Thirty Years War Pros And Cons

8.5 - Closing Arguments in Maher vs Sony Pictures

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury. Thank you all for your attention in this subject matter and for joining us on this grueling three week journey. The question proposed to our client John Maher reads: “A religious conflict in the Seventeenth Century,” to which John replied: “What is the Thirty Years War?” Mr. Maher was completely justified in categorizing the Thirty Years' War as a religious conflict of the Seventeenth Century. However, Mr. Maher fell victim to Sony Pictures's lack of historical knowledge, thus robbing him of his well deserved $250,000 cash prize, an exorbitant amount of money. Why? Simply for making a well-reasoned, and now well-supported, historical claim shared by some of the world's

When asked the question “And aren't there many justified religious wars in the Bible as well?” after a series of questions beforehand by our prosecuting attorney, Adolphus countered back with, “There were wars justified in the bible, but this war was against Roman Catholics. Without Jesus, Catholicism never would have existed which would mean neither would the Lutheran religion. The bible would not justify this war.” This response does not correlate with the statements made by him throughout the cross examination. Adolphus claims that his motive for entering the war was to “gain land” and to stop Ferdinand II because if he did not step in, “Ferdinand was going to destroy everything in his path.” In reality, Adolphus really joined the war to gain more land to expand and spread his Lutheran religious to deter the Catholicism that was overtaking his land. At the time of the Thirty Years’ War, this Holy Roman Empire was fragmented, and divided between Catholics and Protestants. While the Defense may argue that these religious divisions paled in comparison to the political divisions of the time, we argue, instead, that they caused them. Religious motivations fueled