A religious anecdote

From A History of God
There is a story that in Auschwitz(during the Holocaust) a group of jews enacted out a trial, accusing God of cruelty and betrayal. They found no consolation in the normal explanations of pain and suffering. They found no extenuating circumstances for God and so they found him guilty and sentenced him to death. The Rabbi pronounced the verdict, then looked up and said the trial was over : It was time for the evening prayer.
I wonder what would differ in the lessons people(religious v/s non religious) would learn from this anecdote.