In Germany, von Braun had been nominally Lutheran but functionally atheist. He had no interest in religion or God. In Texas, while living at Fort Bliss, a neighbor invited him to church. He went, expecting to find the religious equivalent of a country club. Instead, he found a small white frame building with a vibrant congregation of people who loved the Lord. He realized that he had been morally adrift and that he needed to surrender himself to God. He converted to Christ and, over the coming years, became quite outspoken in his evangelical faith and frequently addressed the complementarity of faith and science.
To: Jan_Sobieski
He was a German, but not a Nazi.
2 posted on
07/27/2023 12:19:16 PM PDT by
EEGator
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3 posted on
07/27/2023 12:20:50 PM PDT by
Jonty30
(If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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5 posted on
07/27/2023 12:26:20 PM PDT by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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14 posted on
07/27/2023 12:47:17 PM PDT by
dadfly
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No one can (or in von Braun’s case, could) peer into the heart of another person. But even if Wernher von Braun was a full blown Nazi - and he truly repented, I have no doubt that the blood of the Lord Jesus has the power to forgive and cleanse even that foul of a heart. No one knows for sure right now - but one day everyone will know. I for one hope it is true.
To: Jan_Sobieski
Anyone can convert their religion, even people who don’t believe in the religion they are converting to.
18 posted on
07/27/2023 12:55:07 PM PDT by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: Jan_Sobieski
Vin Braun was an apolitical rocketeer from his youth.
The Pre-Nazi German government noticed his group and began to fund them. The Nazis were the subsequent government.
He made sure he surrendered to Americans, not Soviets.
Leftists always smear him.
23 posted on
07/27/2023 1:10:29 PM PDT by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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My wife’s uncle was a young American who worked for von Braun in Huntsville, Alabama. He told the story that the chain of command always kept a Jewish American one or two levels above von Braun. It caused considerable consternation that von Braun had to report to a Jew. Just a reminder of who won the war.
36 posted on
07/27/2023 1:39:14 PM PDT by
ChessExpert
(Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
To: Jan_Sobieski
His rocket motor design is still used for heavy lift, liquid fueled rockets.
At Rocketdyne in West Palm Beach FLA, he’s still a minor god.
44 posted on
07/27/2023 2:31:29 PM PDT by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
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