A Higher Court (2010) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Kimi: a juror
• Clete: Add a description of this character.
• Kimi
• Dariah
• Mr. Lester
• Annie
• Mr. Kensey
• Jennifer
• Shannon
• Alex
• Mr. William
• Chimola
• Mr. Tai
• Kaitlen
• St. Paul
• Allah
• Brian

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• “...her observations transcended sectarian boundaries. And I could find no fault with her approach. Any belief in God was going to require a leap of faith at some point. I could already see this from the trial evidence I had heard so far.”

  William Kensey (lawyer and narrator) - spoken during jury deliberations.

• “For a time, we were all silent.Discussions, and sometimes shouting matches, continued around us. I still could not decipher their words.Then Kimi finally spoke – her words aimed at the table top.“I am sad that the God of your thoughts is so small.””

  Kimi (American Indian) - spoken during jury deliberations.

• “The female attorney was ready to begin her cross examination.COUNSEL FOR EXISTENCE: “Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m hearing that you have two big complaints with religion. “First of all, the people you know who claim to be religious are poor role models for human behavior. And second, you see religious institutions, organizations and governments around the world killing, threatening and warring over what they claim are religious convictions.“Am I on track with those assumptions?”WITNESS: “I’m not sure I follow you all the way. Let me take my own shot at summin’ it up. Here’s what I think. Religious people are hypocrites. Religious groups are killin’ people right and left, and it seems their gripe is over religion.”COUNSEL: “Excellent summary. Thank you."”

  Counsel and Metal Worker - spoken on the Witness Stand during redirect.

• “consider the opposite of suffering – Comfort. Have we not already addressed the insidious nature of Comfort? If mankind experiences nothing but Comfort through all of his days, will he ever know – or even have reason to seek out – his God?”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• United States
• Big Bang
• Bench

First Sentence edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. John L. Betcher (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• 2010 eLit Awards (2010, Gold)
• 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards (2011, SILVER MEDALIST)

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 291

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Appropriate for ages 15 and up.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Science & Religion