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To: Wallace T.

It was their choice to make the allianace, and, therefore association, not mine.

This whole thread is a guilt-by-(false)association thread, claiming that Hitler was interested in evolution when he specifically stated that Aryans were created by God as a superior race and wanted to "purify" them by selective breeding.

I'm more than old enough to remember WWII and don't need revisionist nonsense.


495 posted on 08/24/2006 6:12:52 AM PDT by From many - one.
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To: From many - one.
Evolution and belief in God are not mutually exclusive. Two Popes generally considered conservative (Pius XII in 1950 and John Paul II in 2001) stated that the theory of evolution was not in itself incompatible with Catholicism. Generally speaking, creationists who are theists believe that evolution was the means God used to create and develop life forms. Numerous and frequent statements from National Socialist leaders indicate that they believed in evolution. That Hitler said that Aryans were "created" by God is not per se an advocacy of creationism. The "scientific racist" school of thought that is well acknowledged to be a major influence on National Socialism adhered to Darwin's theories of natural selection. They believed that the white race and particularly the Nordic subrace were at the pinnacle of the evolutionary chain.

If there is any "revisionist nonsense" on this thread, it is the attempt by so-called conservatives to smuggle in the leftist canard that National Socialism is connected with historic Christianity and Western civilization.

503 posted on 08/24/2006 6:32:22 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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