What Hitler did (quickly) to the Jews, God promises to do to most of us for all eternity.
So how is God not evil?
2007-11-04 13:20:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.
from the note books of lazarus long----------smile and enjoy the night
2007-11-04 13:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure how many read the whole question. I do notice it's a common tactic to say Hitler believed whatever to suit whatever argument is being made, like "Hitler was an atheist, therefore all atheists are bad". Not to mention it seems rather foolishly to judge a whole group of people based on the actions of one. Let's just say for the sake of argument, Hitler really was an atheist. Why would that automatic make all other atheists bad? How many atheists out there would ever want to do anything even remotely close at all to what Hitler did? It's reasons like that I believe the whole argument falls apart. Not to mention the appeal to authority argument. If we were suppose to follow that argument, everyone would be a Jew because Einstein was.
2016-04-02 05:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The argument sounds like a good one on the surface. However the question is embedded with a false analogy as the context, and the motives and character of God and Hitler are both of great weight in considering whether an action is moral or immoral, yet these features are being ignored in their entirety. An omnibeneficient (at least according to believers) is just and therefore punishes sin though He offers a way to redemption. Those who don't take the gift of salvation (according to believers) will be punished. Hitler's genocides, mass killings were done to serve immoral and self-interested purposes (racial supremacy, German takeovers).
2007-11-04 13:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by greenwich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jews (and the millions of other people Hitler killed) did nothing to deseve their fate, and really could have done nothing to change it. Those who do not try to follow the word of God, however, generally know exactly what they are doing, and, though I hate to say this in a condemning way but don't know any other way to say it, deserve what they get.
Also, God isn't really threatening to kill us, just to put us in a burning pit for all eternity.
2007-11-04 13:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by PuppyLuve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm good questions. I think the difference is God, if that is what you believe in, isn't singling out any one type of person; it's a general everyone-who-sucks. Whereas Hitler killed innocent children who didn't even know what was happening.
2007-11-04 13:25:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jennalove311 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is only if you believe in such a Creator.
I personally find it difficult to believe that a Creator would allow his creation to suffer eternal damnation.
but if the Christians are right on this then he is evil and dose not deserve my respect or worship.
2007-11-04 13:25:09 · answer #6 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When a human government kills hundreds of thousands of people (Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, The United States, Imperial Japan), it's genocide. When God does it it's "righteous vengeance". I don't get it either.
2007-11-04 13:44:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a interesting thing to ask...
i know many of the jews who were in the holocaust lost their faith after being in the concentration camps so...idk it just depends on how you think of it.
2007-11-04 13:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by JulyFire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah.........was Hitler and the gas houses GOD'S WILL???
Oh, Oh, wait! I forgot...only good stuff is God's Will, right? ya.
2007-11-04 13:28:05 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stop repeating questions. This one's been answered SO MANY times...
2007-11-04 13:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by Da Mick 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋