I managed to write down my thoughts on the pope speech of this week in the UK.

The entire speech is pretty boring and basically it’s all mindless vatican PR dribble. (Probably written by the pope’s under 18 writing crew)

Here’s the bit that matters.

(..) in our own lifetime, we can recall how Britain and her leaders stood against a Nazi tyranny (1) that wished to eradicate God from society (2) and denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews, who were thought unfit to live (3). I also recall the regime’s attitude to Christian pastors and religious who spoke the truth in love, opposed the Nazis and paid for that opposition with their lives (4). As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century (5), let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and of society and thus to a “reductive vision of the person and his destiny” (Caritas in Veritate, 29). (…)

Weeeeell,

1. Britain and her leaders stood against ‘a’ Nazi tyranny.

True. And the vatican, however, did not. The vatican and pope Pius XII were quite an active bunch during the Nazi regime. Not like the British though. The British actually fought back and took a shot at defeating the Nazis. Tally Ho. That and the current Pope was a member of the Hitler Jugend.

2. The Nazis tyranny wished to eradicate god from society.

Eehm. Nope. That’s a lie and the pope is trying to change historical facts. You do not even have to be a non-believer to know that this is a complete lie. The Nazis wanted their particular brand(s) of religion to rule over all the others. Furthermore, we all know that it is a fact that, besides being absolutely stark raving mad, Adolf Hitler was a religious person and that he stated that he was on a mission from god. Furthermore the relationship between the vatican and the Nazis is amazingly well documented and available. Even though one could probably find an atheist here in there in Nazi history, there is absolutely no evidence that an ‘atheist’ world view played ANY part in Nazi ideology.

3. (the Nazis) denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews, who were thought unfit to live.

First of all, i think the words “our common humanity” are pretty interesting. Obviously the papo the tuti papi means a completely different kind of ‘common humanity’ than, for instance, normal people would. ‘Common humanity’ to the pope would mean no homosexuality, attending (his) church, no sex before marriage, no birth control or condoms to prevent the spread of aids. Common humanity to me means absolutely equality for any sexual preference, no more church, a big yes to birth control and an even bigger yes to allowing condoms and education with regards to the HIV virus. We’re worlds apart on that one i think.

- So i bet you did not know that back in 1555 Pope Paul IV issues a law that forced Jews live in seclusion in a specified area of the rione Sant’Angelo, locked in at night in 1555. And he decreed that Jews should wear a distinctive sign. A yellow hat for men and veils or shawls for women. Jewish ghettos existed in Europe for the next 315 years). He said this :

“As it is completely absurd and improper in the utmost that the Jews, who through their own fault were condemned by God to eternal servitude, can under the pretext that pious Christians must accept them and sustain their habitation, are so ungrateful to Christians, as, instead of thanks for gracious treatment, they return contumely, and among themselves, instead of the slavery, which they deserve”… Pope Paul IV.

- I bet you also did not know about the Ratlines? At the end of the war, top Catholic officers organized these so-called ratlines that allowed Nazi war criminals to flee towards South America and other destinations via Spain. Bishop Alois Hudal and Cardinals Luigi Maglione, Eugene Tisserant and Antonio Caggiano, as well as the Roman Seminar in San Girolamo degli Illirici of Father Krunoslav Draganović were specially active in this task. Thousands of presumed European Catholic immigrants, actually Nazis in disguise, were able to escape from Europe using these networks.

4. I also recall the regime’s attitude to Christian pastors and religious who spoke the truth in love, opposed the Nazis and paid for that opposition with their lives.

I bet he recalls it. Seeing what and where he was at the time.

But it is also true. The Nazi’s must have killed 1.000′s of religious people. There must have been Catholic clergymen among them. Of course the Nazis basically killed anyone and everyone who did not agree with them or that had more power than they did.

The Nazis killed over 6 Mln Jews. A total of 56 to 72 Mln non -Jewish people were killed. And that’s not even counting the 7 to 8 Mln people on the German side that didn’t get to see 1946.

5. Reflecting on the ‘sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century’.

This line is right after all the bits about what the nazi’s did to christians, denying common human rights and the other stuff. So basically he’s thereby insinuating that the Nazis were, in fact, ‘atheist extremists’. And thereby insinuation that not the Nazis, but their ‘atheist extremism’ is responsible for one of the (or maybe the), biggest crimes against humanity of all time. And thereby he is insinuating that ‘atheists’ could be, or will be responsible for the next big crime against humanity. So he’s basically stacking insinuation upon insinuation upon insinuation based on a complete and hideous fallacy. He’s basically planting seeds within the religious community to be able to blame the problems of the world on ‘the atheist’ from now on. And since ‘the atheist’ is already responsible for WWII who knows what else ‘the atheist’ is capable of. Now where have we seen these words and methods before? How about putting all ‘the atheists’ into special camps and make them wear special cloths? Maybe sporting a fancy scarlet letter A on the chest?

“Alter Boy, future pope and Nazi youth : Ratzinger”

So it’s worse. Pope Ratbag did not compare Nazis to atheists. He didn’t say atheists are Nazis. He said that atheism and atheist extremism were responsible for WWII and gawd knows what other problems in the twentieth century. Atheists are the new Jews and not Nazis. Pope Ratzinger is a criminal Fascist with a hidden agenda and not the peace loving spiritual leader he wants us to think he is.

I’ll be closely watching this fascist, lying, manipulating and megalomaniac sack of evil very carefully. Hope you will too.

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wiki sources

Catholic Church and Nazi Germany

Pope Paul IV – the yellow hat man

Ratlines

WWII death numbers

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