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.
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@hartfire Im saying the allies won battle of wwII, but the good guys are loosing the war against evil one centralized authority 'today'.
