Well I have caught my self up with how this argument has gone so far and I have to say I am very disappointed in some of the comments
"Why Do Christians Cherry pick The Bits of The Bible They Believe are Facts?"
The same reason that Atheist and non-believers exclude science when they can't win with it or it goes against the argument they are in. Yes many a Christian forgets basic rules and tries to ignore current ones that should have replaced others that were more hate filled. Many a time people will want to follow older bible ideals despite the fact that when Jesus Christ came he brought with him the new rules and tenants we should live by. Those are love, pacifism, hope, and tolerance.
"Not really. In fact I'd go as far as to say that during a religious argument asking if Hitler was fulfilling "Gods will" is a perfectly valid question."
No more so then when a serial killer stabs his victim b/c the wrong chemicals are firing in his brain producing voices and hallucinations. How anyone could argue that a "Loving Christian" god would want to cause that pain is something I just cant fathom. When he gave his son as a symbol to take our sins away and make it so we did not have to offer sacrifices he in acted a set or laws that were founded on love, peace, and tolerance. To try and argue that gods will played in any part of that tragic event is purely an act meant to tarnish. I can not reason as to why any Christian would want a loving god to be spiteful to others but not to them, and I am only left with people wishing it as a way to muck up the Christian faith and the god we serve
"thank you, im glad someone saw my point, maybe they didn't answer because they do believe he was fulfilling gods will?"
You must have missed my post it was at the bottom of the 2nd page for me, not sure which it would be for you but here it is
But your trying to twist my words, the reason the Jewish community took such a blow was b/c of the actions Hitler choice to take
Never once have I said there is a divine reason for such and such to happen
b/c god gave you free will and he loves us all the same he gave it to Hitler as well, some people just make better choices about that
my personal opinion is summed up in a cartoon I once saw, it was a little girl looking at an old man with a tattoo of a number on his arm, when asked why he had it and kept it the old man respond , "its not so I forget but to remind the word what happened"
yeah a tragic thing happened but it wasn't b/c god willed it on the Jewish faith, it wasn't b/c the Nazis knew how to pray better or harder then the Jewish faith, it was simply b/c good people made the wrong choice or no choice or let bad people make it for them, and if you absolutely need to turn it into a good or bad thing you will never win, the harsh reality of the situation is horrible, but the amount of knowledge into how we should and shouldn't treat humane beings, the ability of it to make you do a bit of soul searching, and the power it has to shape the world is a good thing
