God On Trial : The Controversy Behind The Existence Of God

death camps and the partisan warfare. The ghetto revolt lasted about five weeks. In 1945, the Anglo-American and Soviet troops rescued the surviving Jews from the concentration camps. Jews still ask themselves where was God during the Holocaust? If God is all just, then why did He not rescue them from the Europeans? Why did God not perform one of His miracles on them? Can the Holocaust be viewed as a fulfillment that was predicted in the Torah?

Three Arguments for the Existence of God Many people debate about God’s existence. There are three arguments Christians use to prove God exists. These three arguments are the cause and effect, the design, and the moral arguments. Each argument shows a different piece of evidence for the existence of God. The Bible also gives evidence of God’s existence.

Truth, what is truth? This question itself has a thousand answers, no person can ever be sure of what truth is rather, truth can be justified, it can checked for reliability with strong evidences and logic. If the evidence proves to be accurate then it can be established that a certain answer is the truth. However, have we ever tried to think about what intrigues us to seek the truth? To think about a question and set foot firmly on the path of knowledge. Definitely it has! That was the very cause itself which is why this world has witnessed some of the greatest philosophers like Aristotle, Plato and Socrates etc. along with the school of thought. The ability to think and reason is one of the greatest ability humans have, it is what

Some people, e.g. atheists, find it unreasonable to remain at all religious after the Holocaust. For example, atheists often think that it makes little sense to believe in a God who allows such horrific evil to occur in his world. This belief ties in with the ‘problem of evil'; an omnipotent (all-powerful), omnibenevolent (all-loving) and omniscient (all-knowing) God would be able to prevent evil and would want to. So, why wouldn't he? This omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient God as described in the Torah cannot logically exist at the same time as evil or he wouldn't have let evil ever exist. Therefore, it does not make sense to believe in a God who clearly isn't the God he's meant to be. Furthermore, the God designated the Jews as his chosen people in Abraham's covenant with God (Genesis 12-17) and later on in Deuteronomy. If Jews are God's chosen people, then why would he allow an event where over six million Jews died to happen? It would be cruel and stupid to let so many of his people die, further proving that he is not an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God at all. In the Noah's Ark story (Genesis 6-9), God destroys almost all of humanity to eradicate evil in the world so that no more suffering at the hands of evil could occur. This clearly cannot be true as the Holocaust caused great suffering, despite God supposedly destroying evil previously. Alternatively, in accordance with the belief that God has a plan for everybody, he intended for Hitler to do the Holocaust and for six million Jews to die, showing he is not omnibenevolent. This means that believing in a God who allowed the Holocaust to happen must be unreasonable.

Throughout Exodus, God constantly tries to instill fear in Pharaoh and the Egyptians in order to prove that he is the Almighty, powerful God. However, despite being the creator of the universe, it is not so easy for God to prove to his creations that he should be worshipped. When trying to free the Israelites from their enslavement by Pharaoh and the Egyptians, God struggles to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites. His difficulty in persuading Pharaoh causes him to cast ten plagues on the Egyptians to torture them until they become weak and decide to let the Israelites go. However, these plagues seem more like a cry out for people to notice him and acknowledge his power. God’s inability to control his own creations establishes his weakness

With regards to the Christian faith, and from a historical point of view, the Jewish people were considered as the chosen people of God. Abraham, who is regarded as the father of Christian faith and to whom God first revealed himself, was a Jew. The ten commandments, which serve as a guide for Christian behavior, were revealed by God to a Jewish man named Moses. Jesus Christ, who Christians recognize as the son of God and God himself, was born among Jews and hence was also a Jew. So, there is a perceived connection between the Jewish people and God. It is very ironical that the “people of God” will suffer such a horrific experience. For those who believe in some form of deity, and most especially for Christians, it seems obvious to ask why God allowed doom to fall on his people. Why do bad things happen to good people? This is a ubiquitous interrogation which generates numerous debates. Let’s consider the story of Jesus Christ, a story filled with many paradoxes. The Jews, who for a very long time awaited the coming of the Messiah, ruthlessly put him to death when he finally came. Even more troubling is the fact that Jesus Christ, who is considered son of God, has also examined God himself. This implies that he had the ability to defeat his oppressors, or even escape from them. Instead, he journeyed innocently towards death, just like the Jews. “They guess where they are going, they know it, and they keep silent. Tense, thoughtful, they

The holocaust had a major effect on Judaism as a whole. This conflict between tragedy and faith is not new. Jewish history shows us that the jewish people have undergone the most terrible persecutions and genocide at the hands of many oppressors. Whether it be about the pogroms, crusades, destruction of the Temples, the jewish people have been at the brunt of the most terrible atrocities, and yet this does not shake their faith,Anti-Semitism was nothing new. This became even more evident with the unmasking of the holocaust.The philosophical question of “Shall the Judge of the earth not do justice?” applies just as much to the seemingly useless suffering of an individual as to that of six million individuals. If it could be dealt with on an individual basis before the Holocaust, why couldn 't it be dealt with in the same way afterwards? The difference is one of quantity, but the quality of the question remains the same.

The problem of evil (the problem of suffering) is an argument against the existence of God

In the movie God on Trial, director Andy de Emmony has the actors in the setting of the concentration camp, Auschwitz, where they have to face the challenging and controversial issue of God’s goodness. The characters hold a trial to judge God, the room is full of tension and division where some of the prisoners defend God and the others accuse God with murder and evil. Those who come to God’s defense restate numerous biblical stories which are full of miracles and beautiful natural stories full of hope. On the other hand, the others accuse God with devastating personal experiences and horrendous biblical stories. The movie is not the only time people tried to defend or question God’s goodness. In the article, “ Did God Command Genocide?”

The question answered in Job is not “why is God unjust towards good people” but rather “What justice is God inevitably providing for good people through difficult situations?”

God on Trial is a movie that is testing God in determining if he is the one to blame for all of the sufferings going on at one of the worst concentration camps. The movie takes place in Auschwitz, Germany where there are numerous men getting harshly abused. At the beginning of the movie all of the men going into the concentration camp have to go through a selection. Each individual gets a card and the doctor is the one who determines who goes to the gas chambers. In order to make room for all of the new prisoners that are going to be living at the blockhouse, they have to get rid of the old ones. Whenever they all get back to the blockhouse they starting discussing with one another which card they got and found out that the people who got

If God loves us, why does He allow us to suffer? The central question in Shadowlands challenges traditional religious and moral conventions. It is a question asked by many, with few satisfactory answers. Before attempting to answer the question, and explore its relationship to Shadowlands, let us first define the question, so its implications may be more clearly understood. At the heart of the question is a doubt in the goodness of God, "If God loves us". From the beginning it is clear that God is being judged and criticized by the question. Then the second phrase follows"Why does He allow us to suffer?". The assumption made in the second phrase is that God has enough control over the world to prevent suffering. If He can prevent

The philosophical arguments presented in this document are not of religious text, nor scientific observation or established fact. Rather the premise of this God proof is bring together and share the various theories on which other God proofs have established foundations. I have heard it quoted that “Philosophy goes where hard science can 't, or won 't. Philosophers have a license to.” Therefore, with this in mind, I attest that it is more than problematic to construct an argument authenticating the unequivocal proof of the existence God. If nothing else this may be food for thought.

Its impossible to reflect on the origins of evil without bringing up the concept of free will. God created man with this idea of choice; the choice to believe and obey, or the choice to disobey. It was this free will that allowed Adam and Eve to fall from their initial glory and introduce evil and suffering into the world. We can justify a large amount of sustained suffering by acknowledging that it actually benefits us and is not incompatible with God's loving nature. We learn lessons both physically and spiritually that allows us to grow and mature according to God. Some suffering is used to spark revival or for a great advancement in his kingdom, cause after all we're

The mystery of God's existence has been a crucial element of many religious studies and traditions. Who is God? What is God? Where is God? To effectively discuss the existence of God, it is necessary to illustrate the notion of faith. People of faith believe that God does exist, and that relationship with God gives meaning to their lives. Others who are skeptical point to God as an obsolete hope of an ignorant human race. People today live in a world distinguished by sophisticated technology in which modern science has been a strong agent in questioning the existence of God.