Posted on 04/19/2005 5:03:46 PM PDT by wagglebee
"I was not yet three years old when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, and I could have become a good little Nazi in his army. I loved the parades: I wept when other kids marched beneath our window without me. But I was ineligible for the Aryan race, the Master Race that Hitler wanted to purify of Jewish blood and other pollutants so that it could rule the world for ‘a thousand years.'"
I have no doubt that before the week is out, the New York Slimes will have painted Pope Benedict XVI as being more evil than Hitler ever dreamed.
That's why they're the NY Slimes...
Hitler's Rottweiler, no doubt ...
My wife's uncle was a Hitler youth at a very young age.
He is anything but a nazi.
Stalin had a similiar practice i believe. I don't hold children responsible for the assimilation of these entities. They are brainwashed into service, and their parents usually allow it out of fear of reprisal. Clearly as an adult he rejected it, that is what matters.
Cardinal Ratzinger in his homily delivered immediately before the conclave said he does not believe in syncretism, the attempt to reconcile different faiths. He probably would not attend on any occasion the service of another faith.
Now that is interesting. I respect that position, because I refuse to reconcile mine to come to a compromised generic belief. Differences exist for reason. While I have no desire to lose sight of the most important component Christians share in common, Jesus Christ, that doesn't mean I'll dismiss where we do disagree.
That's why they're the NY Slimes...
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The Communist rag, the NYT and all the rest of the socialist media, was predicted with ultimate precision, that they would attack the choice of Pope, if the Pope was not a flaming leftist, liberal, gay-pandering activist.
Choke on it MSM -- you pathetic losers -- !!!
I think a German pope will instill a moral compass in that country like it did in Poland and get another big piece of europe steered away from relativistic, nihilistic leftist sop it has been stuck with for a long time.
IMO, I wouldn't be surprised if that was a consideration in his nomination.
What is Christianity's greatest enemy right now? Islam? No, the president has been handling that problem. Communism? A concern especially in China but the Soviets fell and so can they. The internet playing a major role. The alliance between Australia, Taiwan, japan and the U.S. playing another.
The greatest threat, imo, to Christianity is the secular humanism that has embraced Europe. The Culture of Death. No better place to confront it than in the heart of Germany.
Yes, he's had plenty of time to reflect. Makes a big difference!
Yes, the left is piling on (and not so surprising, already have their "talking points" in order and all are repeating ad naseum, citing "some Catholics") especially with the "Rotweiller" moniker and the Ratzinger's time spent in the Hitler Youth Group.
God, (oops sorry about that. NOT) you would think that he had been a fullfledged member of Heinrich Himmler's SS.
As it turns out, this is what has been reported about this experiencwrote based upon his book, "The Salt of The Earth:"
"In 1941, Ratzinger, 14, and his brother, Georg were enrolled in the Hitler Youth when it became mandatory for all boys. Soon after, he writes in his book, "The Salt of the Earth," he was let out because of his intention to study for the priesthood."
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/19/international/i121336D98
I don't know how long he "served" in the Hitler Youth Corps, but his having been released due to his intentions of studying for the priesthood, should (but don't hold your breath) put to rest any question about his loyalties for the Third Reich and Hitler.
"Yes, he's had plenty of time to reflect. Makes a big difference!"
I don't think it took him very long. Defeat has a way of making one refect.
Each time I have been to Germany, I have met men of that generation who have taken it upon themselves to offer an apology for their "history".
With the expansion of worldwide and constant news sources (CNN, Fox News, etc.) and the internet, people are far more informed today than ever. During prior conclaves, very few non-Italian Catholics even knew the names of the Cardinals who were likely to become Pope, in 1978 NOBODY knew anything about the future John Paul II. All of that is different now, John Paul's health problems were well known and as a result, the left has had a long time to prepare "talking points" on every Cardinal. What we are seeing now is simply the execution of a plan that has been in the works for years.
Over the course of the past year, Ed Koch has impressed me as a man of great integrity who is not afraid to sacrifice his political stature within his party to follow his conscience.
Like the rest of the Libs, he can be off the wall, but at least, he doesn't walk in lockstep.
I think a German pope will instill a moral compass in that country like it did in Poland
"Actually, Poland was very Catholic prior to JP2's elevation but has since dramatically slidden downhill with increased abortion, divorce, contraception, you-name-it, and plenty of homo-molestation scandals"
I did not mean to say that Poland became more catholic.
I meant to say that there was a nationalistic effect that gave the people a sense of direction and a sense of right and wrong - as opposed to leftist , socialist, relativist, nihilist meandering.
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