(June 4, 2013 at 1:25 am)ronedee Wrote: Whats more common Mario?
An Atheist posing as a Christian? Or, a Christian posing as an Atheist?
I'll wait....
OK, fine, let's assume for a moment that Hitler really was no True Christian. Let's assume he was just putting on an act for the populace. Hey, it wouldn't be the first time autocratic rulers found it useful to put on a pious facade for the public. What is that old saying...?
"Religion is regarded by fools as true, by the wise as false and by the rulers as ...useful." I forget who said it but there it is.
That all accepted, it remains that the people Hitler persecuted (the Jews, the pagan Gypsies, the godless Communists and the gays) were all persecuted for 2000 years by Christianity. Hitler didn't just invent the persecution of the Jews out of whole cloth. He built on the foundation of anti-semitisim that festered all over Europe since Christianity became the dominant faith. Even if Hitler wasn't himself a True Christian, his holocaust was the culmination of what Christianity created and made possible.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
