Gene Bailey And Greg Stephens Say 'Darwinism' Is To Blame For WII And The Holocaust

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Christian nationalists Gene Bailey and Greg Stephens know what really precipitated WWII and the Holocaust: "Darwinism."

[Dan]

In the lead up to World War II Germany was 95% Christian who supported Hitler and Mussolini

[vic]

Not even remotely. But most of the Nazis were self-described Christians on an almost religious crusade. Shall we focus on that?

[williambott]

What a wonderful world before Darwin. No genocides, no wars, no crusades, no dictators. Damn you Darwin, you stole our Nirvana.

[foxmccloud]

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[WeeWeeJumbo]

GOTT MIT UNS, they said. i'm sure that's German for 'gradual change through differential reproductive success'

[Zizou_]

Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force….

Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical…

Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous. ~ Bonhoeffer

[Steelmage]

" _[I]t was by the Will of God that men were made of a certain bodily shape, were given their natures and their faculties. Whoever destroys His work wages war against God's Creation and God's Will_ "

Mein Kampf, vol 2, chapter X

" _The most marvelous proof of the superiority of Man, which puts man ahead of the animals, is the fact that he understands that there must be a Creator_ "

Hitler's Table Talk

[cdlahm]

I think the more pertinent question is how it took so long for the holocaust after Darwin published in 1859…

[Squatch_needs_no_heroes]

This is the guts of their world view. It all comes back to Darwin.

[thunderbird]

To understand the "church" in Germany, read "God And The Fascists" by Karlheinz Deschner (1965 German/2013 English) - "Gott mit uns"!

[jenna]

No, Germany went to hell because they allowed a malignant narcissist to wheedle his way into absolute immunity in power. SOUND FAMILIAR???

[Grassy_Gnoll]

Strange because nothing in "Origin of Species" addresses gods. A creator couldn't use evolution? Must not be omnipotent, then.

[tekbarrier]

I'm surprised they didn't also try to blame the holocaust on violent video games and Marilyn Manson

[gladams]

We humans can make anything that moves us forward sound scary. Why would God let people develop these theories I’d he didn’t want us to evolve?

[soarel]

Think you meant "WWII" in the title

[ImperatorZor]

Also Germany did not exist as a unified political entity until 1871. It certainly was not religiously united, there had been numerous bloody religious wars between Protestants and Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries. Difference that were less violent in the 19th century but still present.

[kbeck]

I often ask how the modern church is blinded by Trump. I don’t go back to Darwin.

[ImperatorZor]

Antisemitism was a thing a thousand years before Charles Darwin was a twinkle in his father’s eye. In practical the nonsensical notion that all Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus (leaving aside that Jesus was a Jew, the apostles were Jews, the Jews who did not know or care about Jesus and his followers, or those born centuries latter, etc) Promoted by the Church and nobility to redirect social frustration towards a convenient scapegoat.

[gasparvillalba]

If I recall, Darwin's Theory of Evolution wasn't present at The Crusades nor at either of the Inquisitions.

[andynarain]

Social Darwinism and Darwinism are not the same thing. The Nutzees was interested in the former.