[qam1]

Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.

-Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)

[dog breath]

Some think that the Nazis were influenced by doing selective interpretations of German philosophers like Hegel and Nietzsche but that does not seem to be very valid. The case for Darwinism influencing them as in the article is much stronger. Hegel while arguing that the divine light of progress moves from nation to nation was a Christian and Nietzsche while a rationalist actually felt the Germans were improved by having Jewish blood. The Nazis believed in a hierarchy of races with the strongest winning. In addition they also believed that might made right. If there was a spiritual influence it would of been a glorification of Germanic paganism as a tribute to war itself as an agent of change. When it comes to people the way ideas and concepts get all twisted about makes it hard to sometimes say one thing alone was the influence of something. The only borrowing from centuries of Christianity I see in Nazi philosophy was the concept of themselves as a chosen people set apart which was something the common German could understand from their Christian upbringings. Nazism wad a tool for men to take power upon themselves by manipulating everything they could. To dignify it as even aberrant Darwinism is giving it perhaps too much credit.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Lol.

Seriously.

Lol

[Ken H]

Lists of Banned Books, 1932-1939

Guidelines from Die Bücherei 2:6 (1935), p. 279

-snip-

6. Writings of a philosophical and social nature whose content deals with the false scientific enlightenment of primitive Darwinism and Monism.

http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/burnedbooks/documents.htm#guidelines

[dog breath]

I have to say I like this thread, I learn from all the opinions and insights. There seems to be so many things that went into creating the poisonous witches brew of Nazism. I think anybody could agree that loving thy neighbor was not in there. There are some great quotes I have read in the past from our founding fathers in the United States about the importance of morality and spirituality in building a state, apparently they knew what they were talking about.