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To: RustMartialis
If there are ignorant prejudices posted in FR, they come from liberals and psuedo-conservatives who attempt to smuggle in leftist ideology as historical interpretation. The particular point is the theory that Adolf Hitler and National Socialism derive from traditional Christianity and mainstream Western culture.

In 1960, liberals and "me-too" Republicans (the RINOs of that day) would sneer at the likes of Barry Goldwater or William Buckley by saying that George Lincoln Rockwell (head of the American Nazi Party) or Robert Shelton (head of a large Ku Klux Klan faction) were just like Goldwater or Buckley, just more enthusiastic. In our time, their heirs attempt to establish the same connection between David Duke and Ann Coulter or Tom Tancredo. Liberals and RINOs have a vested interest in linking American conservatism with fascist and white supremacist beliefs in order to discredit their opponents.

In fact, American conservatism derives from the political and philosophical principles of the founders of this republic, which derived from a combination of Christian (especially Calvinist) beliefs and Enlightenment philosophy. American conservatism is in essence classical liberalism. Modern liberals are essentially secular humanists and moderate socialists who operate under false pretenses.

The facts are that the National Socialist ideology and the personal beliefs of Hitler derived from a mixture of neo-paganism, eugenics (a corrupted form of Darwinism), a version of Nietzschean philosophy, and socialism smuggled in from Marxist and utopian socialist sources. Quoting some liberal Anglican archbishop hardly proves a connection between the Holocaust and orthodox Christianity.

As for Dr. Kennedy, he is a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a conservative, Bible-believing denomination that is opposed to homosexual marriages, abortion, euthanasia, and other perversions. The PCA stands in sharp contrast with the Presbyterian Church, USA, which has apostatized from orthodox Christianity and Biblical teachings at the denominational level.

149 posted on 08/28/2006 8:33:36 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.

An absolutely stellar post!


155 posted on 08/28/2006 8:41:28 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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