- Moderator
- #101
Originally posted by KarlMarx
No, I am not being selective. Saying that Hitler was a Christian is like saying that the Pope is Jewish. It also is an insult to those Christians e.g. Mother Teresa and others like her who dedicated their lives helping the poor and sick in the name of Christ.
Hitler and the Nazis wanted to demolish Christianity under the Reich and replace it with paganism (in which, of course, Hitler would undoubtedly be considered divine). Hitler and the Nazis imprisoned and murdered thousands of priests, nuns and Christians. Churches were shut down under the Reich if they did not tow the party line. Heinrich Himler (the head of the SS) and many of the Nazi elite were deeply involved in the occult. In fact, many SS ceremonies were taken from ancient pagan rites. The swastika is a symbol taken from the occult, too.
Atheists were never in power until the 20th century. But under Stalin and Lenin, thousands of churches were shut down, many more priests and nuns murdered, people were thrown into prison for practicing their faith (much like what is happening in Communist China and North Korea today!).
The real problem is that when Man gets the idea that he is divine and is not accountable to a higher power (whether it be the Law or to God), he's capable of committing the most heinous atrocities, regardless of whether it is in the name of Christ, God, or Communism. The root of evil is not religion, the root is human nature and arrogance.
P.S. If I were to compare the number of people murdered by atheistic communists to those killed in the name of God since 09/11, I'll wager I'd still win the argument. You seem to conveniently ignore the fact that Communist China, Cuba and North Korea are all atheistic regimes and have millions of people imprisoned and are torturing and murdering many of them. The fact that you don't hear about the atrocities committed by these three countries doesn't mean they aren't happening. Of course, thanks to our media which has a decidedly Left wing slant, you probably won't!
Amen Brother. Ive never bought the argument that more people have been killed in the Name of God than for any other reason. its BS. Far more people have been killed in the name of the state. How many people have died in wars in the 20th century? we are talking about millions if not hundreds of millions of people there. Are people really trying to argue that more people were killed in the name of God in the 19 centuries before? please. We didnt have the population explosion till the 19th century so there werent that many people around to be killed in the name of God. So how the heck is the argument valid?