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To: purpleraine; RepRivFarm
Ron Paul: ""Christians and Patriots cause Fascism"
" Weren't Germany and Italy Christian states just before going into fascism?"

Your response totally misses the point. The entire western world - including those who opposed the fascists - were Christians, and Ron Paul was responding to Huckabee candidacy as a Christian.

Neither Hitler or Mussolini ran or governed as Christians and they were both anti-Christian. In fact, Mussolini as a child was not baptized but banned from church for throwing stones at the congregation and was often opposed by the Vatican as a ruler. Hilter disdained Christianity and often spoken of his admiration for Islam. (I can provide citations.)

75 posted on 12/18/2007 8:19:43 AM PST by drpix
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To: drpix

I was giving an examples of where fascism arose out of Christian cultures. The issue isn’t the religion of the leader, but how did this happen in those two countries where Christianity was the dominant religion. And in Italy the church teachings were particularly influential over laws and customs. I think that’s one reason Muss was a little slow to act on the genocide issue.


77 posted on 12/18/2007 8:24:06 AM PST by purpleraine
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To: drpix
...Ron Paul was responding to Huckabee candidacy as a Christian.

No he wasn't.

He was commenting on religious symbolism in political ads in general.

86 posted on 12/18/2007 9:13:11 AM PST by ksen ("For an omniscient and omnipotent God, there are no Plan B's" - Frumanchu)
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