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wnylib

(21,468 posts)
32. It's been done before and I don't just mean
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 08:24 AM
Dec 2019

the Middle Ages and early modern times when Europeans believed in the divine right of kings.

I realize that the kind of comparison I am going to make is often overused, but this is a perfect match for how Nazi leadership portrayed Adolf to the people. "God on our side" is a perfect excuse for any action, no matter how atrocious.

When we think of Nazi Germany, we immediately think of the Holocaust and shy away from making comparisons to anything so horrible. In doing that, we remain ignorant of how it started and built up to the nightmare that it became. We should look more at the early years of that period to see how the later years were possible. An ounce of prevention.......

Sickening display of religious hypocrisy Martin Eden Nov 2019 #1
"Things happen for a reason"... czarjak Nov 2019 #2
Ok I'll go with that: Thank You God for delivering the Impeachment Power to the people. usaf-vet Nov 2019 #6
OK, in the Bible God sends a lot of stuff Zambero Nov 2019 #3
Right, and Stormy Daniels is Mary Magdalene...next. YOHABLO Nov 2019 #4
God ran out of locusts. The next best thing was the Trump Family. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2019 #5
+1,000 Not everything God has sent down was peaches and fairy dust. Maraya1969 Nov 2019 #23
Good one. n/t PatrickforO Dec 2019 #36
Matthew 7:15 safeinOhio Nov 2019 #7
TV evangelists demosincebirth Nov 2019 #21
Jesus called them Pharisees cutroot Nov 2019 #8
It finally dawned on me, these extremists really believe God put Trump in office for a reason. Pepsidog Nov 2019 #9
That is one fucked up god. Delmette2.0 Nov 2019 #10
K&R, I'm with you. All folks have to do is read some secular history. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #15
I had a series of small awakening moments. Delmette2.0 Nov 2019 #16
Number one fear these days for evangelicals...... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #18
LOL Delmette2.0 Nov 2019 #19
Your second paragraph SonofDonald Dec 2019 #24
It's possible that believing in Biblegod. . . Collimator Dec 2019 #34
"Apostates" Is Exactly Right! corbettkroehler Nov 2019 #11
Jim Wallis of Sojourners said republicans and churches that teach republicanism are teaching a rwsanders Nov 2019 #12
I like the way the bishop thinks. Karadeniz Nov 2019 #13
"It would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and be drowned struggle4progress Nov 2019 #14
Proverbs 31:8-9 NIV dustyscamp Nov 2019 #17
Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #20
So do these people believe that Obama was chosen also? I mean what's the dif? Maraya1969 Nov 2019 #22
Demon? murielm99 Dec 2019 #25
Revelations 13-5 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #26
Interesting indeed. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2019 #33
Very odd how they are coming out of the woodwork StarryNite Dec 2019 #28
It never ceases to amaze me. Xolodno Dec 2019 #27
God either needs a new plan or... StarryNite Dec 2019 #29
BOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM! calimary Dec 2019 #30
Thank you, Bishop Swan! Cha Dec 2019 #31
It's been done before and I don't just mean wnylib Dec 2019 #32
Jesus wants all Televanglists to delivery their wives, girl friends, and NCjack Dec 2019 #35
We're Taking Names yellowwoodII Dec 2019 #37
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