Gott Mit Uns!

taken from my blog

Earlier this morning I went with some friends to see “Valkyrie”. My extremely religious friend was unable to tag along, but I wonder if he would have given this any thought. When Hitler survives the assassination attempt (again) he goes on the radio and talks about how this is proof that god is protecting and guiding him, and by extension guiding Nazi Germany.

Hitler used this to reinforce the idea that what Nazi Germany was doing was god’s will. At the time, to the average religious Joe, this might seem plausible. Hitler had survived “miraculously” and Germany had all of Europe under it’s dominion. Clearly some higher power was helping.

I suspect my religious friend would counter by saying “No, god was not helping the Nazi’s, he was helping us. We won in the end after all.” True, we did win in the end, yet 70,000,000 human beings died in the conflict. If it was god’s will for Hitler to be defeated, then why didn’t he just zap him and the Nazi’s out of existence? If he’s all knowing then he knew this was going to happen when he created everything. He knew the names and faces of every man, woman, and child that was systematically slaughtered at the hands of the Nazis. He knew how much grief and destruction the war would cause.

Why not just stop it? Since god had the power to prevent it and didn’t, then that means he wanted it to happen. He wanted us to go through it. What like a test? Murder 70,000,000 people just so we would learn a lesson? (This isn’t the first time he’s reported to have done this. See also Noahs ark) Are you going to sit there and tell me you’re comfortable with a god that lets atrocities like this happen, all for the sake of learning a lesson, whatever it might have been?

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? –Epicurus

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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on December 28, 2008 at 5:24pm
Yeah Willliam, I was scared shitless when Palin said that Iraq was a mission from God.

Yes, well, so was the Inquisition, and we all know how well that worked out for everyone.
Comment by Totem on December 28, 2008 at 11:18am
The scary part is Bush also claims to receive guidance from the lord when entering Iraq.
Comment by Dallas the Phallus on December 27, 2008 at 9:28pm
My goodness what a sad photograph.

Any time a group of people have an agenda, they always claim god is on their side. The jihadists do it, the fundies do it, and the whole lot of them. They'll justify anything by saying god is on their side.
Comment by Buffy on December 27, 2008 at 5:23pm
Same old, same old. God is always responsible for everything good, but never to blame for anything bad. The bad stuff is always the fault of humans and/or "Satan". Funny how God is so fabulous he can (sooner or later) perform all of these miracles like stopping a war or saving 1 person from a plane crash but he can't be bothered with the thousands killed prior to his intervention.

Believers are masters at making excuses and twisting facts so they fit the fable.
Comment by j on December 27, 2008 at 4:01pm
They never blame God for anything, as if that's a sin...
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"God is with us..." didn't the Confederacy think that? If it were true, then God is fucked up...
If it's just propaganda, then why don't the 'real Christians' stand up and resist the evil???
Sheep follow...

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