I is so a Nazi!
Sep. 16th, 2010 09:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiggymalvern
Apparently dear Pope Benedict believes that atheists are Nazis-in-waiting.
Even in our own lifetime, we can recall how Britain and her leaders stood against a Nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate God from society and denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews, who were thought unfit to live.
I also recall the regime's attitude to Christian pastors and religious who spoke the truth in love, opposed the Nazis and paid for that opposition with their lives. As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century, let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and of society and thus to a "reductive vision of the person and his destiny" [Caritas in Veritate, 29].
I suppose it would be a little much to expect the Pope to check his historical facts. He might discover that Hitler and most of the Third Reich leaders considered themselves Christians, and that Hitler repeatedly referred to himself as doing the Lord's work, equating atheism with communism. But hey, why would one of the world's prominent religious leaders bother with facts, when he can indulge in his own blind belief instead?
Even in our own lifetime, we can recall how Britain and her leaders stood against a Nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate God from society and denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews, who were thought unfit to live.
I also recall the regime's attitude to Christian pastors and religious who spoke the truth in love, opposed the Nazis and paid for that opposition with their lives. As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century, let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and of society and thus to a "reductive vision of the person and his destiny" [Caritas in Veritate, 29].
I suppose it would be a little much to expect the Pope to check his historical facts. He might discover that Hitler and most of the Third Reich leaders considered themselves Christians, and that Hitler repeatedly referred to himself as doing the Lord's work, equating atheism with communism. But hey, why would one of the world's prominent religious leaders bother with facts, when he can indulge in his own blind belief instead?
