Alan Turing

The real Alan Turing

I watched this movie over the weekend, "The Imitation Game."  I loved it.  It made me think of  the people who change the world.

It's as if the people who made the largest impact on the world, are then prosecuted more than anyone else.  It's like the old saying "No good deed goes unpunished," but on a historic and massive scale.

The two men I'm thinking of were the hero of this film, and of WWII, Alan Turing, and then Jesus.  Jesus's reward for his good deeds was being crucified.  In his own way so was Alan Turing.   Turing helped win WWII more than anyone else.  What would have happened if he had never existed?  History would be different.  At least the history of WWII.  In return, his society, the UK, that he saved from destruction, drove Turing to suicide.

In this category of people, another person who comes to mind is Joan of Arc, but there are other saints that fall into this classification.  I hope God has something good planned for these people after they get to heaven.  Maybe their reward is their immortality on this earth.