This statue shows a Christian woman who is old at death’s door. As she passes from this life to the next, she is no longer sick or old and does not carry the burdens of this mortal life. She is welcomed by her Savior into eternal life whole and strong to live forever in heaven. What a promise, what joy unspeakable!
But that assumption is completely and totally wrong, and this article will explain why.
The official title of the Nazi party under Adolf Hitler was the “National Socialist German Workers’ Party”.
Please take note of the word “Socialist” in that title.
The Nazis were socialists.
That is not right – that is far left.
The Nazis advocated very tight social and economic control by a big, powerful central government.
That is a far left philosophy – not a far right one.
Big government is always the desire of leftists.
Well, what about social issues?
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 one of the very first acts Hitler did was to legalize abortion in Germany.
By 1935, there were more than 500,000 abortions being performed in Germany each year.
Adolf Hitler was a huge fan of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood.
How did Margaret Sanger feel about unborn children?:
“The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”
Hitler not only advocated abortion, but he also vigorously advanced the eugenics agenda of Planned Parenthood.
Adolf Hitler said, “The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring. . . represents the most humane act of mankind.”
-Mein Kampf, vol. 1, ch. 10
Hitler’s obsession with eugenics resulted in the involuntary euthanasia of disabled people and the compulsory sterilization of thousands of people with mental deficiencies.
Just like the far left of today, Hitler had no respect for human life.
What about education? Were Hitler and the Nazis far right or far left?
In “The Swastika against the Cross: The Nazi War on Christianity”, Bruce Walker describes how the Nazis declared an all out war against Christianity in their public schools. He documents historical facts such as the following:
-Only clergymen were permitted to teach religious classes, and those clergymen were forced to teach according to the anti-Christian instructions of the Nazi Ministry of Education.
-In the city of Wurrtemberg, when clergymen totally refused to follow Nazi teachings on religion, 700 of them were permanently banned from the classroom.
-Christian prayers were totally banned from the public classroom and crucifixes and other Christian symbols were physically removed as well.
-By 1935, the passionately anti-Christian leader of the Hitler Youth, Baldur von Shirach issued a stunning regulation that prohibited any child from belonging simultaneously to a Christian youth group and the Hitler Youth.
-Gradually membership in the Hitler Youth became almost obligatory, and parents were told that their children would not get good jobs in the civil service unless they belonged to the Hitler Youth and employers were told that they should not hire children who did not belong to the Hitler Youth.
-Christian children who did not belong to the Hitler Youth or its female counterpart were routinely beaten up by young Nazi thugs.
-Boys inducted into the Hitler Youth were required to explicitly reject Christianity by disgusting oaths such as this: “German blood and Christian baptismal water are completely incompatible.”
The following is an example of a an actual Hitler Youth slogan:
“The Faith fanatics, who still to-day slide down on their knees with faces uplifted to heaven, waste their time in churchgoing and prayers, and have not yet understood that they are living on the earth and that therefore their task is of a thoroughly earthly kind. All we Hitler people can still only look with the greatest contempt on those young people who still run to their silly Evangelical or Catholic Churches in order to vent their quite superstitious religious feelings.”
The following are actual quotes from Hitler Youth training manuals:
“Christianity is a religion of slaves and fools.”
“How did Christ die? Whining at the Cross!”
“The Ten Commandments represent the lowest instincts of man.”
“Christianity is merely a cloak for Judaism.”
The Nazi tract “Gott und Volk” was widely distributed in 1941, and it describes how the Nazis envisioned their children being raised: “With parties and gifts the youth will be led painlessly from one faith to the other and will grow up without ever having heard of the Sermon on the Mount or the Golden Rule, to say nothing of the Ten Commandments… The education of the youth is to be confined primarily by the teacher, the officer, and the leaders of the party. The priests will die out. They have estranged the youth from the Volk. Into their places will step the leaders. Not deputies of God. But anyway the best Germans. And how shall we train our children? Thus, as though they had never heard of Christianity!”
Doesn’t this philosophy sound way too familiar?
Today the ACLU and other far left organizations are rabidly trying to eliminate every shred of Christianity from the public schools of America.
So are Hitler and the Nazis closer to the Left of today or to the Right of today?
It appears that the answer is completely and totally obvious.
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose. C. S. Lewis
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An amazing story of a short but consequential life that ended on November 24, 1943. Hope you’re enjoying Heaven, Sophie Scholl. May your spirit continue to inspire us all to resist totalitarians, even to our last breath, if necessary. #IAmSophieScholl.
O Holy God, you were there this morning as I arose to begin a new day and start a new week. I ask that you walk with me on the path you have laid out. Dwell in my most inner being, inspire my thoughts and imaginations and guide in my decisions.
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart,
wean it from earth, through all it pulses move;
stoop to my weakness, mighty as thou art,
and make me love thee as I ought to love.*
Accompany me this week that I may show love through kindness, sympathy and consideration to those whom paths I cross. Let it begin in my own home as I not withhold the kindness, sympathy and consideration that I give to strangers.
This week as I read, watch television, listen to the radio and surf the internet whether it be for profit or leisure, may what I read or see not lead me away from you, but may it so refresh my mind to more eagerly seek after you with love and kindness.
It is to your care O Father, I commit this week to keep me safe in body, soul and spirit.
*”Spirit of God, Descend upon my Heart” by George Croly, The United Methodist Hymnal, No. 500
Father God, we pray that in this election, Your children will get out and vote. We pray for spiritual wisdom now for people to see and to know who they should vote for.
We pray that evil will not win in any county, in any state, and in any of the higher offices of the land. I pray that evil is not allowed to even win in the lower offices. Father, we pray that the truth will come out, and that any candidate in any of these races across the country, that have any ill will gains for their purpose to get into office for any position will not succeed. We pray that only the true, the humble, and the good hearted people will succeed in this election.
Lord, we know that the ones we want to win are all not believers, but pray that one day they will run into Your Son Jesus and have their lives transformed for ever as He did for us. We pray that all of Your children across the globe will in the next few days get on their knees, surrender to You, weep for our country, and repent.
Lord this land is Your land and we ask You to heal our nation. Bring us out of “Egypt”, bring us out of “wilderness” where we have been wandering in circles, and bring us to the “Promise Land”. We pray for the Holy Spirit to go across this nation like the wind and start a revival and a real Great Awakening. For men and women of God stand up and say “No More!” We will not allow evil to prevail, we will not sit back and let our brothers and sisters be persecuted, we will not let our babies be killed in the womb, and we will not turn our cities and country into Sodom and Gomorrah.
Father, thank You for giving us a voice. Thank You for giving us the right to vote. Thank You for all of those who have died for our freedoms and voting privileges. We all come together as God’s children, the chosen saints, to declare this election and this day. “Chose today for yourselves, whom you will serve, For me and my household, we will serve the Lord” We collectively pray this in Your Son’s Precious and Holy Name, The Name above all names, the King of kings, The Lord of lords, the President of presidents, the Senator of senators, the Congressman of congressmen, the Representative of representatives, The Judge of judges, the Supreme Court Justice of justices, the Governor of governors, the Mayor of mayors, the Councilman of councilmen, the Attorney General of attorney generals, our Teacher, the Lover of our souls, The Christ – Jesus The Christ, Amen! Hallelujah
Soli Deo Gloria – Glory to God Alone!
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