God is not a hero

I am sorry for my delay. It was not on purpose that I skipped that round. I couldn't get there in time. You see, I'm an eighth grader and have to attend school. :) Anyway, the quote that you used was really interesting and yes, I completely understand what it means. but look at this; a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities: that's what a hero is. You used the quote, saying that if God intervened, we would lose our free will. Well, that doesn't matter to the 8,000,000 people that died in the Holocaust because their dead. They don't have a will to do anything now, nor did they they in the early 1940's. What would have been the problem if god had just helped them. Huh? I bet that when they were being burned to death, they were screaming His name. I bet when they were being beat they were praying for someone to save them. But some, like Eli Wiesel, gave up their belief on God completely. Eli Wiesel is a famous author. He is a survivor of the Holocaust and has written a book about his days in the notorious camp of Auschwitz. You should really read the book, it's good. Anyway, in the book, he says. "Then came the march past the victims. The two men were no longer alive. Their tongues were hanging out, swollen and bluish. But the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still breathing... And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death, writhing before our eyes. And we were forced to look at him at close range. He was still alive when I passed him. His tongue was still red, his eyes not yet extinguished. Behind me, I heard the same man asking: "For God's sake, where is God?" And from within me, I heard a voice answer: "Where He is? This is where--hanging here from this gallows..." And Also "Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because he kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? Because in His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death? How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers, end up in the furnaces? Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?"(Wiesel, 64) Eli was a strong believer in god before his days in the concentration camp but as you can see from the two quotes he has given up faith. In the first quote, they are walking in front of men who have been hanged because they had fought for what they believed in. When he says, God is here hanging from the gallows. He is taking the power from God taking His name and giving it to the three men because THEY weren't afraid to die what they believed in. They weren't afraid to die for their people. The second quote is self explanatory. A hero is one who isn't afraid to put his or herself online for the common people, a hero wouldn't stand and watch innocent people get killed, if they could help it. But God, with all his mighty power was able to stand by and watch people get murdered. That's not a hero. More like a Villan. Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Bantam, 1982. Print. http://dictionary.reference.com...