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To: Aric2000
Does not make him NOT a christian either.

OK. What makes one a Christian?

2,829 posted on 08/25/2003 4:31:50 PM PDT by Last Visible Dog
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To: Last Visible Dog
What makes one a Christian?

Exactly. Clinton is a Southern Baptist who goes to church regularly but I expect many, if not most, on Free Republic would deny that he's a Christian.

I could argue that Clinton used Christianity to suit his purposes, put on the appearances of religion to make himself look good, but many devout Christians would be outraged by that argument, and I expect many would argue that in fact Clinton must be a Godless atheist.

If we can't resolve the conundrum of Clinton and Christianity, what about Hitler and the Catholic Church?

Many Jews are justifiably outraged that the Catholic Church did not do more to prevent the Holocaust, some even going to the absurd lengths of arguing that the Catholic Church somehow benefitted from the Holocaust, which is simply untrue.

On the other hand, individual members of the Church did a lot to prevent the Holocaust. It's a complex subject.

In fact, there were nominally Catholic Nazis, but I don't think Hitler remained a Christian after he became a grown man. Certainly not an exemplar of the Christian faith.

I think it's fair to say that Social Darwinism was far more important to the Nazis than Christianity, but killing Jews was rationalized on grounds of faith as well as race. Religious anti-Semitism is historically a sad fact.

2,833 posted on 08/25/2003 4:50:08 PM PDT by CobaltBlue (Never voted for a Democrat in my life.)
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