Why aren't Catholics shunned like Nazis?
Catholics burned and toured far more people that did not conform then Hitler ever dreamed of.
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Are you saying the Catholic Inquisition burned and tortured more than 2 million people?
We have definite records of those who died and the few who survived the concentration camps.
I'm not sure who has been allowed access to the Vatican's records.
Nazis were whoever chose to join the Nazi Party or who gave their allegiance to Hitler's power structures. Due to the punitive reparations demanded by the allies after WWI, Germany had suffered years of extreme poverty and were the worst affected by the Great Depression. This made them vulnerable to a leader who promised "recovery". Most Germans of that generation either agreed, condoned or complied with the Nazi agenda.
([c=1F5E00]The vast majority were appalled when, after WWII, they learned of what happened to Jews, "non-Aryans," "defectives," and intellectuals - one reason why modern Germany has chosen multiculturalism and why racism is now abhorred and racist terrorists end up in prison.[/c])
Both Hitler and Mussolini were Catholics and did deals with the Pope to gain his support, relayed through sermons in churches.
Still, to this day, some Christians (of several sects) blame Jews for the death of Jesus. This is clearly an unjust belief based on a specific and illogical interpretation the Gospel stories, and shows a poor understanding of Jewish faith, ethics, and contemporary politics.
There is the gospel stories which points to all Jews as responsible - especially since Jesus was himself a Jew and a rabbi. His disciples and the crowds who followed him were also Jewish. If one group of powerful rabbis objected to Jesus's radical teachings and wanted him dead, that does not reflect on all Jews.
Catholics and Christians are far more numerous than the numbers of Nazis around the world.
There are many sects of Catholicism: Jesuit, Franciscan, Dominican, Benedictine, etc. Each has a different emphasis in it's doctrines, practices and missions. Some encourage study and intellect, some encourage kindness, generosity and service, some adhere to renunciation and meditation... and so forth.
Certainly not all Catholics are racists.
Likewise there are some Protestant sects who are actively anti-racist.
For this reason, it's wrong to assume that a Catholic (or anyone else) is a racist, unless one sees or hears them behaving in micro or overt racist ways.
To sum up, there's a logical formula of relational categories (set theory) which can answer this question:
All mosquitos are insects, but not all insects are mosquitos.
Likewise,
most Nazis were Catholics, but few Catholics are Nazis.
We have definite records of those who died and the few who survived the concentration camps.
I'm not sure who has been allowed access to the Vatican's records.
Nazis were whoever chose to join the Nazi Party or who gave their allegiance to Hitler's power structures. Due to the punitive reparations demanded by the allies after WWI, Germany had suffered years of extreme poverty and were the worst affected by the Great Depression. This made them vulnerable to a leader who promised "recovery". Most Germans of that generation either agreed, condoned or complied with the Nazi agenda.
([c=1F5E00]The vast majority were appalled when, after WWII, they learned of what happened to Jews, "non-Aryans," "defectives," and intellectuals - one reason why modern Germany has chosen multiculturalism and why racism is now abhorred and racist terrorists end up in prison.[/c])
Both Hitler and Mussolini were Catholics and did deals with the Pope to gain his support, relayed through sermons in churches.
Still, to this day, some Christians (of several sects) blame Jews for the death of Jesus. This is clearly an unjust belief based on a specific and illogical interpretation the Gospel stories, and shows a poor understanding of Jewish faith, ethics, and contemporary politics.
There is the gospel stories which points to all Jews as responsible - especially since Jesus was himself a Jew and a rabbi. His disciples and the crowds who followed him were also Jewish. If one group of powerful rabbis objected to Jesus's radical teachings and wanted him dead, that does not reflect on all Jews.
Catholics and Christians are far more numerous than the numbers of Nazis around the world.
There are many sects of Catholicism: Jesuit, Franciscan, Dominican, Benedictine, etc. Each has a different emphasis in it's doctrines, practices and missions. Some encourage study and intellect, some encourage kindness, generosity and service, some adhere to renunciation and meditation... and so forth.
Certainly not all Catholics are racists.
Likewise there are some Protestant sects who are actively anti-racist.
For this reason, it's wrong to assume that a Catholic (or anyone else) is a racist, unless one sees or hears them behaving in micro or overt racist ways.
To sum up, there's a logical formula of relational categories (set theory) which can answer this question:
All mosquitos are insects, but not all insects are mosquitos.
Likewise,
most Nazis were Catholics, but few Catholics are Nazis.
checkoutanytime · M
@hartfire Im saying the allies won battle of wwII, but the good guys are loosing the war against evil one centralized authority 'today'.
checkoutanytime · M
@TrashCat hence Jesuits'
Graylight · 51-55, F
And s the Mongols, and the Vikings, and the Norman’s and…
The two have nothing to do with each other.
The two have nothing to do with each other.
checkoutanytime · M
@Graylight religion and Government are the goldmedalists of the last two centuries, with Catholics narrowly beating out Mao,Wilson, Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Bush as religion executing more people then government in the 19th and 20th century.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Colonizing needs review
Lol. Americans are killing the mind to obviate the need.
Lol. Americans are killing the mind to obviate the need.
checkoutanytime · M
Fuck Rome/ vatican /Satans lair
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
And Protestants are cuddly fluffy bunnies?
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basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@checkoutanytime then most Protestants are Protestant by your definition, you silly sausage lol.
JSul3 · 70-79
@basilfawlty89 Not in the least.
JSul3 · 70-79
@basilfawlty89 I will say this, many conservatives and Trump cult members seem to support the Russian Orthodox Church....and Vlad Putin.
ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M
So the Catholic church did barbaric things in barbaric times and that's enough to demonstrate Godwin's law and compare it to the Nazis who did barbaric things in civilized times?