Chattahoochee River
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Chapter 5 - Faith
The thing that really caught my attention in this chapter was Elie's talk of religion and God. He questioned why his fellow inmates continued to pray to God and praise His name; everyone needs hope, and God was there. Then Elie begins to question how such an amazing God could let such horrendous things happen, and being a person who believes in God, when you believe in Him, you also believe in the devil. So personally, I think the devil played a hand in the Holocaust and since the Jews continued to cling to their faith in God, they still had the possibility of being saved. "You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved." Mathew 10:22. Even God knew His people would always be persecuted and hated for believing in Him, and they stayed strong. I don't blame Elie for his faith withering though, because no man, especially a child, should endure such suffering. I'm just glad to see that both Elie and his father survived the selection despite the things they had been through.
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Mikaela, I see where you are coming from and I find it interesting no one has mentioned anything about the devil in this book. A lot of the blaming has gone to God, and they haven't blamed the devil or even Hitler. Perhaps someone has, I'm not sure, but most of the blaming is on God. Although I'm trying to understand how such a religious student like Elie came to stray away from God while others have maintained their beliefs. I mean, even a rabbi had lost some of his faith by this time.
ReplyDeleteThe trials in our life seem so big and hard to overcome but they pale in comparison to what Elie went through. Often its hard to hold on to what we believe and we may never face half of what Elie did. I admire Elie, he was willing to ask God the hard questions, and even to be angry at him, just like Job did in the Bible. I think in some ways God responded to Elie just as he did to Job.
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