Religion How Could God Do Term Paper

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They angered God, and as God has done throughout the ages, He punished the Jews. Many of them retain their faith and hope in God, and retained it even during their time in the concentration camps - it was the only thing that helped them to survive when all other hope had died. On the other hand, many Jews saw the camps as a place where they lost their belief in God. They questioned how He would allow such a thing to happen, and felt He had turned His back on them when they needed Him the most. Neither of these reactions is surprising. Another historian believes this gap between acceptance and denial of God will continue.
He writes, "I believe that Jewish religious thought will continue to demonstrate this tension between mixed intentions, innovation, and conservation well into the future" (Braiterman 164). Faith is a tenuous thing for many. For some, it is the only thing that gives them hope, while for others it is the thing that keeps them from hoping. The question of why God allowed the Holocaust to occur will always be debated, and there will always be alternative views. One thing is certain. The Holocaust was a horrible, horrible event, and something like it should never be allowed to happen again......

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