tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post3667740830382683433..comments2023-10-16T10:40:19.559+00:00Comments on An Ayrshire Blog: Evidence of the relationship between Nazis and ReligionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-25901280945889213482010-09-21T21:04:21.316+00:002010-09-21T21:04:21.316+00:00Looney- there is lots more stuff available showing...Looney- there is lots more stuff available showing the long history of religiously based anti-semitism in germany. It's a subject ( German history ) that I have read a good deal about.<br /><br />Religious people wher nmot the only ones spouting anti-semitism but as germany was avery religious contry the fact that the churches gave such attitudes cover and also promoted such attitudes must Buncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-55765307710434635002010-09-20T13:41:41.739+00:002010-09-20T13:41:41.739+00:00I have read some of Luther's writings on this ...I have read some of Luther's writings on this subject. One of my other history books commented that Luther would have been better remembered by history if he had died earlier, given that this was all done when he was old!<br /><br />Still, it is hardly plausible that the Catholics cared about Luther's opinion, while the Lutheran church of Germany ditched Luther, Christianity and the Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-61858089487237739972010-09-20T08:09:42.586+00:002010-09-20T08:09:42.586+00:00Hi Looney,
There certainly other beliefs that cont...Hi Looney,<br />There certainly other beliefs that contributed of course.<br />You are right that the Jews were viewed negatively as bankers and capitalists.<br />You may be interested in reading about the anti-semitism preached by Martin Luther himself.<br /><br />"Moreover, they are nothing but thieves and robbers who daily eat no morsel and wear no thread of clothing which they have not Buncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-36434348182653911112010-09-20T00:00:00.064+00:002010-09-20T00:00:00.064+00:00Disclaimer 1: Haven't read Hitler's book t...Disclaimer 1: Haven't read Hitler's book through yet - just some quick excerpts.<br />Disclaimer 2: My ancestry is part German-Jewish.<br /><br />There is another argument that the Jews were viewed as capitalist bankers and wealthy businessmen. Hitler was also quite vocal about racial purity. Thus, the formula for the holocaust involved much more than religion. <br /><br />The problem Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-88704307516739838732010-09-19T23:05:24.111+00:002010-09-19T23:05:24.111+00:00Hi Delirious,
I was actually mainly addressing the...Hi Delirious,<br />I was actually mainly addressing the Pope's remarks as a matter of historical fact rather than really trying to address a more general point about the role of religions in starting wars.<br /><br />My point is that the Pope is factually and logically incorect about the horrors of the twentieth century being anything to do with atheism or secularism per se.<br /><br />On theBuncnoreply@blogger.com