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Theologians Under Hitler: An Examination
I purchased Theologians Under Hitler and have since finished reading it. Not quite as quick reading as Wiesel’s Night, which I read in three hours, but still great reading that will not fail to impress the theologically-minded.
I was checking into the Inquisition today and was rather “very” disturbed by the methodology utilized against heretics by the alleged “holy” ones. Good grief, the sheer extent of the evil wielded in Christ’s name at that time is unprecedented, and may likely be the single greatest crime against humanity ever committed. I am so utterly disgusted and reviled by the torture devices that were used to extract confessions from these poor people. What a way to spend the last moments of one’s life. The concentration camps of Auschwitz are a mere “pale born foil” in comparison to this wretched hellishness committed in the name of Christ Himself. Now I can appreciate Hitler’s vicious and heartfelt condemnation of the Inquisition and the Catholic Church. I can fully appreciate his earnest desire to create a Reich Church dedicated to God, not the devil and his collaborators.
Hitler: “… The same rule seems to have applied here as elsewhere: too much studying ruined his vision. Nevertheless, Luther was a great man, a giant. With a shock that pierced the twilight he saw the Jews as we have only begun to see them today. But, unfortunately, too late, and even then not where they had done the most damage—in Christianity. Oh, had he only seen them there; had he only seen them in his youth! Then he would not have attacked Catholicism, but, rather, the Jews behind it! Instead of a wholesale condemnation of the Church, he would have let his whole, passionate impetus fall on the true villains. Instead of glorifying the Old Testament, he would have branded it as the arsenal of the Anti-Christ. And the Jew—the Jew would have stood there in his abominable nakedness, as an eternal warning. He would have been obliged to get out of the Church, out of society, out of the halls of the princes, out of the castles of the knights and the houses of the citizens. For Luther had the strength and the courage and the overpowering will. It would never have come to the splitting of the Church or to the war that, in accordance with the wishes of the Hebrews, spilled Aryan blood for in torrents for thirty long years.” - Eckart, Bolshevism from Moses to Lenin: A Conversation between Adolf Hitler and me, 56.
Yet another pertinent diatribe for anyone who is, or wishes to become, familiar with the Jewish role during the Inquisition.
Hitler: “And so it goes, through the entire Old Testament … Joshua alone should suffice: such a thing of uninterrupted mass murders, of bestial cruelty, of shameless rapacity and cold-blooded cunning—Hell incarnate! - Ibid., 14.
Eckart: “He paused, gazing darkly at the Bible of Hate.” - Ibid., 13.
Upon reading Hitler and Eckart’s words, it is no wonder Hitler wanted to “interpret Christ’s words anew.” Who could possibly object to that? When one comes to really study what is literally contained within the covers of the Bible, one comes to some rather disillusioning realizations. The God of the Old Testament sounds a lot closer to the devil than to God. Such virulent, vindictive hate wielded for no apparent reason other than to secure the so-called ‘Holy Land’ for His “Chosen”.
The stories and war-mongering of the O.T. sound all too familiar to the current daily crises in the Middle East. Palestinians are being wrongfully blamed for everything, as though there is only one side to this ongoing bloodshed and tyranny. For anyone that buys into this blatant hypocrisy, please do yourself a favor and wake up before this same bloodshed is carried over to your homeland. I do not necessarily desire to wear a burka, but I will not stand for the annihilation of America via the Federal Reserve, ACLU, ADL B’nai B’rith, and/or the Neo-Con war mongering ‘lobby’. Things are unraveling quickly and in due time we’re going to be in a real bind.
I fear for the future of America, as we do not have any leaders that come anywhere close to being as committed and selfless as Hitler. May God help us when the rise of Aztlan begins… there may well be a mass exodus from America to Europe if things get vile enough. I can honestly say that I am a tad bit uneasy about the future…
of the most striking things about the Gospels. The state, taxation, and war are themselves assumed to be perennial problems, and there isn't the faintest suggestion that "democracy" could relieve them, or turn them into blessings.
“Right from the start, Jesus has been a disappointment to anyone hoping for salvation through politics. Many expected the Messiah to bring political and military deliverance—peace through strength, as it were. Instead they got a fiery preacher of peace who resisted the political temptation proffered by Satan, the very temptation the whole world is still succumbing to.
‘My government is not of this world.’ I think that's a fair paraphrase of his words” [Quoted from Sobran’s Jesus’ Government].
I would like to note here that a socialist government was inconceivable during Christ’s time, thus this may explain why He said, “My government is not of this world.” Hitler donned Christ “the first socialist revolutionary,” and this would have been true indeed, if we are to conceive of Christ as the first socialist. Just a speculation, but a worthy one I think.
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