The Omnipotence Of God In The Holocaust

January 30, 1933, was the day Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany. For people of the Jewish faith, that day is remembered as the start of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the mass slaughter of Jews, ordered by Hitler, to make an example of them. Elie Wiesel was one of millions of people to suffer during the Holocaust. During his journey he came across a prisoner who cried, “Where is merciful God, where is he?” Jewish faith says God has three traits; God is omnipotent, God is omniscient, and God is all loving. How can God be all these things and there still be evil in this world?
If God is omnipotent, how can God let evil happen while he has the power to stop it? A proper definition of the omnipotent God is given by Thiessen: “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.” I believe that the 3 beliefs of God limit him because they contradict each other.
God is within all of us. He builds a temple within all of us and that temple’s size is based on our faith. He is always there within us, keeping us from committing evil deeds, comforting us when we are hurt by others. He knows that there
One step is to create organizations, such as the United Nations, that keep peace around the world and monitor political activities of world leaders. Another step is to spread religious values that define the importance of friendship, peace, and regards for human life. Yet another way of preventing genocide could be through erasing racial discrimination and creating equal opportunities for people around the world through promotion of education. Competition among nation to gain natural resources are often ways that lead to genocide.The European migration to the Americas, that caused thousands of death of American Indians and mass killings in Sudan are examples of genocide other than the