Where was God's love during the Inquisition and the Holocaust?

Question

the two greatest Christian-inspired genocides in human history?

HITLER WAS RAISED CATHOLIC AND LED A CHRISTIAN NATION.

Answer 1

*sigh*
Neither one of those events were inspired by the true word of God.

Where was God when they were happening? The same place He is right now, Brendan, knocking on the door of your heart.

Answer 2

None of the Inquistions (there were several, in separate jurisdictions) were genocide and the Holocaust of World War II was not Christian-inspired:


"Contrary to its notorious reputation, the consensus among respectable historians is that the Inquistition was initiated in Spain to replace mob actions with judicial process and restraint." (Stark, 2003, pg. 204)

For instance, during the largest witch-hunt in Spanish history, more than 1900 persons were *accused*, but most were never even charged and only 11 individuals in total were actually condemned. Had these people been left to the mob, probably all of them would have died


The "religion" behind the Holocaust was the Esoteric Nazism or Esoteric Aryanism invented by Hitler, who said 'that his was a "true" or "master" religion, because it would "create mastery" and avoid comforting lies. Those who preached love and tolerance, "in contravention to the facts", were said to be "slave" or "false" religions. The man who recognized these "truths", Hitler continued, was said to be a "natural leader", and those who denied it were said to be "natural slaves'. Depsite being raised Catholic, Hitler rejected the faith.

The fallout of Esoteric Nazism was, of course, the Holocaust which in addition to the well know 6 million Jews who persished also killed an estimated 8-10 million Poles, Asiatic Siberians, Romani (Gypsies), Serbs, handicapped people (both physical and mental), Black POWs, Homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah Witnesses, and Christian disenters (espeically members of the Confessing Church). The Nazis also persecuted athiests, pagans and Catholics with equal vigor.

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Answer 3

In case you didn't realize, Britain stood alone against the industrial and military might of Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Italy. Even though they had larger and generally better equipped military forces, Britain held out against them until the Americans were able to join in.
Without this stand the millions more Jews and minorities would have perished.
How did the British do this. By a miracle! God was working behind the scenes and enabled the Poles to discover how to crack part of the German Enigma code, even though the Poles didn't trust the British 100%, they gave them this secret. The Poles who knew were captured by the Germans but were never once interrogated for the whole war! A German soldier broke the encryption coding rules everyday for the whole war and he never knew the British depended upon him so they could read what was happening.
The British discovered the Magnetron, which was essential to early centimetric RADAR, even though nobody knows quite how it works. This enabled them to see U boats on the surface at night, to see their periscopes when they are under the water, it enabled the British to drop bombs accurately without the need for radio navigation.
Hitler didn't spend enough money on U boats, he didn't send the Army in Russia winter uniforms, he didn't send a second army corp to Africa, he diverted money for a jet engined fighter plane and wasted it on a jet engined bomber, he stopped the German tanks when invading France which saved the British Army, and his two biggest blunders were he invaded Russia and declared war on America.
I could go on and on, but there are so many miracles which happened which enabled the war to be brought to an far earlier end than it should have done.

Answer 4

The same place man's humanity was. On the side lines watching it all happen.

God made a covenant with Noah not to interfere with mankind in a negative way. He sent Jesus as an influence and once again man used the knowledge of good and evil, right and wrong.

All God can do is watch for man does these things and hasn't the fortitutde to stop them. Hence, virtually all of mankind is guilty.

What would you have God do, use mind control, put a spell on them or wipe out everyone who does wrong. If God were to wipe out EVERYONE doing WRONG, would YOU survive!

At the end of times it is said God will take all those without the mark of the beast to a better place and life than exists during the ending.

That's about the extent of it all. God will cherry pick the world for the best souls to save.

To be honest with you, if I were God in Space looking down, I wouldn't come to this place again for I doubt anyone is really much worth saving. So be thankful I'm not God, for I have minimalist faith in humans.

Answer 5

Good point, and the Bible warns about this. Basicially, the Devil will use any means to turn people away from God. But those who say that they're from God, have to show in their word and deed.

2 Corinthians 11:14
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself keeps transforming himself into an angel of light. 15 It is therefore nothing great if his ministers also keep transforming themselves into ministers of righteousness. But their end shall be according to their works.

It also show's the importance of finding the religious group that speaks the truth about what the Bible teaches. Because if they're all saying something different, only one of them can be right.

I study the Bible with the Jehovah's Witnesses who believe that when we die now, we stay dead until the resurrection which is after Armageddon. Then we will be resurrected onto a paradise earth.

2 Timothy 2:18
These very [men] have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already occurred; and they are subverting the faith of some.

John 5:28-29
28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.

Psalms 37:29
The righteous themselves will possess the earth,
And they will reside forever upon it.

Answer 6

"HITLER WAS RAISED CATHOLIC ."

While he might have been raised a Catholic, he did not remain one. Using your logic, every atheist on Yahoo Answers raised a Roman Catholic must still be a Roman Catholic.

In 2001 new documents from the Nuremberg trials were declassified and released to the public by Rutgers Law School that do indeed confirm Hitler was going to eradicate Christianity after the war had he won. The documents including original handwritten notes, appear on the web site of the Rutgers University School of Law in New Jersey in the United States. General William J Donovan, an investigator at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg after World War II compiled The 148 volumes of material. According to Julie Seltzer Mandel in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquierer, "A lot of people will say, 'I didn't realize that they were trying to convert Christians to a Nazi philosophy...[the Nazis] wanted to eliminate Jews altogether, but they were also looking to eliminate Christianity."

The first instalment, entitled "The Nazi Master Plan; The Persecution of Christian Churches", describes how the Nazis planned to replace Christianity with a religion based on racial superiority and the worship of Germanic gods like Thor and Odin. The report, prepared by the O.S.S. ( the forerunner of the CIA) states: "Important leaders of the National Socialist party would have liked... complete extirpation of Christianity and the substitution of a purely racial religion...The best evidence now available as to the existence of an anti-Church plan is to be found in the systematic nature of the persecution itself...Different steps in that persecution, such as the campaign for the suppression of denominational and youth organizations, the campaign against denominational schools, the defamation campaign against the clergy, started on the same day in the whole area of the Reich...and were supported by the entire regimented press, by Nazi Party meetings, by traveling party speakers"

Eradicating Christianity is definitely not the actions of a Christian! In fact, Hitler was not a Christian at all, and I think that point is clear now (except to those who want to cling to conspiracy theories). Hitler's hatred of Jews was all consuming. He saw Christianity as just another "Jewish cult". It is true that he considered Jews a "race" rather than a religion, but his hatred for Christians seemed only slightly less. But unlike something genetic, a person's religion can be changed. So the Nazis would have used great coercion to stop the Christian faith, and would have executed the remainder who refused.

And I don't make excuses for people who called themselves Christians who did evil things. They were wrong.

They atheists who killed 100 million people under communism were wrong as well.

As for the Crusades....

"Misconceptions about the Crusades are all too common. The Crusades are generally portrayed as a series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics. They are supposed to have been the epitome of self-righteousness and intolerance, a black stain on the history of the Catholic Church in particular and Western civilization in general. A breed of proto-imperialists, the Crusaders introduced Western aggression to the peaceful Middle East and then deformed the enlightened Muslim culture, leaving it in ruins. For variations on this theme, one need not look far. See, for example, Steven Runciman’s famous three-volume epic, History of the Crusades, or the BBC/A&E documentary, The Crusades, hosted by Terry Jones. Both are terrible history yet wonderfully entertaining."

"So what is the truth about the Crusades? Scholars are still working some of that out. But much can already be said with certainty. For starters, the Crusades to the East were in every way defensive wars. They were a direct response to Muslim aggression—an attempt to turn back or defend against Muslim conquests of Christian lands. "
http://www.crisismagazine.com/april2002/cover.htm

So there you go.

Answer 7

Christian inspired? Hardly. God love then and now exactly the same you make the same mistake I made when I considered there was no God for the same reason expecting perfection here in the sinful world. To say something is Christian inspired one should have to say the least a philosophy to support it...The Bible and the words of Christ do not support Genocide or Murder.God did not intercede in it does not reflect a lack of love or compassion for his people the evil done was by men not God and all things we do are not by a Divine plan but rather a permissive will which has allowed man to sin and turn from God. god is not simply God of your flesh but more so a eternal God of your eternity of spirit and eternal life.Making this world a perfect place and all according to his will is within his abilities yet not his plan and his plan was never for your sinful flesh but for a perfected being made through free choice. God allowed man ot fall from his righteousness and showed man the error of his ways and provided salvation by paying the penalty of death for you. The death of your body is not the biggest tragedy you could face but the loss of your soul and eternal life.

Answer 8

Holocaust was not Christian inspired. Hitler thought he was on a mission from the ruler of Atlantis. You can find that in many books. As for the Inquisition, yes it was christian inspired but from a large misunderstanding of the Bible. Gods love was present during both, Many survivors would vouch for that.

Answer 9

Friend you need to get your history & your stories correct, The Holocaust was not a Christian inspired genocide, Hitler Was not a Christian. In fact it was us Americans That finally went in & stop those killings.

Answer 10

Again, you have your facts wrong. Did it ever occur to you that this is just another example of Catholic inquisitions? This is not an example of Christianity and neither was he a Christian. Stop trying to slur Christianity all the time.

Answer 11

--Did men not have the power without decency to stop both situations?
--Why don't you put the blame on the real culprits, the churches and the clergy as a whole?
--Several of the heroic countries had knowledge of what Hitler was doing but did not get involved until it was profitable enough.

--In most if not every case of the obscene mayhem you mentioned, indeed men had the power to do something about the atrocities, but choose not too!

--If God really wanted to eradicate people as you seem to indicate, why trouble to wait around 500 years for the inquisition machine to do the job?
--Could He not easily do a black plague or something similar that of course you will also blame him for?

--Where do you people get the idea of God being the pervert you paint him as?
--Do you breath His exhilarating air , or have you conjured up your own supply?
--Do you eat the enormous variety of foods that He prepared so bountifully or have you put all the ingredients in your magic bowl and said "voila"?
--Do you enjoy your pleasure of moral or immoral sex?-- Did you create such female & male organs on your day off, just for the fun of it?

---WHAT IS IT that you do not have that has notcome from a generous and benevolent God?

---When God took action in Bible times , it was CERTAIN it was His intervention--So where will individuals like you be when he indeed takes his action in the scenario of Armaggedon?

--(Revelation 16:14) “. . .They are, in fact, expressions inspired by demons and perform signs, and they go forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”..16 And they gathered them together to the place that is called in Hebrew Har–Ma·ged′on.

--Will you be among the cowardly hiding out in the caves and mountains to escape his righteous indignation, because, like most of mankind -- painting him a first class pervert or will you some how think about the contempt individuals like you pay him and be somewhat more grateful for indeed what you received and did nothing to create its source?

(Revelation 6:15-17) “15 And the kings of the earth and the top-ranking ones and the military commanders and the rich and the strong ones and every slave and [every] free person hid themselves in the caves and in the rock-masses of the mountains. 16 And they keep saying to the mountains and to the rock-masses: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?””

--Please note the consequence mankind has reaped at the hands of his "commander in chief "--Christ Jesus, ready to bring the end to this corrupt human scenario,--This is no hellfire threat, it is a situation that all peoples on the earth are indeed going to face, ALL OF US!

(Revelation 19:11-14) “11 And I saw the heaven opened, and, look! a white horse. And the one seated upon it is called Faithful and True, and he judges and carries on WAR(His war, my caps and comment) in righteousness. 12 His eyes are a fiery flame, and upon his head are many diadems. He has a name written that no one knows but he himself, 13 and he is arrayed with an outer garment sprinkled with blood, and the name he is called is The Word of God. 14 Also, the armies that were in heaven were following him on white horses, and they were clothed in white, clean, fine linen. . .”

--Christ along with the heavenly armies, the angels has been assigned to bring forth armaggedon by means of the heavenly Kingdom,(probably you might have prayed for it in the Lord's Prayer-and did not know what you saying).

(Revelation 19:15) “15 And out of his mouth there protrudes a sharp long sword, that he may strike the nations with it, and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron. He treads too the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty .”

--The real holocaust from God is indeed at hand, where will we be during its dramatic and conclusive action?