tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138458.post3622600031465866260..comments2024-02-23T13:15:42.158+13:00Comments on Dissecting Leftism: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138458.post-48834096233979921542010-08-25T19:18:25.999+12:002010-08-25T19:18:25.999+12:00Religion and theology
Even an avowed naturalist (...Religion and theology<br /><br />Even an avowed naturalist (or atheist) can be a 'practical' Christian; that is, one who practices biblical principles.<br /><br />And there are professing Christian who are practical atheists: The behave as if there is no God.Aspergers.lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621931936307980825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4138458.post-10024536008557804682010-08-25T05:39:24.281+12:002010-08-25T05:39:24.281+12:00Nazism/fascism was most assuredly not of the left....Nazism/fascism was most assuredly not of the left. Socialists and communists were among the first victims of Hitler's regime, and far-right businessmen and political parties almost allied themselves with the Nazis, both within Germany and in occupied Europe. There's a reason so many extreme right-wing political parties were banned after the war.<br /><br />That being said, I would agree that conflating Nazism/fascism with conservatism itself is wrong. Hitler and his cronies condemned both socialism/Communism and capitalism, while at the same appropriating the worst elements of both for their twisted ideology. <br /><br />"The very word "Nazi" is a German abbreviation for "National Socialist" (Nationalsozialist) and the full name of Hitler's political party (translated) was "The National Socialist German Workers' Party."<br /><br />East Germany was officially known as the German Democratic Republic. East Germany thus had to be democratic, right?Seannoreply@blogger.com