A Commentary on Mans Faith and his Guilt Essay -- Religion Religious

A Commentary on Mans Faith and his GuiltArchibald MacLeish raised many thought provoking questions in the play J.B.. The hold in of Job had already asked some of these questions, while others were very original and insightful. MacLeish offers many powerful thoughts on the relationship between man and God, some of which are pitiful to consider. Nickels lost his faith in both God and man. He believes that the purpose of life is merely to survive and not to live. Nickles says, There must be thousands... Millions and millions of earth burned, crushed, broken, mutilated, slaughtered, and for what? For thinking For walking around the world in the wrong skin, the wrong shaped noises, eyelids sleeping the wrong night wrong city- London, Dresden, Hiroshima. (MacLeish, 12) In fact the scarce thing that Nickels did have faith in was that J.B. would curse God if tested. Mr. Zuss, on the other hand, has complete faith in humanity and J.B. He knows of J.B.s strength and his mightiness to love God. In short, Mr. Zuss has faith in J.B.s faith. However, J.B.s faith in God is ill founded. J.B.s faith in God is based on the fact that he believes God to be just, but is God re ally just? If he is then why does J.B. suffer so? Maybe it is just J.B.s notion of rightness that is incorrect. Bildad comments on the notion of justice, History is justice -- Time inexorably turned to truth&8230 One mans suffering wont count, no matter what his suffering but all will. At the end ...