Posted on 05/28/2006 12:58:29 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
It's better to be angry at God and ask rude questions than to ignore Him completely.
Yeah...but first he sent the Brits, the French, the Canadians, the British, the Indians (under the Brits), the Russians, the Kiwis, etc, etc...the Americans were a numerous quantity but by no means His only or most important agents...
They can. Form the beginning along with life gave the gift of free will. Man was placed in the condition of Freedom. God did not interfere anymore than to provide life and a place to live. The rest was up to man to make of this world what they would. Ultimately, it's the exercise of that individual Freedom that matters.
Matthew 12:32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come."
The German's took away both their Freedom and life which was a gift from God from the beginning. The individual decisions of men are what they are judged on. God didn't even interfere when they killed him.
And many Poles also contributed to the Allied Victory, whether fighting with the AK on the homefront, or fighting for other countries, like in the RAF during the Battle of Britain.
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Community and individuality are not opposites. People cannot survive on their own. When the odds are stacked against you, you must rally with the oppressed and hated.
When a growing oppressive regime is taking hold, you must act, otherwise you will soon face your enemy alone and hopeless.
Strength of community is a strength as much as individualism, as long you are willing to face weaknesses in your own community. Ignoring slacking values will mean that you will be rallied against by those you oppress.
Niemöller affirms we must rally against unhealthy organized regimes. We must also stay vigilant with those that appear to be good natured, as all organisation attracts corruption. Niemöller also warns us that if it is you who are corrupt, then you will face a stronger combined force of foe!
Vexen Crabtree
The version inscribed at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts reads:
They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
You're quite right. Many from conquered lands proved themselves valiantly fighting as exiles with the allies or within their captured lands...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately come to mind........God's plan? Thats certainly not for me to say but if it was, he certainly spoke his word loud and clear.
The reason is man gave up on God. This Pope calls on God, not as some invisible unknown beyond the veil of Heaven; but as Supreme LORD of His people. The supreme lord over most nations' leaders, then and now, is not God but man; and man is an arrogant, cruel creature who can only learn humility the hard way.
God is not silent. Peaple just don't listen.
Silly me, I though that His most precious gift was his son Jesus.
(BTW, have you ever read Job?)
Here I always thought God's most precious gift was our Lord Jesus. Foolish me.
I guess that raining fire and brimstone on the Sodomites head because they were "freely" sinning must have been an accident. God wouldn't do such a thing to interfer with someone's "free will". /sacasm
Amen. Where was He? Same place He was during the flood, and every bit as in control.
"Where was God in those days? Why was he silent? How could he permit this endless slaughter, this triumph of evil?"
Since this is the current Pope asking, I think the more relevant question is why was Pope Pius XII publicly neutral/silent, at least until 1942?
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