Mormon Nazis: New book uncovers LDS support for the Third Reich

Religionnews.com ^ | Feb. 19. 2015 | Jana Riess

[Colofornian]

Please note: Religion News author (Jana Riess) is Mormon.

[MeganC]

In all fairness Time Magazine and FDR also celebrated Hitler in the same time.

No one around in 1938 could have imagined what the future held for the Nazis so I tend not to worry about who did or did not approve of Hitler prior to the war.

What matters is who approved of the SOB after the war started.

And while you know full well I am not a fan of the LDS church I absolutely must recognize the contributions in blood and flesh that so many young LDS men made to victory against Hitler.

Respectfully,

Megan

[Lurker]

Joe Kennedy, Roosevelt’s ambassador to England, was also an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazis in the 1930s. What’s your point?

[bajabaja]

The Nazis were against brothels? The authors are ignorant of Salon Kitty (yup) which was a sanctioned brothel for Nazi officers?

There was a BBC series, I believe, “Sarg. Schultz,” which spoofs that and other bits of NAZI history. It’s a comedy, believe it or not.

So I didn’t read from there on, as the facts and claims at the start just don’t sync with what is known history. Everything else is therefore doubtful.

[AbnSarge]

Just another opportunity to pick a religious fight on FR

[gundog]

I absolutely must recognize the contributions in blood and flesh that so many young LDS men made to victory against Hitler.

And a hearty dose of John Moses Browning to his lousy Reich.

[teppe]

Colofornian!

How’s my favorite purveyor of Anti-Mormon Bigotry?

.....without Mormons to knock ....do you even have a life?

[AmericanVictory]

Nazi officers were frequenters of whorehouses in occupied France.

[Colofornian]

No one around in 1938 could have imagined what the future held for the Nazis...

"No one?"?????

Yes, to be fair, many in Christianity didn't stand up to Hitler or the Nazis, either, at that time.

But you're off-base is claiming "no one":

1937

You can read missionary-author E. Stanley Jones' clarion call to oppose the Nazis in The Choice Before Us.

Or try even earlier May, 1934

The Barmen Declaration or The Theological Declaration of Barmen 1934 (Die Barmer Theologische Erklärung) was a document adopted by Christians in Nazi Germany who opposed the Deutsche Christen (German Christian) movement. In the view of the delegates to the Synod that met in the city of Barmen in May, 1934, the German Christians had corrupted church government by making it subservient to the state and had introduced Nazi ideology into the German Protestant churches that contradicted the Christian gospel. The Barmen Declaration rejects (i) the subordination of the Church to the state (8.22–3) and (ii) the subordination of the Word and Spirit to the Church. "8.27 We reject the false doctrine, as though the Church in human arrogance could place the Word and work of the Lord in the service of any arbitrarily chosen desires, purposes, and plans." On the contrary, The Declaration proclaims that the Church "is solely Christ's property, and that it lives and wants to live solely from his comfort and from his direction in the expectation of his appearance." (8.17)...One of the main purposes of the Declaration was to establish a three-church confessional consensus opposing pro-nazi "German Christianity". These three churches were Lutheran, Reformed, and United.
Barmen Declaration

[Lurker]

Charles Lindberg was a big fan of Hitler’s, too.

L

[DuncanWaring]

There are a few around here who seem to spend every waking moment trolling around the internet for disparaging things to write about their favorite target religious group, the daily Two Minute Hate.

I am reminded of the adage about wrestling with pigs.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Just another opportunity to pick a religious fight on FR

Dude is obsessed, needs to get a life....it's all it posts. Sick.

Not you, colofrornian

[bajabaja]

That’s not surprising either, and Coco Channel was accused, after the war, of bedding the Nazis and Vichy. Upscale prostitution I guess.

Even Hugo Boss did some design work for them. And today Hugo Boss and Channel and even Porsche are household names.

But a link to Mormonism? Count me as completely doubtful.

[River Hawk]

Hey Colofornian, what is the big deal on this thread, it seems like several readers just don’t want this topic brought up. I mean, isn’t it legitimate to explore like other historical topics? After all, this guy wrote a book about it. Have you read the book, and I wondered what you thought of it?

[Zionist Conspirator]

Um . . . what's wrong with laws against brothels and homosexuality?

Are prostitutes a persecuted minority now?

[Las Vegas Ron]

I really pitty the poor bastards that have so much hate in their heart that every day they awaken they take to the keyboard to try and spread their hate to anyone they think will listen.

Yep, the fact the poster is still allowed to post his obsessions is why I rarely post, or contribute financially to this site anymore.

[gusty]

Add that guy who is obsessed with resurrecting the reputation of Paterno and Sandusky to the group of wackjobs.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Yo, noob. Read his posting history. It’s obsessed