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JNOV: Judgment Non Obstante Veredicto

Notwithstanding the Verdict

Wednesday, 21 September 2005

Lilies of the Field
Posted by Daniel Austin Green on Wednesday, 21 September 2005, at 10:29 pm. 0 Trackbacks

I recently watched this 1963 Sidney Poitier flick and was surprised to find nothing short of an exposition of Pascal's Wager (though without describing it as such). In the movie, Juan the cafe owner aptly describes the Wager as "insurance." Interesting little nugget in this great story about an "itinerant construction worker on his way to California... [when] he crosses paths with some German nuns, who tell him that God has sent him to build them a church. This cross-cultural comedy reaches its zenith when Poitier teaches the sisters English — with a Southern twist. " (from the Netflix description)