"God didn't "allow" the Holocaust..."
Is your god omnipotent or not? Is your god omnibenevolent or not?
Oh, the hell with it. Just see the Problem of Evil.
"God knew it would happen, but MAN went THROUGH with the Holocaust."
And there was nothing your omnipotent god could do, throughout the entire existence of the universe, to avert such an atrocity despite being all powerful and all knowing?
You don't quite get this "omnipotent" thing, do you?
"Man has choice..God ultimately knew mans "decision" when it came to the Holocaust - but man didn't. Man made the choice..."
A choice which your fucking god knew of in advance of making man. Your god is not only an accomplice, he's directly fucking responsible no matter how you want to spin it.
"Something to learn - maybe it haunted those who did the tormenting and made them fall to their knees in remorse, maybe it brought families closer, maybe it strengthened the bonds of those who were sentenced to die..."
You sap.
You're telling me that was your deitie's reason for allowing such a thing to happen? Are you fucking brain damaged?
"regardless, it was a terrible, terrible, thing...but man made the choice...man carried out the choice..."
Shifting blame to humans does nothing to alleviate the problem that your god is fucking omnipotent and omniscient according to you people.
"but God was there listening to the thoughts, prayers, etc..of those who were calling out to Him."
And did fuck all about it, despite being omnipotent.
If this is the best you've got you might as well stop now.
"We weren't "made" for this world..yes, we all have attachments, etc to it, but ultimately, we have life experiences - to learn, grow, etc."
I'm pretty sure being gassed or worked to death or starved to death or tortured to death cuts into the whole "learning and growing" process quite severely.
What's your excuse now?
"I'm NOT saying the Holocaust was a lesson to "learn," BUT think...if your life was on the line like that...or if YOU were the one with the responsibility of carrying out a "death sentence" for women, children, families, men, etc...
How would that change you?"
I would refuse. Even if it meant the same treatment for myself.
Unlike you I'm neither a spineless bastard nor delusional enough to think it's all part of some god's "plan" for humanity.
"Would you be closer to God knowing your life/life of your family was on the line..."
No. It would make me even more certain that either your god does not exist or the Bible is quite accurate in its portrayal of him as a blood thirsty genocidal monster unworthy of acknowledgement, let alone worship.
"would you be remorseful if you knew you were responsible with carrying out "orders" to tear apart families, kill children, etc...?"
I would not be in that position as I would have been one of those who resisted the Nazis. Just because you're a sheep who would likely go along with such things doesn't mean we all are.
"It's hard to think about, but true.
It happened.
God didn't "allow" it. Man DID."
For the last fucking time, your god is omnipotent and omniscient He knew, before the universe was even created, that it would happen just as it did. Your god, therefore, is at fault for allowing it to happen as he did nothing to prevent it nor to stop it once it was happening.
Your god sucks.
Now go away you little Nazi apologist fuck.
