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To: Fester Chugabrew
What? And he [Hitler] put his ideology under the banner of creationism? I think not.
Hitler was no exception; he hated racial intermixing with the fervour of racism buttressed by religious conviction, because he felt that non-Aryans were not human, and in his words, marriage should produce children who are "images of the Lord and not monstrosities halfway between man and ape."37 In his mind, his "Final Solution" was no different from the kind of extermination program one might carry out against pest animals, and in a very real sense, his creationism led directly to his racism.

Creationists have long tried to portray Nazism as the end result of Darwin's evolution theory. But his writings make it very clear that while he accepts natural evolution as the origin of other races, he does not accept that he himself was the product of natural evolution. Since Darwin's theory of evolution makes no allowance for such ridiculous exceptions to the rule, it is quite clear that despite creationist claims to the contrary, Hitler did not understand or accept evolution theory. It is clear that he was, in fact, a creationist (albeit what we would ironically refer to as a "moderate" creationist today), who believed that while evolution does take place in the natural world, the Aryan race stood apart from nature, was created by God in his own image, and had been given dominion over the Earth.

Adolf Hitler's Religion. Note that footnote 31 gives a quote from Mein Kampf. All of this was discussed exhaustively a year or so ago in these threads.
2,001 posted on 01/01/2003 6:28:25 PM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
Placemarker.
2,005 posted on 01/01/2003 6:35:43 PM PST by Junior
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To: PatrickHenry
"albeit what we would ironically refer to as a 'moderate' creationist today . . ."

Just goes to show that a little false ideology goes a long way. Thanks for letting me know.

2,007 posted on 01/01/2003 6:39:33 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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