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To: Jim Noble; ultima ratio

***Actually, I think the fall of Christianity in Europe was caused directly by the two World Wars,***

It is my understanding that occultism was rampant in Germany / Austria in the years preceeding WWII - even in the churches.

The unmooring of the culture from its Christian morality gave space for the ugly demon of Nazism to raise it's amoral head and find a firm foothold in the soul of Germany.

Nazism filled the void left by dying European Christianity.


34 posted on 03/05/2005 9:38:10 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus; Jim Noble

I'm amazed at what you are saying. Don't you realize that the Christian Democratic Party was the dominant party across Europe for decades after World War II? In Italy, Austria, West Germany, France, the Netherlands--it was the dominant political force during the reconstruction period. It saved the West from Communism--and it was directly connected to the Catholic Church. I don't know where you guys get your history from, but you have a lot of catching up to do. The Church was NOT in decline--it was a force to be reconned with right up to the close of the Council. Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland--each was not only considered Catholic, but strongly Catholic. Church attendance was high--somewhere around 80%.


37 posted on 03/05/2005 9:51:37 PM PST by ultima ratio
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