b.
Some of the arguments put forward were probably the ones as I have partly mentioned above, and he had his reasons. God could have been testing the faith, as he did with Jobe, in the Holocaust. Another argument may be that He was not sure if people still believed his almighty power and for this a sacrifice should be made. This could mean Adolph Hitler was playing the role of the Devil, Satan. He may also have done it to enforce his followers more firmly so that everything in the Covenant was being followed and done correctly. God has his reasons although we may not know them we know they are there. Fate guides us through the choices we make.
c.
Religious faith helped people to cope through the Holocaust because they had someone to turn to and say how they truly felt without the threat of it being exposed to mankind. Some people may have thought that it was like Jobe’s story and that at the end they would have everything they had aver had back to them and they would once again be happy. Could it be another test? I think religious faith guided the people in harm because when they were feeling their lowest they had someone to turn to and “answer their prayers.” They needed to keep the faith to believe and still have trust in someone. If you can’t trust someone who is perfect who can you trust! God is amazing and to have someone like that as a hero is very guiding…you can admire him and worship him and feel better about yourself and others.
d.
It was possible to put God on trial and still worship Him because he is the one you have spent your whole life following you are not likely to turn this away and try for a second life. He is like you or I and he is our kind so we worship him like one of us. We put Him on trial for our disagreement for what he had done however this does not mean he was wrong just that we did not agree with it and that we believed it to be a disaster to the Jewish religion. God is the one we turn to when we are unsure so to suddenly throw that all away is wasting life. It is not possible for us to clearly see why God caused the Holocaust however we cannot just throw our beliefs away over a “disagreement.” It would be the waste of everything we have learnt from him through the Bible. We think God did wrong, I think we cannot understand why he did it so class it as wrong to mankind.
2.
“After the events of the Holocaust it’s impossible to keep the faith!” I completely do not agree with this statement. I think most people cannot understand why God did it, so state it as wrong. Throughout time Jews have suffered the torment of slavery, death and murder but the Holocaust being the worst of them all was when God was put on trial. I think if you are a true believer, such a Jobe, you will be rewarded in life and that your honesty will take an effect for good. Other people may think that God is betraying them by the Holocaust and mass slaughter of the Jews and that he is going against there agreement in the Covenant. I personally believe he is testing the Jews and that he will reward them in their “second life.” Another group of people may not like to think of the Holocaust, as though it had never happened. I also don’t agree. I think we live in a real world where people come and go but we have to accept it.
In conclusion I think that
- Throughout time Jews have suffered the torment of slavery, death and murder but the Holocaust being the worst of them all was when God was put on trial.
- I personally believe he is testing the Jews and that he will reward them in their “second life.”
- I think we live in a real world where people come and go but we have to accept it.
