"Today Christians ... stand at the head of[this country..

[Ichingcarpenter]

"Today Christians ... stand at the head of this country...
I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity .. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit ...

We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature,
the theater, and in the press -

in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality
which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal
excess during the past ... (few) years."










- Adolf Hitler


or Glen Beck?.



....... sorry Glen
its the other guy

[jeepnstein]

1. What's the difference?

Beck's not a Christian. I seriously doubt the other guy was, either.

[damntexdem]

2. If they're standing at the head of this country, then they should piss and free up the urinals.

And that goes for Glen Hitler and Adolf Beck, or whoever. too. ;-)

[patrice]

3. Authentic Christians do not seek power, but they do individually cultivate the full spectrum

of their own/internal personal responsibility.

[jwirr]

7. Nicely put - thank you.

[patrice]

8. Christianity is much more basic & concrete than many people have made it & it still

believes that the whole IS greater than the sum of its parts. Problems come from people getting the "horse ahead of the cart" and jumping to conclusions about what that Whole is, without, first having worked seriously on a REAL foundation.

The Invasion & Occupation of Iraq comes to mind as an accessible and appropriate example.

[Prophet 451]

9. Define "authentic Christians"

I'll happily agree that both Beck and Hitler are/were very, very bad at being Christians (if Hitler even thought of himself as such, which is an open question) but disavowing the members of one's faith (and, full disclosure, I'm not a Christian) when they act badly is too easy, it removes our duty to police our own faith communities.

[arbusto_baboso]

4. And that is why religion and poltiics should NEVER be mixed.

You want your morals to inform your political decisions? Fine. But the moment you use your religion to justify your prejudices, the ends are pretty much pre-ordained.

[upi402]

5. I felt better when Nancy Raygun consulted astrology for public policy

...than when Bush listened to the voice of Jesus in his head for guidance.

[arbusto_baboso]

6. The Constellation of Gemini has never called for the genocide of a people.

On the other hand, the "voice of God" in the Old Testament did that a number of times.