Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Um... Hitler was not a Christian. Sure, he was born to a Catholic mother but he stoped taking sacraments as a teen and eventually took on a form of Occultism as his religion. He did use pro-christian rhetoric in public addresses early in his career as a political tool and was supportive of the Church, also as a political tool, but he had intentions of ridding Germany of Christianing once it was no longer useful and pushing a return to Aryan Occultism. Claiming he was Christian is a pretty huge stretch. Moreover, your argument does not stand up... had he not used Christianity he would still have been able to use pan-germanic sentiment, nationalism, and racism (all of which featured far more prominately in his rhetoric then Christianity did) to accomplish his goals. It is probably more accurate to say that if the Church had taken strong opposition to Nazism then it would have been much harder for Hitler to obtain the support of a significant percentage of Germans; much the same as the communists in Poland faced a great deal of opposition from the fiercely Catholic populace who took their cues in rejecting communism from Rome.
Whether he really (was) a Christian is not something we would know for sure, because we can not read his mind, but it's basically completely irrelevant. The point is that he used Christian rhetoric and he had the church's support because he could find foundation for his ideas in the Bible.
If you can find support for evil deeds in a religious text, then the religious text is partially responsible for being used in that way. For example. when it says in the Quran that you should kill unbelievers, then the Koran is partially responsible if someone feels compelled to kill infidels, because he/she has read it there.
And i am not saying everything is bad.
rdevito
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Originally posted by mr.bison
Skrillex Dub Step is more polemic than this video:wtf:
Anyway, i think religion is control of life. This can ve very good for you or very bad.
I know some people that changed their lives (for a better life) because of religion.
Unfortunately, here in Brazil, there is some stupid human beings getting money from religious people and this pisses me off.
I respect people that take their religion seriously/with respect and i have the right to criticize religion because it's a choice like any other that you take in your life, people will criticize you or agree with you, so nothing wrong. Plus, this kind of discusion sometimes enlighten some minds :)
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by Znack
Whether he really (was) a Christian is not something we would know for sure, because we can not read his mind, but it's basically completely irrelevant. The point is that he used Christian rhetoric and he had the church's support because he could find foundation for his ideas in the Bible.
Actually, the church did not oppose him because he took policy positions that were favourable to them not because he took theologically sound positions.
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If you can find support for evil deeds in a religious text, then the religious text is partially responsible for being used in that way. For example. when it says in the Quran that you should kill unbelievers, then the Koran is partially responsible if someone feels compelled to kill infidels, because he/she has read it there.
And i am not saying everything is bad.
You can't hold an idea responsible, even in part. You can't hold a book responsible, even in part. Kapital is not liable for the purging of the generals in the USSR, The White Man's Burden is not responsible for The Residential Schools abuse of Natives in Canada, The Catcher and the Rye did not lead directly to the murder of John Lennon, The Bible is not responsible for the hollocaust. Any attempt to argue to the contrary is absolute folly. Certainly, books can inspire deeds but you cannot credibly argue that a book is responsible for the deeds of a person.
Mattinsanity
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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Um... Hitler was not a Christian. Sure, he was born to a Catholic mother but he stoped taking sacraments as a teen and eventually took on a form of Occultism as his religion. He did use pro-christian rhetoric in public addresses early in his career as a political tool and was supportive of the Church, also as a political tool, but he had intentions of ridding Germany of Christianing once it was no longer useful and pushing a return to Aryan Occultism. Claiming he was Christian is a pretty huge stretch. Moreover, your argument does not stand up... had he not used Christianity he would still have been able to use pan-germanic sentiment, nationalism, and racism (all of which featured far more prominately in his rhetoric then Christianity did) to accomplish his goals. It is probably more accurate to say that if the Church had taken strong opposition to Nazism then it would have been much harder for Hitler to obtain the support of a significant percentage of Germans; much the same as the communists in Poland faced a great deal of opposition from the fiercely Catholic populace who took their cues in rejecting communism from Rome.
moral hazard knows.
a christian wouldn't murder or order the murder of jews.
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by Mattinsanity
moral hazard knows.
a christian wouldn't murder or order the murder of jews.
Yeah, I'm not saying that... just that this particular person ordering the murder of these particular jews wasn't a Christian.
