Write a 4-6 sentence paragraph answering the above questions. Use specific details from the book to support your answer. Cite your book correctly.
Write two quality 2-3 sentence comments on two students from another school. Remember quality comments have specific details, do not just restate what the person already said, and challenge the student to think about their ideas on a deeper level or in a new perspective.
Proofread your work prior to submitting your responses.
A genocide is a mass amount of actions against people because of race, ethnic religion, and national group. Theodicy is the thought of why a good God could allow such horrible actions of evil to occur. A genocide was occurred with the Nazi's against the Jews, the whites against the blacks, and many more horrible events. I have wondered why God has allowed people to do such horrible things, but I feel that God does everything for a reason, and maybe the genocides was allowed as a test of faith.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you post Lorenzo. I also believe that God has a reason, and a plan to allow for things to happen. Some believe that God is evil, but God will find a way to make things right.
DeleteLorenzo,
DeleteYour definitions are very accurate. Although, I feel that God allows Genocide to happen because he gave us free will. To stop people from doing horrible things would be taking away the gift of free will.
I agree with your points. But, God doesn't have control over our decisions.
DeleteLorenzo, I like the examples that you provided. Maybe God does allow genocide and does not intervene to test our faith. I think he always has reasons to do things.
DeleteI like your definitions and agree with them. However, you said why God allows people to do such horrible things, that is the person's free will. Maybe it is right to wonder why God allowed so many people to be killed like that, but not the decisions.
DeleteI liked your post, and I also agree that god does everything for a reason. I believe that this attempt of genocide was a test of faith as well.
DeleteLorenzo I agree with you entirely because struggles and hardships I have found to deepen the faith of people. Although, the people that had done all the evil things that went on during holocaust was on their own free will.
DeleteLorenzo, God gave us free will for a reason. He can;'t just stop the mass killing of people.
DeleteI agree that God does everything for a reason. Every single person has their own different path that God has planned out for them. If people died, then that is when God wanted them to die.
DeleteI agree, with you about genocide. You have some very good examples for genocide too. Also for theodicy, I like the example of the white people against the black ones.
DeleteLorenzo, I agree with what you said about what you said about Genocide and how it impacted the people. You went deeply into the concept of both of these.
DeleteLorenzo, I agree with you that God has a plan for everyone and that everything happens for a reason. I just dont understand why he would let something like this happen.
DeleteLorenzo, I agree with you thought about god and that he has a plan for a reason. I also liked how you went into deep thought about it.
DeleteI agree with everything you say Lorenzo. That God has a plan for us and that everything happens for a reason. Though I wanted to add on to what you said last. God does try to stop the genocides and all the bad things happening by giving us a consonance (which tells us to do the right thing) or by throwing someone in our lives to change what we are doing wrong.
DeleteLorenzo,
DeleteI agree with you point of view. You definitions were very accurate and precise. I also liked how you added your own twist onto the definitions.
Lorenzo, I strongly believe that God does do everything for a purpose. Even though the Jewish people are not in the best place, God is always gonna be with them, it just may not seem like it.
DeleteLorenzo, I agree with you fully. I agree that genocide affected more people than just the jews and it also affected them.
DeleteLorenzo, when I was thinking about what genocide is, I was thinking almost the exact same thing that you wrote down. However, I did not know what theodicy was, so I took some knowledge from you.
DeleteI agree with you lorenzo. I too believe that god has a plan for all of us. I also wonder too why god did that to the jews.
DeleteI agree with you. I believe he does everything for a reason. He then shows signs of himself through other things. God was probably showing himself through the opposing forces of Germany in world war II.
DeleteYour opinion was definitely good and reasonable. Humans were the ones who brought evil into the world.
DeleteI agree with you on your thoughts. I understand why some people could think that God is an evil being but everything that he did was for a cause. I do believe that God has a plan for each one of us.
DeleteGod gave us free will so that we could make our own decisions. Lorenzo, I do agree that God has a plan for all of us. But, maybe those plans take detours if we do not listen to God. I do not think the Nazis were listening.
DeleteI agree with your post. I think that your definitions are very descriptive and accurate. I also like your examples using the book and other situations.
DeleteLorenzo, I agree with you about how God has a plan for everything and that everything that happens, happens for a reason. Maybe this happened because it was to prevent something bad from happening in the future or to punish what had been done in the past.
DeleteLorenzo, I really enjoyed that you explained the two words clearly and related them to each other. I also liked how you displayed your opinion at the end.
DeleteLorenzo, there must be a reason that God allows evil but it is beyond my understanding. I wish God never would have allowed events like the Holocaust to happen.
DeleteI think that genocide and theodicy are terms that describe mass killings of people, like the holocaust. I didn’t really have any prior knowledge of the words, but I did have prior knowledge of the holocaust. The holocaust would be an example of genocide because the Germans targeted people based on the religion. Luckily, the war is coming to an end, and the genocide will soon be over.
ReplyDeleteTheodicy is when people question why God is doing evil, not a killing of people that is genocide. It does show in this post that you do you a lot about the holocaust though. Good Job!
DeleteJack, I agree that genocide is the mass killing of a cetain group of people. But, theodicy has a completely different definition. Also, there are many other groups that commit genocide.
DeleteJack, is the term theodicy can relate to the killing of people, but it is the act of wondering why there is evil. Also, genocide is the act of killing a particular ethnic race or political group.
DeleteTheodicy is not the same thing as genocide. It is a wondering of if God is really there.
DeleteThe definition of of genocide is correct but theodicy is the act of questioning where God was at a certain time. I think World War 2 is a good example because ti was one of the biggest genocides ever.
DeleteI agree that genocide is the mass killing of people. Before I did not know what theodicy meant, but after researching it, It means to question God why there is evil in the world. So you were right on the Genocide but not theodicy. Otherwise, good job.
DeleteJack, your definition for genocide is correct, but your definition for theodicy is incorrect. Theodicy is questioning God and what he does.
DeleteJack, I agree that genocide is killing the people of a different race. I think that the Holocaust had both of these ideas in it. Good job.
DeleteJack, the word theodicy does not have to do with killing of people. Instead it means questioning why God allows evil in the world.
DeleteJack, I agree with you when you say that genocide is the mass killing of people but, genocide is the mass killing of a certain race not just all people in general. Theodicy is a completly different thing than genocide. Theodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil.
DeleteI agree with your post Jack, that genocide is what Hitler was committing. Though you forgot to add your thoughts on theodicy. It would be very interesting to hear your opinion on it.
DeleteJack,
DeleteI like how you went into thought about the two words, however, theodicy is not the same as genocide. A genocide is an attempt to wipe out an entire race of ethnic group; theodicy is wondering if God has given up on you or is not present.
You did a great job on most of it, but you did not define Theodicy . Another thing you did wrong was say that theodicy and genocide are the same thing.
DeleteTheodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil. It has nothing to do with killing people.
DeleteJack, although I agree with some of your post your definition of theodicy is wrong. Theodicy is the idea that there is no god, He has forsaken us, and the God that we do have is cruel and evil.
DeleteJack, I agree that the term genocide involves the killing of a specific race, religion, or ethnic group. However, even though I didn't have any prior knowledge of theodicy, I looked it up and found out that it doesn't really have to do much with genocide.
DeleteThis was very vague and parts of it were incorrect. This has some important points in it but you did not go into detail at all. This could have been good if you put a little more effort into it.
DeleteTheodicy is the philosophical question relating to God's allowance of evil in the world, Jack. You were right about genocide: the mass killing of a certain race.
DeleteJack, you are right when you are saying that genocide is mass killing of people. It also very well relates to the holocaust because people were killed in large numbers. However, theodicy is not mass killing of people it is when someone stands by and stays faithful to God even when evil approaches it.
DeleteJack, I admire how you admitted that you had no prior knowledge of Theodicy. I also enjoyed how you explained the meaning of genocide so clearly.
DeleteJack, I agree the terms genocide and Theodicy go together because genocide is an evil act. Theodicy is the questioning of why God allows evil acts to occur.
DeleteWe don't know if the war is ending yet, Jack. It may keep on going. However, when the sick we rescued in the book that could be a sign of the end.
DeleteGenocide is when a large group of people are killed especially those in a different culture or ethnic group. For example when people, particularly Jews, were being mass massacred in the concentration camps by suffocating them with chemicals and gases, that would be considered a genocide. Theodicy is the questioning of why a God or Goddess would permit the existence of such an evil thing in this world. For example in Night when Elie stopped believing in his God because of all of the cruel things that were happening to him that would be a theodicy. I already had heard and kind of new what a genocide was but I wasn't completely sure until today. Regarding what a theodicy was I had no idea of its meaning until I looked the word's definition up on the dictionary.
ReplyDeleteMartina Faber Corbett Prep
I agree with what you said for the definition of the words. I think that you could have included what the word meant to you personally.
DeleteMarina, your definitions were done well. For the definition of theodicy you could have described it better and not just used the exact definition.
DeleteI think genocide is when you want something really badly but you can't have it. For example the father wanted some water but then the son didn't give it to him and gave him soup instead. I think theodicy means when some one is forcing you to do something that you don't want to do.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is a killing of a large group of people. Theodicy is a question people ask God wondering why he allows evil, and where he is during the situation.
DeleteMaddie, I think that we were supposed to search the definition up on the internet and the explain what they mean in our own words. Alexandra already commented the definitions, so I don't need to.
DeleteMaddie, I think you had a good guess on what genocide and theodicy are, but they are different meanings then what you had. I can see why you would think that, but genocide and theodicy don't fit those definitions.
DeleteAlexandria, Your definitions were very correct and exact. This is exactly what is happening in this situation and you described this perfectly. The only thing I would do is add more detail.
DeleteGenocide is when you kill or slaughter a huge population of people. Theodicy is when you question why God permits an act of evil. For genocide, I already knew the definition and I know a few acts of when this occurred such as the Holocaust in Night. During that period, 11 million people were slaughtered or worked to death. When this was going on, Elie questioned God and this theodicy and finally decided that he was not merciful being he thought he was. Before today, I had know idea what a theodicy was until I searched the term.
ReplyDeleteBoth definitions are given in the book. I didn't know what theodicy meant and your example really helped me get a better example.
DeleteI really like your post. It is very describing and I can clearly understand the definitions of these two words. I can also understand where they fit inside of the book. You clearly described the definitions well and I think you did a good job on your post!
DeleteI really like your post because it is detailed and I can understand what genocide and theodicy mean. I did like how you used examples in the book
DeleteBefore reading your post I didn't know a lot about the two definitions that we had to research but then I learned the definitions and some history about it.
DeleteI agree with your post, and I also did not know what theodicy was. I too noticed that people were questioning there faith in the book when people were being killed for no reason. I think that not only does theodicy occur in situations like this, but also in everyday life when people don't understand why God allows bad things to happen to them.
DeleteBoth of your definitions are correct and they align with mine. I like how you gave a real statistic this really helped me understand the definition better.
DeleteGenocide: The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
ReplyDeleteTheodicy: The attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil.
I have no prior knowledge about theodicy. However, I am all too familiar with the term genocide. I first heard about the term when I first learned about WWII. Theodicy happened when Elie questioned God allowing the jews to be imprisoned, treated like wild animals, and killed.
Luke, I also have no previous knowledge of theodicy. I think that t was used in WWII because the Jews were wondering why this was happening.
DeleteLuke I agree with your definitions. I had no previous knowledge on theodicy until I researched it, I found this is was when the Jews would ask why God would let bad things happen to good people. Like in Night when Eliezer asked god why bad things happened to his father.
DeleteI know that a genocide is a mass murder of a group of people. They usually share the same beliefs, culture or religion, like the Jews. The only prior knowledge I have about genocide is about the Holocaust. I'm not entirely sure what a theodicy is, but I've heard people use the word before. People talk about it when they talk about God or goodness and evil things. It has something to do with holiness and the existence of evil.
ReplyDeleteElla, besides the Holocaust, I am sure there are many other scenarios that contained genocide and theodicy that you may know about such as ISIS. The existence of evil will probably always be there, but theodicy is why God is allowing it in our lives.
DeleteGenocide is the murdering of those in a certain ethnic group or nation deliberately. When Hitler committed genocide, millions of Jews died. Theodicy is the defending of God when the question of why God allows evil to transpire in this world comes up. Many people that were in the concentration camps continued to have faith in God when evil presented itself at their doorstep. In the book, Elie lost faith in God when children died before his eyes. The fact that God did not interfere and stop the murders really got under his skin.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of huge ethnic groups, and I actually learned what these two words mean today. I liked how you took specific examples of the book to help back up your definition on Theodicy.
DeleteElise, I like your example of using Eliezier for him losing faith in God, after the Holocaust. I am sure it is something that happened very often within the Jewish community.
DeleteHi Elise,
DeleteI like how you used the example from the book about Elie. I believe we would all have trouble keeping our faith in hard times like that. It was really important however that some people were actually able to keep their faith. If you were in his shoes, do you think you would be able to keep your faith and preserve?
I believe genocide is when a race is deliberately and unlawfully exterminated by an opposing entity (usually another race). Theodicy, in my opinion, is when one questions his/her almighty god for the despair he has rained upon his mortal followers. I have experienced these terms through the literature of various stories usually about similar events such as the Holocaust, yet it hasn’t been as definitive as it had been in Night. Even though, I have still seen a fair amount of theodicies in which people deal, struggle, and succumb on virulent television shows or movie dramas. A true genocide or theodicy I have yet to observe, for they aren’t tied into the surface emotions of a simple being.
ReplyDeleteBlake Bridge, Corbett Prep
Blake, I liked how you brought up the point that the television shows/ movies contain certain genocides and in some cases a theodicy, because I wasn't really looking at this in that sort of perspective. Your definitions seem accurate and I feel the same way about genocide and theodicy.
DeleteBlake, I like your definition of theodicy and how it is rarely described in modern culture. I would have added more about genocide, however.
DeleteI think genocide means a killing of many of the same people. I have heard the word before and know what it means vaguely. However. I do not know what the dictionary definition is. And I am not sure what theodicy means, but I think it is a noun.
ReplyDeleteOmar, your definition of genocide is correct, but it can be a little more specific. A genocide is the killing of a certain group of people for their race, skin color, or religion. Theodicy is the attempt to explain why a good God would allow evil to run throughout the world.
DeleteYou provided your own good definition of Genocide, but you did not produce any thoughts on the meaning or its relation to Night. Also, you should have looked up the definition for theodicy. It is a noun. You should have put more effort in to looking up definitions.
DeleteOmar, you should put a little more work into your posts. Saying I don't know is not a valid answer to get credit. Genocide is the killing of a race and Theodicy is trying to explain why God would allow evil.
DeleteOmar, I believe that theodicy is the proof that God is still good with evil being around, not the explanation of why God would allow those things to exist. You should be more specific with your definition for Genocide.
DeleteOmar, I think your definition of genocide was good but a little short. You should have looked up theodicy though.
DeleteYour definition of genocide was correct except I feel that you should have researched the topic a little more. I also think that you should have looked up the word theodicy and connect it to the book. I feel that you should look at the definitions because it is really important during the book.
DeleteGenocide is the killing on many people usually from a specific group, and theodicy is believing in something when there is little hope. All throughout the story, there has been genocides, usually towards Jews. Even when there was no hope and death was just like a resident in the blocks, people gathered for the Jewish New Year still believing in God. They are a key example of theodicy because there was little hope of survival yet they prayed to God and worshipped His name.
ReplyDeleteNadine, I agree on your definition of genocide, but I also disagree with you. I believe that they were not an example of theodicy, because when people attempt to understand why God lets evil run throughout the world, they are usually upset with God, which means they might not be praying.
DeleteI definitely agree that the Holocaust was a mass genocide. In the book Elie goes through theodicy because he always asked God to help. He asked God why he was allowing this to happen to the Jews, and he eventually gave up on God.
DeleteI strongly agree with your post. All of your comments relate to the question quiet well.
DeleteI think that you supported a very key concept in your paragraph when you stated that they still celebrated the Jewish New Year even though their was very little reason to worship. However, I think that you could have been more detailed on what genocide is.
DeleteNadine, while I like your example of their being "Death on the blocks", you did not give an example of theodicy. What you did say about it didn't give a clear example for me.
DeleteNadine, you did a good job explaining the definitions. I agree with everything that you said about both definitions.
DeleteNadine, I agree with your definition of genocide. However, I disagree with your definition of theodicy. You said that it is believing in something when there is little hope. Personally, I think it has to do more about God and the question of how if he is good, why would he let evil into the world that he created.
DeleteYour definitions are correct and I liked your definitions. During the book they did worship God even though they were in such rough conditions, but some of them while they were dying started to feel theodicy and asked why God would put them into such rough positions.
DeleteNadine, I agree with your definition of genocide and that it constantly was happening throughout the book. However, I think you should have also included examples of theodicy from the book as well.
DeleteGenocide is the intentional killing of a huge group of people based upon their background/religion. Theodicy, however, is the questioning of why God allows deaths and why He allows it to happen so much. Before reading the book Night, I was informed very little about the intensity of the Holocaust and therefore have little prior knowledge towards the topic.
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time hearing of the word Genocide, but are definitions were very close. I learned about Genocide and it involved the killings of a big group of people. Your definition of Theodicy was much better than mine and I like how you connected the book with the book.
DeleteClaudia, I think that your definitions of genocide and theodicy are correct. Have you ever thought about when someone may have thought about theodicy?
DeleteClaudia, you have good definitions for your words. I feel though that you coul dhave added parts from the book though. To show how these words relate to what is happening in the book and in the world today.
DeleteClaudia, I like your definition of theodicy but I think it needs a bit more work. I don't think that theodicy is the questioning of why God allows bad to exist, but the proof that God's goodness is still there even with evil.
DeleteClaudia, I like your definitions. I also think that you probably could have added some examples from the books to help explain.
DeleteClaudia, I agree with your definitions. However, have you thought about how these two things are shown in Night?Obviously, there is the whole genecide with the killing of Jews, but I also think the theodicy is shown in the book when the Jews, especially Eliezer, question why their God would let his people be killed or if their God even exists.
DeleteClaudia, I like how you defined genocide and theodicy. It is shameful that these atrocities were permitted to occur. People involved should have done something to stop the horror.
DeleteClaudia, your definitions are both correct. I also like how you stated how much you learned about the holocaust in the book Night. However, did you ever wonder how both of these words relate to the book Night?
DeleteClaudia, unlike you I do have some prior experience. Although you did bring to my attention that we all have experience with these words through reading Night.
DeleteGenocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people especially coming from a certain ethnic group or nation. The Holocaust was a huge genocide. The Nazis killed around 11 million people, 1.1 of those were children, 6 million were Jewish. They targeted Jewish people, homosexuals, and disabled people. They went home from home, town to town collecting people to bring to concentration camps. In the camps thousands were dying a day and people were under watch 24/7 by the SS or other. The people in the camps were put into ranks and blocks for labor, if they got too weak, old, or sick they were immediately killed in the chimney or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteA theodicy is the attempt to answer the question of why god permits the manifestation of evil. Elie was constantly questioning god and why he would do this to them. Why god would put them through so much with little to no hope, and with barely anything keeping them going. He wondered why people were still praising him when he was putting them through constant pain. Eventually, he gave up believing in god, and carried on his journey with no one to believe in.
I agree, I think that the Holocaust a genocide and that Elie was part of the genocide. Elie always asked God to help him and wondered why that was happening that he stops asking.
DeleteYour definitions really describe these words. After reading your post, I can clearly understand the meaning of the word. You also placed the words in the book and why they fit inside of the book. Now I know where these words fit into the book.
DeleteI like how you mentioned that Elie was questioning that their was a God, when everyone else seemed so sure. Also, I did not think of the mass killing of disabled people, and I think it was smart that you added that also.
DeleteYour definitions perfectly and thoroughly describe the terms, and I liked how you related it to the current topic we are on.
DeleteMichaela, I agree with the definitions you put for genocide and theodicy. You did a really good job with explaining what each means and gave good detailed examples. I like how you mentioned that Elie questioned God because he did not understand why God would do that to him.
DeleteMicheal
DeleteYou typed a lot of work. You had lots of great points and examples from the book. You under stand the topic and did a great job when making this entry.
Your information is really helpful, Michaela. It helps me to understand more clearly what genocide and theodicy is.
DeleteYou did a really good job with your definitions and explaining the words. It really helped me to understand more deeply what theodicy is.
DeleteMichaela, I like how you put a lot of thought into this. You did a lot of research and I had no idea that the Nazi’s killed that many Jews. I did not find anything to correct on this comment and you put a lot of thought into it and spent time on it. Good job.
DeleteA Genocide is the extermination of a race political group or political group. Theodoric is basically asking why God or any other divine power why they have not prevented evil. I have no prior knowledge of this subject.
ReplyDeleteI have no prior knowledge towards these two words. This is actually the first time I have heard the word Theodicy.
DeleteI really feel the same way about your post. I think you covered what was asked.
DeleteMikayla, you had good definitions. However, I feel you could have added more on how you feel about these. Is theodicy right or wrong according to most religions?
DeleteMikayla, I agree with you that you had good definitions. I also feel that you could have put something from the book, to describe how these words relate.
DeleteMikayla, I thought you used the correct definitions but there was not anything else from you, such as how you felt about either term, or what they are relating to the Holocaust or any current event that include these. You do have correct terms and they make a lot of sense, and I didn't have prior knowledge of them either.
DeleteTo Mikayla Jemison
Deletehaving no prior knowledge to this subject is a good thing and bad thing. It is a good thing because you don't fear people and you don't know what people can do. Pit is also a bad thing because every body should be educated on this subject. This book is a great way to explanation it to you and you definition was great.
Mikayla, you did have the correct definitions of the words but how about go in depth. Put more detail about the definitions maybe how you feel about these two topics.
DeleteMikayla:
DeleteYour definitions are good but I feel that you could have included how these tie into the book and your personal thoughts on the subject. Also you could have given examples in the book and given examples of how these things are happening today.
Mikayla:
DeleteI also have very little knowledge of these words. I have heard of genocide in religion class but never knew much about it.
Mikayla, I didn’t know what theodicy was until now also, but I have a better understanding of it now. However, you did not tell how either of these were related to the book.
DeleteMikayla, I think that your definitions are accurate. At the time, it was very unfortunate that people did not question why genocide was occurring. In addition, they did nothing to stop it, despite having a good God.
DeleteMikayla, I loved both of your definitions because they were very in depth and to the point. I am also happy that you have not had to experience either of these because I know from first hand encounters that theodicy can really be a pain to deal with when brought up.
DeleteMikayla, I agree with your definitions and think that they covered the topic well. However, I also had no prior knowledge of the words but you could take the definitions you have and relate them to Night or that time period.
DeleteWell done guys!
ReplyDeleteGenocide is a killing of a particular race or ethnic group, in this case the Jews. The Nazis killed millions of Jewish people and treated them like property. The Nazis took them away from families and starved them, some to death.
ReplyDeleteTheodicy is basically the asking of God why he does evil and why there is sin in the world. That was what most people on that cattle train were thinking towards the end of the book.
Genocide is a common term used for the mass extinction of a race, or ethnic group. A few examples of these include the Holocaust. This is the genocide presented in the book. Asking God why He allows for this to happen, like Eliezer does when he is travelling is an example of Theodicy. It is asking God why he allows such things to happen. Many of us blame God for what happens to us. We expect God to allow for only good things to happen, which he cannot.
ReplyDeleteA genocide is the killing of a large group of people of a particular ethnic group or nation. Theodicy is the asking of why a divine power would create or allow evil. Personally, I have little history with these two words. I do understand why God allows evil to some level. God allows evil because he gives us free will, the option to chose good, or the option to choose evil. However, I do not understand why God would allow evils to hurt good people.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the large killing of a group of people of a certain ethnicity. Theodicy is the study of evil in the world and why God would let that happen. I know that there was many groups of people that have committed genocide, however, I do not have any prior knowledge of theodicy. But, I know that people in concentration camps and dire situation would have thought about theodicy. Theodicy, I would think, would happen before someone dies, that person would wonder about God.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the mass murder of a certain ethnic group or nation. Theodicy is the questioning of God to wonder why he would commit such evil . In the book, the Nazis committed genocide by targeting the Jewish people. Some of the Jews and even Eliezer were questioning why God would let this happen to them. I haven't had previous experience with Genocide but I have heard of it. Theodicy has come up to me sometimes when I am sad.
ReplyDeletePrior to looking the words genocide and theodicy up on the internet, i had no knowledge of the meaning of these words. I looked up both of the words and found the definitions quite interesting. Genocide means the deliberate killing of a large group of people or race. To break this defintion down, this means to eliminate or get rid of a certain group or culture, to where there is no more of that certain culture or group of people. Theodicy is also quite interesting. It is the attempt to answer the question of why God permits the manifestation of evil. I think this is an interesting word because many people doubt God because of the evil that is occuring in their life. This is very hard to overcome for people that have evil in their life. Theodicy is a great word for people to understand their doubts to God.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of a specific race or group of people. Typically belonging to a particular group. Theodicy is the theory based around why God lets evil happen in the world. Genocide has happened in many places around the world, such as the Holocaust, and many other small tribes in Africa against eachother. There are many theories about theodicy, and why it happens, but I feel that God has created evil so that the people that do sin can be punished. I think that God let the Holocaust happen because the Jews rejected Christ.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The Nazi's committed genocide on the Jewish nation, and caused horrible suffering and death. Genocide is almost always a bad thing. It should never happen because no one party has the power under God to eliminate a whole race of humans. Theodicy, quite simply, is the question, "Why does God let this evil happen?" I believe that God lets this happen because he is not ever actively involved in our lives. If you do believe in God, then he is active in your ever day live. When all the Jewish people watched their families killed, I am sure that they questioned God. The answer to that is if you want to believe in God, you can make up whatever you want in order to have it fall in line to what is happening. When your mother is killed, "Oh, this is a test from God." When you family is killed, "Oh, God is testing my faith." What is happening is the Nazi's have killed your family because they took a belief too seriously and did not comply with the other nations in the world. There are some things that God cannot be blamed for.
ReplyDeleteIn my own words, genocide is the wiping out of a certain race. It means to try to extinguish a certain group people. To me it is an awful thing and should never happen. In my words, theodicy means to not believe that God is truly there when you are going through a hard time in life. To believe that God has left you and is no longer at your side helping you. Prior knowledge I had to these terms was that I have learned about the holocaust before so I was familiar about genocide. However, I have never hear theodicy so I had to research that word.
ReplyDeleteGenocide means that someone is killing a large group of people, mainly of a certain ethnic or race. In my opinion I think that this word could describe what this whole book is about. During this whole book all you hear about is different death scenes, that happen when everyone is together. Theodicy is another word in my opinion that could be used to describe this book. Theodicy means that someone attempts to question why God is permitting evil. For example, many times in the book when there is a genocide, people start to question God. They ask him why he is letting them starve and get beat to death. These words describe what this whole book is about.
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ReplyDeletethe deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
synonyms: mass murder, mass homicide
This is genocide. This is not right. No man, woman or child should suffer and endure the mass murder just because of who they are. I can't fathom what even happened to those people. I am saddened to here that this still goes on today in our times.
My prior knowledge to the term genocide is that is it a mass murder of one ethnic group or nation, and before I searched it, I had no idea as to what theodicy was. Genocide is in fact what I thought it was and it goes along with it being that the idea behind the carrying out of a genocide is usually because the aggressors think the world would be a better place without that group of people. In this case, Hitler believed the world would be a better place without the Jews. Theodicy is the belief that God's goodness is real and that there is a belief of good and evil, and that good will ultimately overcome evil. This goes along with the Jews, even though in concentration camps, still believed in God's love and saving grace. Genocide still occurs today, and people still believe that even though times are tough, God will save them.
ReplyDeleteGenocide - the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
ReplyDeleteTheodicy- the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil.
Genocide is, in a large amount of people's eyes, the worst thing you can do to harm your fellow man on this earth. It is the epitome of evil, destruction, and hate that their is. It is a terrible act, and should never be done.
Theodicy is the attempt to answer the question: Why would a good God allow terrible evils to happen. I think that God allows these things to happen because of free will. He allows us to make our own choices, even if it is evil.
ReplyDeleteGenocide the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. This is basically the killing of a race which is was Nazi Germany was trying to do (kill on Jews). I learned a bite about this in my Religion Class. Genocide is still going on today (isis) Theodicy is the is the attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. I did not have any prior knowledge about this term. God gave us free will and that means you could do what you want. This includes good actions and even bad actions. He can step in and convince you to stop doing something wrong but he can't force you to.
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ReplyDeleteWhat you said is very true about how the Jews kept faith throughout the book. Some Jews were not killed though and used to work, I believe only the sick and dying were killed.
Genocide means the deliberate killing of a group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation, like what happened during the Holocuast. Genocides are generally caused from the idea that a particular group are evil or make the world a bad place. Theodicy is the defense of God's goodness in view of the existence of evil. People want to prove that even though there is so much evil, there is still so much of God's goodness in the world. In Night, the Jews tried to keep believing in God's goodness, but it was hard and many people gave up because they couldn't believe that if God was good, why he would let this happen.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is when people start killing people from different cultures and religions. Theodicy is defending God's goodness but also wondering why God would permit evil. An example of genocide is the Nazis and Jews. The Nazis were killing Jews just because of their religion. In the book, Eliezer is an example of theodicy because he was really sad inside that his father got struck with a club and died but could not stand up to the Nazis because they could do the same thing to him or worse.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is a killing of a large group of a particular race. In the book Night, The Germans are killing all of the Jews, which caused Thousands upon thousands to die, and suffer in the harshest conditions. The word Genocide was not used until the holocaust. Sadly, Genocide is still going on today, like Isis. However, they will kill anyone, no matter if they did anything to harm them. When the Jews were in those concentration camps, all of them were saying. "where is God?" meaning, when all this violence is happening, why doesn't God do anything to help these people?
ReplyDeleteI agree with your definitions and I like how you used examples from the book to support your ideas. But, God gave us freewill to make our own choices.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is to kill everyone belonging in an ethnic group. In Night the concentration camps were just there to get some free labor and then those who were weak were killed. Only the Jewish people were in the concentration camps. Theodicy is the proof that God's love shines through evil things. In Night Wiesel does not want to praise God because he is allowing evil things to happen. Many of the Jewish people in concentration camps renounced their God after witnessing cruel things.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that genocide is the killing of a large group of people especially and ethnicity, people often question God or think about Theodicy. Theodicy is when people question where God is in a time of sadness. They want to know why God lets evil happen at all when he is perfect. They relate to this book because they are both big parts of it.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the mass killing of a certain race or of a certain people. This relates to the book Night because the book is all about the Holocaust. This terrible time was all about the killing of a certain race or people, the Jews. Theodicy is an attempt to answer why God would let evil happen in this world. This also has a major impact on the book because all throughout the book, Eliezer asks why God would allow this to happen to his people.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of a certain group of people of a certain ethnicity in a large group. This is never a good thing because it involves taking the lives of multiple people just because of their ethnicity. The Holocaust was a genocide of the Jewish people by the Germans. Theodicy is the questioning of why God allows evil to be present. Theodicy is necessary for the church because it allows us to question our religion and find out more about our God. There is a lot of Theodicy in the book especially when there are people dying or when people are trying to stay faithful in the concentration camps.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of a large group of people. Most of the time genocide is done to a particular race. This happened in Night because the Nazi's are trying to kill the Jews. This is part of the Holocaust. Genocide is still going on today in different parts of the world. Even though it is not happening to us, it is happening to different people around the globe. Theodicy is the defense of God's goodness in a view of evil. Theodicy is going on in Night as well because the even though the Jews are going through such hard times, they are still believing in God and praying to him.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the deliberate killing of a group of people because of their ethnicity or beliefs. In real life, Islamic extremists are killing anyone that does not share their beliefs. In the book, Hitler has commanded the Nazi soldiers to kill all the Jews and torture them in concentration camps. Theodicy is the belief in divine goodness, (God or a supernatural being) because there is evil in the world. In the book, Eliezer mentions “Where is God”, and some people are undoubtedly starting to stop believing in God because all this evil is happening around them. The only reason they cannot stop believing in God is because they are living in evil. If evil exists, then goodness exists. So Theodicy proves that God exists.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is a killing of a particular race or a large group of people. This is in the book because the Germans are killing a large group of Jewish people. Theology is doing good in the presence of evil. This is in the book when Eliezer is helping his father even though he knows it will not help him.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the eradication of everyone in a certain group whether it be a nation or race. The only prior knowledge I have had of this word is from what I know about the Holocaust. During the genocide of the Jews in the Holocaust, theodicy was displayed often. The treatment of the Jews and the amount of pain they went through often made them question why God would let any of this happen to them. I have often thought about why all this suffering is in the world if God can make it disappear, but never with the intensity that the Jews felt. I could never imagine their pain and I don't blame them for questioning God's plan.
ReplyDeleteWe were supposed to define theodicy, where it is to try to answer why a good God allows evil to be in the world. I agree with you with the genocide.
ReplyDeleteI think that you used very good definitions for the words. I really like that you used specific examples from the book. I really enjoyed reading your post.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, usually a group of a certain ethnicity. Theodicy is the attempt to answer the question of why God permits/ allows evil. I do not have a lot of prior knowledge on theodicy, I believe I have heard the word before but did not really know the meaning until now. For genocide however I learned the deeper meaning in religion class last semester when it was one of our vocabulary terms.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is when you kill a large group of people due to race, ethnicity or anything else that would put them apart from another person. In the book Night, Hitler is committing genocide when he starts to kill anyone who is not Aryan. Theodicy is like questioning the existence of God when you are in the presence of evil. This happens a lot through out the entire book Night. It happens when they are all in the train and are fighting over one another in order to get a scrap of bread. It also happens when someone is hung in the camp and no one weeps for them. Theodicy happens when you are in a bad situation or something is not going the way you wanted it to go.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Genocide describes what is going on in the book. The Germans are killing off all Jews. Theodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil. This is used in the book because many bad things are happening and nobody has stopped it. In Night you read many people asking the question, "Where is God?" I do not understand why people would do such a horrible thing. I also do not know why God let such a horrible thing happen.
ReplyDeleteRachel, You defined the terms in the question well and made them easy to understand. I think your post was written well. I like how you used the book to make your point.
ReplyDeleteA genocide is the deliberate killing of a large amount of people, especially from a specific group. Theodicy is where you are questioning why God allows evil manifestation in this world. Prior to discovering the definitions, I knew that a the Holocaust was a form of genocide because the Germans were killing the Jews. I knew, prior to reading the book, that the Jews were losing their faith in God while the Germans were putting them into all of the concentration camps.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of an entire ethnic group or race. Theodicy is to attempt to answer the question of why God permits evil. I knew what genocide was, prior to this and about how Hitler tried to kill all of the Jews. I did not not know what theodicy was before this. I had heard people trying to answer the question of why God permits evil, but I never knew the exact term.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is when a large number of people kills either a specific ethnicity, race, or religion. Theodicy is the questioning of evil in God's presence. Both of these terms apply throughout the book Night. Genocide, obviously, is the Germans trying to eradicate the Jewish race entirely. Theodicy, however, applies to the Jews. In a Jewish persons position, I might loose faith in God. Questions like "Why won't God stop this madness?" or "Why is God letting this happen to me?" would definitely go through my head.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the mass murder of a certain ethnic group. Theodicy is the questioning of God and why he allows evil in the world. I knew what Genocide meant, but I had never heard of theodicy, but it is easy to understand. These 2 words are some of the major points of the book. The Jews were being killed in large numbers, and they were all in question of their faith. The Jews were all asking questions to God, questioning what He was doing to them.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is killing someone of a certain race, religion, ethnicity, etc. Theodicy is the question "why would God keep evil in the world?". During the Holocaust Jews were killed because of their race and religion by the Germans who were led by Aldof Hitler. Theodicy happens something sad or upsetting happens or a time of suffering.
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ReplyDeleteYour definition for Genocide was spot on. That was exactly what Hitler thought of the Jews, he thought that the world would be a better place without them.
A genocide is the attempt or killing of a whole race. Mostly because one they are not the same religion or the same ethnicity as the killer. Thodicy is basically the attempt to answer why God isn't doing anything about the pain and suffering they are having. They reason that leads them to becoming this mad is their pain not physical pain mental pain such as sadness and depression. This will lead them to thodicy since they really have nothing better to do except bath in their pain and sadness.
ReplyDeleteTheodicy is when someone questions where God is in a time of evil and how he can let it happen. A genocide is when a specific group of people gives harsh punishment to a specific group of people. In the book, an example of Theodicy could be when Eliezer is watching people being thrown over the cart into a field naked and left to rot. An examle of genocide is when the Germans would kill or capture people just because they were Jewish.
ReplyDeleteThat is some pretty helpful information there. I did not know what theodicy was before today too.
ReplyDeleteA genocide is the mass killing of a certain group of people categorized by race, ethnicity, religion, etc. Theodicy is the thought of God not wanting to help you or the question of why God would allow such awful and evil things to happen. A genocide is without a doubt occurring in this situation. Over six million Jews were killed during this time period. With the killing of so many Jews, thoedicy comes into play. Many people stopped believing that God was omnipotent or that God was even good. People denied him because he had not helped him through the rest of their grueling tasks.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is when a large number of people try to eradicate completely either a race, religion, or ethnicity. Theodicy is the questioning of God when he is presented with evil. Genocide applies to the Germans, obviously, trying to kill the Jews. Theodicy applies to the Jews questioning if God exists. I learned about Genocide in my religion class, but didn't have any knowledge in theodiy
ReplyDeleteTheodicy was in the book when the Jews were searching for God while being attacked and murdered. I feel that theodicy was used throughout the book, not just in the beginning, when the Jews were searching for God in bad situations.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of a large group of people, or a mass murder. Theodicy, in a way, is questioning God, and wondering why he afflicts evil on someone or something. I did know a little bit about both terms before researching, but I know both terms are brought up during the book very often. Genocide is brought up, as that is practically what the book is about. The Nazis persecuting the Jews was a form of Genocide, as they were trying to get rid of the whole entire Jew population. Theodicy also comes up very often, as a lot of the Jew are asking God, "Why are you doing this is me, and putting so much pain on to me?" Many of them started to question their faith, as they were thinking, why would the person I praise and worship do this to me?
ReplyDeletePrior to this post I knew that genocide was the mass killing of a people. I did not know anything about theodicy but I do now. The definition for genocide is the diliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The definition of theodicy is the vinidication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existince of evil. Now that I know this I am surprised that these are acutal things and it makes me sad to read about them.
ReplyDeleteDefine genocide and Theodicy. What prior knowledge do you have in regards to these terms?
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the killing of a whole race or a group of people. Theodicy is the view of the existence of evil. The knowledge I have to the term genocide is that the biggest genocide event was the Holocaust . The knowledge I have of theodicy is that it was involved with the Nazis.
Genocide is the act of killing a large mass of people which is also known as a very large case of murder. This is very horrible and I think that nobody should do this and it should not even happen. It think it is kind of depressing that there is even a definition on this because it has happened. I knew what this word meant before I searched the definition. Theodicy is asking God why he would do something so horrible and blaming him for something that is happening to you. I did know the concept of what is happening but I did not know that there was an actual definition and word for this.
ReplyDeleteI have no prior knowledge of theodicy but I do know what genocide is. It is the killing of group of because because of their color or race. The definition of theodicy is the attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil and genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. I think that theodicy is an important part of my faith because if evil does not exist it means that free will does not exist.
ReplyDeleteTerrorist attacks, mass murders, and bombings would all be affiliated under the term "genocide." Genocide is the mass killing toward a particular race. It is a part of the Ten Commandments. Theodicy is the defense of God's goodness in view of the existense of evil. It is similar to Peter dening knowing Jesus.
ReplyDeleteI know that genocide is the killing of a specific race or group of people. In the context of Night, the genocide is the killing of Jews. I don't really know anything about theodicy, but I do know that the prefix theo has to do with god. After looking up the definitions of the word, I know that genocide is indeed the intended killing of a large group of people, especially those in a specific ethnic group or nation. I also now know that theodicy is the attempt to answer why a good God permits evil. This has to do with Night because the Jews in the book experience so many evil things and find themselves asking why the God that they believe in is letting the world become so evil.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Theodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil. I know that genocide was greatly distributed throughout the book, Night. Hitler tryed to wipe out the Jewsih people and that is an example of Genocide. Throughout the book, it seems as if God is not anywhere in the book, but, he is actually there. All of the people who have been surviving throught this very harsh time, God has been with them the whole time keeping them strong so that they are hopefully able to get out of the miserable place in which they are in. For the people who are not able to survive during this harsh time, once they die, I am sure that God will be there for them and make sure that they are able to rest peacfully.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the mass killing of a race, or in the case of the holocaust, a religion. Theodicy is thinking of how God could allow something bad to happen to you, or why it hasn't been stopped yet. I have had prior knowledge of the the term genocide. However, I have no prior knowledge of the term theodicy. But I figured out what it means by looking it up.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is when a large group of people are killed especially people of a particular ethnic, group, or nation. Genocide happens all throughout the book. In the beginning, people were taken to a crematorium if they were not useful or could not work. Then later the Jewish people kept on dying one by one because they were being worked to hard. Sometimes the people would just freeze to death. Theodicy is asking why God would allow something evil to happen. This also happens a lot in the book. Many people before they died would ask why God would allow somebody to go through the pain that the Jewish went through.
ReplyDeleteGenocide and theodicy have a lot to do with each other. Genocide is a mass murder of a particular ethnic group or religion or culture. Theodicy is the absence of God or the reason God is not there in a bad time. During genocide everybody is wondering about the theodicy in the situation. The Jews during World War II were wondering why God wasn't helping them, and this is theodicy.
ReplyDeleteIn religion we talked about genocide, so I do know that it is when many people are killed. It relates to the book because the Jews were killed in the crematoria as large groups. Normally there is a cause for the killing like the color of their skin, type of religion they are or even just for living in a certain country. I am not familiar with the word theodicy. It means when a person will defend God's goodness when evil approaches it. Eliezer sometimes loses sight of God in the book but he always seems to gain it again.
ReplyDeleteThe book showed Theodoric when Eliezer stopped trusting in God. He lost faith because of all of the bad things that were happening to the Jews.
ReplyDeleteHitler was killing an entire race which was genocide. But, I think that Eliezer lost faith in God because of the genocide which led to theodicy.
ReplyDeleteI think that genocide and theodicy relate to each other in some ways. To me, genocide is when someone kills a bunch of people just because of there appearance or beliefs. There is an example of this in the book when the Jews are being killed just because of their religion. I think that theodicy is when people wonder why God lets bad things happen in the world to good people. When bad things happen, people often ask why God is doing this to them and they lose there faith. There is an example of this in the book when people get angry that God allowed the little boy to be hung. I think that these relate to each other because people don't understand why God allows genocide to happen and then they stop believing in him. There is an example of this in the book when some Jews do not fast because they don't believe God would let this happen to them.
ReplyDeleteGenocide means killing multiple people and especially of those who are in a particular ethnic group, religion, nation. An example would be the holocaust. Six million Jews were killed by the Nazi's. Theodicy means the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil. It is a question, why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. In the book Night, this would be when they were wondering why God would let bad this happen to them.
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ReplyDeleteI also knew that the Holocaust was a genocide, and a very big one too! However, I also didn't know a lot about Theodicy, but after researching, I found out what it meant, and that it is actually brought up a lot in the book! Do you think that some of the survivors might of even had trouble keeping their faith, even after the Holocaust?
Thanks,
Matthew Wood (NDPMA)
I agree with what you said about genocide and theodicy. This situation, the Holocaust, is most definitely an example of genocide. It caused many people to lose faith in God and it turned them against Him. I like how you used the example of Elie on the Jewish New Year to explain theodicy. Elie could not find out why such a great and forgiving God would allow this to happen and it hindered his faith.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of your definitions. I also thought you gave a good example theodicy in the book. While reading, I saw this example along with many other examples of theodicy in the book. Another example that I saw was when people got mad at God for allowing the little boy to be hung.
ReplyDeleteI know a little about both of these topics, I learned the basic ideas. I know that genocide is the killing of a popular race or certain body of people, and I know that theodicy is the question of why God lets evil things happen. I learned from the book the deeper meaning of both these things. The genocide that took place is horrifying and made the Jew question God which is where theodicy comes in. While the Jew are being tortured, they begin to question God and when he is going to free them, some even lost complete belief.
ReplyDeleteGenocide involves the deliberate killing of a large group of people. Normally it involves the killing of a specific ethnic group or nation because of ones beliefs or virtues. Hitler and his Nazis committed mass genocide on the jews because of what they believed. Theodicy has to do with the attempt to answer why God permits evil. In the past I remember horrible times in my life for example my parents divorce, when I have questioned God and looked toward theodicy. Overall I think genocide is horrible and theodicy exists because it must.
ReplyDeleteA genocide is when people try to kill or eliminate an entire ethic group, or nation. Theodicy is trying to answer the question why God let's there be evil in the world or trying understand why God allows evil. I have no prior knowledge of the term theodicy, but I know what a genocide is because of the holocaust.
ReplyDeleteGenocide is the mass killing of a people whether it be a gender, race, etc. Theodicy is more a question. Theodicy is asking why God permits evil, like genocides, in the world. The prior knowledge that I had was that I knew what genocide was and I also knew that the Holocaust, time period in Night, is an example of a genocide. This is an example of a genocide because Hitler wanted to kill all of the Jews, therefore it was a mass killing of people.
ReplyDeleteYou definition of genocide isn't very accurate. Genocide is the mass murdering and killing of a specific group of people, such as a religion, race, or ethnicity.
ReplyDeleteI have known that Genocide means the killing of a large group of people because of their race, color, or religion but I did not know about theodicy. Theodicy is a term that describes a persons justification of God. It is asking God why he would do something like genocide to people and questioning his actions. Genocide is what is happening in Auchawitz. They are killing large groups of people because of their religion in this case, the Jewish. I did not know what theodicy meant but I did know what genocide was.
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