I found this book to be extremely well-organized and approachable for people on all levels of Biblical scholarship. I really appreciated his commitment to painting pictures of the world’s vast suffering, bringing it to the consciousness of an audience that doesn’t have much experience in it as compared to the rest of the world. Even if a reader doesn’t agree with his conclusions, I believe it would be difficult to dispute his presentation of the various viewpoints, and they are worth reading if you’re interested in thinking more about why people suffer.

While there were some great stories in this book, it wasn’t really presenting new information to me, although I think many people in my life would learn from this man’s experience and research. I decided to focus back on “God’s Problem,” which I had set aside for a bit to read this one.

I couldn’t believe this was released in 1960 when I saw it. The issues it tackles are the same ones we’re debating today among religious circles and between atheists and believes. It presents many different viewpoints without bias, and each character is presented multidimensionally. I loved it!

A good friend said he believes the movie is about how we raise our children in different cultures. I don’t know if that was the main thought that the writer wanted to portray or not, but it definitely brings another source of coherence to the plot besides the interconnectedness/hardship-knows-no-race themes.