Is God a Contradiction?

Question

Logically, I don't think God would be possible.

How can he be all-loving and all powerful at the same time, yet allow the death of so many innocent people?

If he's both, then why did he allow the Holocaust to happen? If he loves all of his "children" and is all powerful surely he would not allow for them to kill by a bunch of barbaric Nazis....he would stop them with his "magic power" because as most of my family members tell me, "all is possible with God."


The Holocaust only proves that either God is neither all-powerful and all-loving OR that he can not exist.



Source: Former Christian

I'm sorry this question has been asked about 45 times, but I am interested in everyone's input..

Answer 1

Well, if you really must know? God is a loving scientist from Planet H (Heaven). He is powerful but he is not "all powerful". Our eye transmitters send info to his computer harddrives on Planet H. So, he is knowledgeable but not all knowing.

Why is God important? Cause he has a reconstruction formula for every living entity on this Earth. So, if you are a good boy and chooose harmony instead of disharmony, he will let you have eternal life on his presently under-populated planet.

Anymore questions? Just re-read the Bible. But, this time read it from Moses' perspective and limited awareness of things at the time that he wrote those first five scrolls/ books of the Bible.

smiles --

Answer 2

The problem with your thoughts here is that those people were all "innocent." I know the atrocities of the holocaust were vile beyond explanation. However, it does show the true depths of depravity that the human race is capable.

Did God love those people that were murdered? Yes. How do I know this? He hung on a cross for their and our sins. Could He have stopped the Holocaust, earlier? Yes. I have no idea why He did not.

There were times in which the Allied forces should have been destroyed, yet they were successful against great odds. Many attributed their victory and survival on one... God. They knew what they faced. They could see the evil in the eyes of their enemy.

Back to your assessment of the situation, most Jews are turning towards their ancestory as their salvation rather than to the God of their forefathers. "Because I was born a Jew, I'm going to Heaven and there is nothing that I can do about it."

Which I don't know the exact feelings of God, but if our earthly father/children relationship are close to the way that God feels about His children. Just imagine how you would feel if your children demanded riches from you and yet couldn't even mumble a half hearted thanks.

I believe that God allowed the Holocaust to wake people up. Funny thing is, I've heard more Germans in the U.S. fear because of the way the Democrats are attempting to run things. They say it resembles pre WW2 Germany. They pray that the U.S. will not be the location of the next Holocaust.

Amin, Pol Phot, Hussein... Each attempting to out do each other it would appear.

Saddam Hussein performed a mini Holocaust of his own in Iraq. Killing off some 300,000 of his own people. Those poor people didn't even know it was coming. They woke up one morning and were hit with all sorts of chemical agents then whowever survived were killed the old fashioned way. Their entire village wiped off the face of the Earth.

When man is left to his own devices, he can be pretty depraved... I wonder what or who changes the hearts of other men towards good when we know left to our own devices we drift towards depravity?

Answer 3

1) God is loving, just humans aren't always. God tries to help us within the limits, as there are barriers.

2) these barriers are caused by sin and lack of obedience. God can only legitimately work if He has access. If man closes God's "doors", then we can't recieve His help.

3) God does not use magic. Magic is the result of the occult and witchcraft practices. It's a sin in itself, as it's basically idolatry.

4) Why do people always blame God for catastrophic events? God isn't Apollo, or Zeus. He doesn't sit around and just cause bad weather or let people die as punishment. It's hard to explain, but sin can bring judgement upon a people. And whenever God is about to execute punishment, He first gives a warning for the soon-to-be punished to change, or that punishment is inevitable.
no warning, likely, not from God.

and this is the most overused and pointless arguement there is for why "there is no God". there, question answered, for the billionth time.

Answer 4

Would not you say that if God is all powerful than he knows more than anyone else on the earth? Who is to say that our pain and suffering here do not have cause for something else? If God were to interfer with something like the Holocaust, then the importance of the religion, faith, would be left behind.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Former Christian??? Nope, even if you only had a head knowledge of Christ you would know the answer to this question. You know that God didn't bring about the evil that men do to other men. You know that God permits us to be as bad or as good as we will. To do less would be to make robots out of mankind that would love him the way your computer loves you.. You can make it say that you know. Would that men that it really loves you? Sorry but to be able to have real love you must allow real hate.. Love produces good, and hate evil... Jim

Answer 7

Free will... come on guys... its the easiest thing in the world. God gave us free will and we are free to do wrong or right and also to reap the repercussions of it and the acts of others. What a better way to teach people HOW to do the right thing? By learning from the consequences.

Answer 8

U dont have to thinik about God as religions project. You'd believe in God, if u consider him beyond the limited concepts that religions have claimed and given to him. He is definitly more then just that.

Answer 9

He can not exist. He is sadist in not showing himself to us, Plus when something bad happens, it's part of a plan. When something good happens people are like "oh, it's god's work!" . My advice is: READ ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THEIR BIBLE AND GOD SO THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT THE CONTRADICTIONS AND THROW IT IN THEIR FACE. MOST CHRISTIANS HAVENT STUDIED ANY OTHER RELIGION, MUCH LESS THEIR BIBLE AND IT'S HISTORY AND HOW IT CAME TO BE.

Answer 10

God is real. In the Bible I believe it says God will not interfere with human decisions. We are not supposed to know why things happen. You just have to believe. THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED FAITH.