After watching Valkyrie on pay per view, I was doing a little research on the Internets about Germans who resisted the Nazis. I was doing some reading on the church's role in German resistance (virtually none), and when I read this sentence, my blood ran cold:
"Hitler explicitly appealed to Christianity on a regular basis and this was part of why he was popular. Not every Christian supported the Nazis, of course, but he was most popular with conservative Christians seeking a restoration of traditional values."
What does that sound like? It's funny how conservative evangelical "christians" always seem to be at the heart of evil in this world. The Crusades, The Inquisition, slavery, etc. The Nazis couldn't have maintained power had the so-called christians spoken out against their actions.
Like all religions, Christianity has been corrupted by a bunch of self-serving hateful people. They have turned the message of love, brotherhood, and reconciliation into an "us against them" theology.
Ultimately, the joke's on them. While they wallow in their perceived political power, it never occurs to them that they are just being used. The repugs used the church to maintain power, much like the Nazis did, without the slightest bit of respect for the church.
1 comments:
Amen. Thanks for posting, but unfortunately the folks who need to read this information wont.
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