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“After the Holocausts, it is impossible to believe in an all-powerful and loving God?”
In the past there has been debates about God’s existence. 6)Texts from the bibles such as Ephesians 1;18-23 and Isaiah 44:24 indicates that God is omnipotent and God is all good. 7) Some other texts from the bible such as Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 state that there is evil. Therefor Thiessen concluded: “God is all powerful and able to do whatever he wills. Since his will is limited by his nature, God can do everything that is in harmony with his perfections. Many philosophers have and still are arguing about God’s existence. This debate was grew bigger after the Holocaust a famous event of World War 2 took place. World War 2 was a world scaled war between the Allies and the Axis. During the war many historic events took place but the most memorable event was the Holocaust massacre where a total of 11 million …show more content…

10) Line Genesis 2: 16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” suggest that God gives us free will and everything but as long as we follow the rules of God we can get everything we need. After Adam and Eve didn’t follow the rules of God humans were kicked out of the garden. Lines like 10) Genesis 9:11: “Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” Suggest how evil is not created by god but was caused by humans therefor it is fault and our responsibility to fix it. To concludes these lines of the bible suggest that if we use our free will to cause suffering we have to use our free will to stop the

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