God left Rwanda and did not come back for 100 days

This comment was made in a dvd we were watching last night about the work of the Tribunal and the Rwandan genocide. I found it very interesting that such a comment was made on a documentary that is used to educate people about the genocide. It makes it seem as if God is responsible for the 800,000 people that were killed in the genocide and not the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. I know that people often question God when bad things happen, I do it myself, but to hear it actually stated in a video produced by the UN seemed kind of extreme to me. I started thinking of all of the people that will watch and have watched this video and how they may react to this statement. Especially the citizens of Rwanda that were directly affected by the genocide. It reminded me of a part in a book by Shane Claiborne called the Irresistable Revolution, where he also talks about when we question God about the situations in life. He points out that God could ask the same question of us, "How/ Why did you let this happen?" The Rwandan genocide was not the 1st genocide to happen while people stood by and did nothing. Even today, the phrases "never again" and "not on my watch" are heard over and over while the killing continues in Darfur. Another aspect to that, however, is those few people like Romeo Dallaire, the commander of the UN troops in Rwanda, who refused to stand by and do nothing and stayed in Rwanda even after the UN troops were evacuated. He has had to testify in some of the cases that have been brought before that Tribunal and in one of his statements he says that he knows God exists because he has met the devil. My hope is that people watching this video do not lose their faith in God or whatever higher power they believe in and that one day we can push past the thinking that the things going on in other parts of the world do not affect us therefore we should not be concerned about them. Once we realize that we are all interconnected on this great planet called earth, we will have a much better chance of things like genocide not occurring on our watch.