

Your Honor, I have

one final witness to call.

Grace Wesley.

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