... as they felt a G_d that had all of these qualities should have been able to save or protect them from the evil that was displayed through the Holocaust. Because of this people have responded differently to whether G_d exists or not. There are three main responses to the Holocaust. These are, to give up belief in G_d all together (atheism), change your idea of G_d (G_d is not the G_d of classical theology), or hold onto the traditional idea of G_d (G_d is the G_d of classical theology). The "Atheism" response is the response that G_d does not exist, and that he has never existed. The argument for this response is that if a G_d that is all-loving and all-powerful existed then he would have been able to see that his people were suffering and he would have been able to protect them from the suffering. The Holocaust allowed previous ...

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