Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 'the fathers' of communism, and .. ta-da!.. atheists: "Religion is the opiate of the masses" were Jews. Leon Trotsky, aka 'Lev David Bronstein' was also a Jew. Additionally, virtually all the Bolshevik leaders (and ATHEISTS) of the (cough) 'Russian Revolution' were also ... ta-da! ...Jews. (sheesh, who doesn't know this .. that is, besides the author?)/sSo, 'the atheistic creed of communism "being born" in Christendom'? Give me a break, - and Selwyn Duke a History Lesson. He happens to have the wrong religion referenced. And in his spare time he may want to check the Baptismal Records of all the atheist ACLU lawyers. (that's a joke, there are none)Then in recent history we have the Manhattan Project Communist and ATHEIST SPY Ring of David Greenglass, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, among others, who all were, last I checked, Jews. And even TODAY who is the leading Atheist suing the U.S. Government for every utterance of the word "God"? One Michael Newdow, a Jew.
Did I mention Selwyn Duke needs a History lesson? Yep I did, well he need another one. And so does Julie Seltzer Mandel.
The persecution of Catholic Priests, The Catholic Church (plus Lutherans) in Nazi Germany and their occupied countries was anything but "Top Secret". And no old OSS docemnets are required.
Back in the late 1950's, in almost every Parish there was at least one Priest who spent time in a Nazi Concentration Camp - at least in Chicago. In mine, St Agnes, it was Father 'Tony'. He was either Polish or Lithuanian (can't recall it was so long ago). Father 'Tony' was everyone's favorite, he was so understanding as he knew what real evil was as he lived it.
In two other neighborhood Parishes, Five Holy Martyrs (Polish) and Immaculate Conception (Lithuanian), those Priests ALSO spent time in Nazi Concentration Camps and/or were victims of Nazi persecution. And in 1979 when Pope John Paul II visited Chicago he celebrated Mass at Five Holy Martyrs as one of the Priests was a friend of his from the occupied days of Poland (That was the biggest day my old neighborhood ever had).
So I've had it up to 'HERE' with this left-wing commie propaganda about Christianity and Nazis, the filthy lies by the ADL that the Catholic Church and the Pope was 'pro Nazi' (talk about "Blood Libel"!)-- AND the current attacks on it by ATHEIST - Non Christian - scum like Michael Newdow and his fellow travelers at the ACLU - Period!
Yeah, right now I don't feel 'too Christian', my blood is boiling
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I didn’t read into this what you’ve read into it; I thought the author intended “Christendom” as a more geographic reference. But, I could be wrong.