"Thou Shalt Not Have Any Other Gods Before Thee"

Last Wednesday we viewed a film in class called: "Thou Shalt Not Have Any Other Gods Before Thee." It was a rather grim film about a man who lost his only son. The loss was not only sad, but unexpected in the film. The boy was an ordinary child, bright, and curious. He loved spending time with his father and they both loved making mathemical predictions using computers. One evening after determining that the ice on the pond was safe to skate on, The man gave his son a pair of ice skates. The next evening , his son was pulled from the pond after having tradjically fallen through the ice and drowning. What seems ironic to me is that the boy had previously questioned his father about death after seeing a dead dog in the street. Needless to say I was saddened by the death of the boy and the father's tremendous loss. However the film's connection and relevence to the title is a bit of a mystery to me.