Jesus loves the racist stereotyped children

[festive1]

Why are the black kids grey?

Maybe they were anemic, I'm sure Jesus would love them too...
If I wasn't sure I was already going to hell, I'd surely be on my way there after that.

[Cyberman]

This is just another example of mans ever changing morality. 100 years ago this song was being smashed by the self righteous for being too liberally minded forcing them to look at their 'doctrines' of exclusion. but, now the oppsite is true. Now the song is too racists.

You say this as if it's a bad thing. Moral sensibilities change - or more properly, they grow up - as societies change. I'd much rather live in a dynamic society than a stagnant, unchanging one.

[Drich]

I did not say there was anything wrong with changing morality in of itself. I only point out the misuse of morality, when people use it as an Absolute standard to judge others against.

[Cyberman]

Note the qualifier "as if" in my post, but I'll let that go. I'm more interested in these people of whom you speak. Please, tell us more.

[Drich]

We've talked about 'these people" before.

The God is 'Immoral" because His standards do not meet my own (people.) Which is the point of identifying the everchanging morality in which 'we' (these people) subscribe. what is the point of judging anything by the way of a popularity contest? Isn't that what happened to 1930 Germany? People simply followed the mob's standard of what was moral. Again despited the actual content of 'rules' this soceity has adopted, our methods and reasoning are the same as those caught up in hitler's germany.

[Cyberman]

Wow...

[Drich]

Wow...

I think one of you finally gets it!

Wow indeed! How can one judge anything using such a corruptable standard?

[Cyberman]

Actually I meant "Wow" in the sense of "I can hardly believe you just said all that with a straight face".

Also, there is only one of me. Please don't do that again.

[Drich]

Actually I meant "Wow" in the sense of "I can hardly believe you just said all that with a straight face".

Also, there is only one of me. Please don't do that again.

we were talking about 'these people' which you have identified yourself as a apart of in the past. Meaning a 'moral' person. I meant nothing more than to say that a moral person is beginning to understand what morality actually is.

I did not mean to offend

[pocaracas]

Isn't that what happened to 1930 Germany? People simply followed the mob's standard of what was moral. Again despited the actual content of 'rules' this soceity has adopted, our methods and reasoning are the same as those caught up in hitler's germany.

was that what happened?
I guess the wiki got it wrong again!

Brüning administration

The Great Depression in Germany provided a political opportunity for Hitler. Germans were ambivalent to the parliamentary republic, which faced strong challenges from right- and left-wing extremists. The moderate political parties were increasingly unable to stem the tide of extremism, and the German referendum of 1929 had helped to elevate Nazi ideology.[125] The elections of September 1930 resulted in the break-up of a grand coalition and its replacement with a minority cabinet. Its leader, chancellor Heinrich Brüning of the Centre Party, governed through emergency decrees from the president, Paul von Hindenburg. Governance by decree would become the new norm and paved the way for authoritarian forms of government.[126] The NSDAP rose from obscurity to win 18.3% of the vote and 107 parliamentary seats in the 1930 election, becoming the second-largest party in parliament.[127]

Hitler made a prominent appearance at the trial of two Reichswehr officers, Lieutenants Richard Scheringer and Hans Ludin, in the autumn of 1930. Both were charged with membership in the NSDAP, at that time illegal for Reichswehr personnel.[128] The prosecution argued that the NSDAP was an extremist party, prompting defence lawyer Hans Frank to call on Hitler to testify in court.[129] On 25 September 1930 Hitler testified that his party would pursue political power solely through democratic elections,[130] a testimony that won him many supporters in the officer corps.[131]

Brüning's austerity measures brought little economic improvement and were extremely unpopular.[132] Hitler exploited this by targeting his political messages specifically at people who had been affected by the inflation of the 1920s and the Depression, such as farmers, war veterans, and the middle class.[133]

Hitler had formally renounced his Austrian citizenship on 7 April 1925, but at the time did not acquire German citizenship. For almost seven years Hitler was stateless, unable to run for public office, and faced the risk of deportation.[134] On 25 February 1932 the interior minister of Brunswick, who was a member of the NSDAP, appointed Hitler as administrator for the state's delegation to the Reichsrat in Berlin, making Hitler a citizen of Brunswick,[135] and thus of Germany.[136]

In 1932 Hitler ran against von Hindenburg in the presidential elections. The viability of his candidacy was underscored by a 27 January 1932 speech to the Industry Club in Düsseldorf, which won him support from many of Germany's most powerful industrialists.[137] However, Hindenburg had support from various nationalist, monarchist, Catholic, and republican parties, and some social democrats. Hitler used the campaign slogan "Hitler über Deutschland" ("Hitler over Germany"), a reference to both his political ambitions and to his campaigning by aircraft.[138] Hitler came in second in both rounds of the election, garnering more than 35% of the vote in the final election. Although he lost to Hindenburg, this election established Hitler as a strong force in German politics.[139]

Appointment as chancellor

The absence of an effective government prompted two influential politicians, Franz von Papen and Alfred Hugenberg, along with several other industrialists and businessmen, to write a letter to von Hindenburg. The signers urged Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as leader of a government "independent from parliamentary parties", which could turn into a movement that would "enrapture millions of people".[140][141]

Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor after two further parliamentary elections—in July and November 1932—had not resulted in the formation of a majority government. Hitler was to head a short-lived coalition government formed by the NSDAP and Hugenberg's party, the German National People's Party (DNVP). On 30 January 1933 the new cabinet was sworn in during a brief and simple ceremony in Hindenburg's office. The NSDAP held three of the eleven posts: Hitler was named chancellor, Hermann Göring was named minister without portfolio, and Wilhelm Frick was appointed minister of the interior.[142]
Reichstag fire and March elections

As chancellor, Hitler worked against attempts by the NSDAP's opponents to build a majority government. Because of the political stalemate, he asked President Hindenburg to again dissolve the Reichstag, and elections were scheduled for early March. On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag building was set on fire. Göring blamed a communist plot, because Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe was found in incriminating circumstances inside the burning building.[143] At Hitler's urging, Hindenburg responded with the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February, which suspended basic rights and allowed detention without trial. Activities of the German Communist Party were suppressed, and some 4,000 communist party members were arrested.[144] Researchers, including William L. Shirer and Alan Bullock, are of the opinion that the NSDAP itself was responsible for starting the fire.[145][146]

In addition to political campaigning, the NSDAP engaged in paramilitary violence and the spread of anti-communist propaganda in the days preceding the election. On election day, 6 March 1933, the NSDAP's share of the vote increased to 43.9%, and the party acquired the largest number of seats in parliament. However, Hitler's party failed to secure an absolute majority, necessitating another coalition with the DNVP.[147]