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To: narses
The kind of lies being told by some on this thread show the depth of ant-Catholic bigotry that exists even here. Facts matter not to the liars who hate.

A little truth here please because many of Nazi Germany's leadership were, like Adolf Hitler, Roman Catholics, people like Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Reinhard Heydrich, and Rudolf Hoess, (not to be confused with Hitler's Deputy Führer and secretary, Rudolf Hess). Hermann Goering, on the other hand, had mixed Catholic-Protestant parentage, while Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann, Albert Speer, and Adolf Eichmann had Protestant backgrounds. While Hitler and Himmler didn't participate in Mass, Heydrich, Goebbels certainly did. They were never excommunicated!

257 posted on 03/08/2008 1:38:24 PM PST by meandog (Please pray for future President McCain--day minus 320 and counting! Stay home and get Baraked!)
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To: meandog; Dr. Eckleburg

No matter what their background, I would wager that it’s safe to say they were never regenerated Christians to begin with. Hitler is rumored to have Jewish blood, but it’s a guarantee he wasn’t Jewish. The church is full of tares, always has been.Here’s the danger of thinking someone is regenerated at birth or with infant baptism or with adult baptism, when there is no regeneration.


259 posted on 03/08/2008 1:43:34 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: meandog
"They were never excommunicated!"
In February 1931, the German bishops excommunicated all active Nazi party members. This included Hitler. This penalty was not imposed on those who merely voted Nazi. It was hoped to persuade them by argument. The same policy was in operation against the Communists. From http://www.churchinhistory.org/pages/leaf-sum/catholicsvnazis.htm
You have been corrected on that time and again. Telling lies is a poor way to persuade. When lies are told about a group can appear to be bigotry. Do you dispute these FACTS?
262 posted on 03/08/2008 3:34:00 PM PST by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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