> [Platt] > Nice try at rewriting history but it won't wash. > > [Arlo] > No rewriting at all. Even the simplest review of the historical > record, which any one can do at their leisure, demonstrates that the > Nazi regime was far from "atheist". As I said, it doesn't take much > reading (start with Shirer's monumental "Rise and Fall of the Third > Reich") to see this. > > Hitler could have said anything he wanted about the swastika, it is > still a fact they chose a religious symbol, and then overlapped this > symbol with nationalistic colors, "those revered colors expressive of > our homage to the glorious past and which once brought so much honor > to the German nation" (Hitler, Wikidia)
I prefer to get my "facts" from the source rather than third or fourth- handers. > As for Hitler himself, Wikipedia has a good overview on the topic of > Hitler and Religion > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_religious_beliefs) > > A segment follows. > > "In Hitler's belief God created a world in which different races > fought each other for survival as depicted by Arthur de Gobineau. The > "Aryan race," supposedly the bearer of civilization, is allocated a > special place: "What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence > and the reproduction of our race ... so that our people may mature > for the fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the creator of the > universe. ... Peoples that bastardize themselves, or let themselves > be bastardized, sin against the will of eternal Providence." > You can try to paint Nazism as "athestic" all you want, but the > historical record shows it differently. The whole emphasis of National Socialism was the primacy of the nation- state and the glory of the Fuhrer. To suggest it was in any way a religious movement inspired by God is pure bunk. > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
