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God didn't "allow" the Holocaust...

God knew it would happen, but MAN went THROUGH with the Holocaust. Man has choice..God ultimately knew mans "decision" when it came to the Holocaust - but man didn't. Man made the choice...

Just think of how many people died, was involved in, persecuted, etc.. it was a horrible thing...each person has their own story. Something to learn - maybe it haunted those who did the tormenting and made them fall to their knees in remorse, maybe it brought families closer, maybe it strengthened the bonds of those who were sentenced to die... regardless, it was a terrible, terrible, thing...but man made the choice...man carried out the choice...but God was there listening to the thoughts, prayers, etc..of those who were calling out to Him.

We weren't "made" for this world..yes, we all have attachments, etc to it, but ultimately, we have life experiences - to learn, grow, etc.

I'm NOT saying the Holocaust was a lesson to "learn," BUT think...if your life was on the line like that...or if YOU were the one with the responsibility of carrying out a "death sentence" for women, children, families, men, etc...

How would that change you? Would you be closer to God knowing your life/life of your family was on the line...would you be remorseful if you knew you were responsible with carrying out "orders" to tear apart families, kill children, etc...?

It's hard to think about, but true.

It happened.

God didn't "allow" it. Man DID.

After homeschooling our two eldest children, people at our church told us that we should send them to a "Christian" college so that they could engage further in their faith.

Well... our first sign should have been that the college was not very homeschool friendly but it was one of the best Christian liberal arts colleges in the country, and our kids were excited to go, so away we went!

Folks, we are now reaping the rewards of that. Our eldest son got placed with an openly gay roommate who introduced him to the dark side. This led him to come out himself and to walk away from his faith upon graduation.

We began to notice troubling signs in our daughter as well. We have always held and taught our children very traditional Christian beliefs, including that a woman should be a keeper at home with her children. Well, in one of her classes some of the girls were making fun of her because she wants to be a housewife! And to make matters worse, her teacher sided with the girls by saying that a woman should have a career first before marriage and that to not "follow your dreams" (by this he obviously meant working 9-5) was stupid. My daughter was in tears when she talked to me on the phone that night!

Luckily, there is hope for my daughter she is going into her sophomore year next year and she will not be returning. I don't know what to do and I feel so betrayed. My husband and I are at our wits end, when we attended college, the fact that it was "Christian" meant something!

We have lately held family talks where I feel that it is time that we sent our daughter to a fundamentalist school. I feel like they are slightly legalistic in a few respects, but I have met many graduates of these schools who clearly love the Lord and who do not struggle with such matters as modesty or manners because it was drilled into them. PLUS all the female graduates of these colleges are happily married with children and they teach respect for the god-ordained role of women and they celebrate it and expect all their female students to live by it (which is something my daughter's roommate needed, poor girl didn't know how to do her own laundry or cook and was always struggling with modesty!).

I am sorry for the rant. But like I said before, I feel so betrayed that a "Christian" organization would so blantantly violate basic Christian beliefs. It boggles my mind!