Category: ethics

Catholics supported Hitler’s rise to dictator

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Hitler had a minority government in 1933.

The Enabling Act (German: Ermächtigungsgesetz) was a 1933 Weimar Constitution amendment that gave the German Cabinet – in effect, Chancellor Adolf Hitler – the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag. …

The Enabling Act gave Hitler plenary powers. It followed on the heels of the Reichstag Fire Decree, which abolished most civil liberties …

The combined effect of the two laws was to transform Hitler’s government into a legal dictatorship. …

The Party of Catholics supported it.

Hitler negotiated with the Centre Party‘s chairman, Ludwig Kaas, a Catholic priest, finalising an agreement by 22 March. Kaas agreed to support the Act in exchange for assurances of the Centre Party’s continued existence, the protection of Catholics’ civil and religious liberties, religious schools and the retention of civil servants affiliated with the Centre Party.

As we know, the Catholic Church and Pope Pius XII did not do enough to challenge the Nazis or Mussolini.

Trump is not Hitler … but the Catholics supporting him reminded me of how Evangelical Christians support Trump.

Pastor John Pavlovitz calls out Christians who support Donald Trump:

“… It’s about my disbelief at your sudden tolerance for his infidelity, his cruelty, his intellectual ignorance, his disrespect for the rule of law—things you once claimed you could never abide. …

… my disappointment at your easily manipulated nationalistic fervor; how the God and Guns, America First, Love it or Leave it rhetoric … ”

Trump-Supporting Friend—This Really isn’t About Donald Trump

Jesus would denounce almost everything Trump says and does. I have no respect for any Christian who supports the hateful President.

will Catholic priests ever wed

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When I saw this statue in Chile what was my first reaction:

1. Compassionate Church takes care of orphans ??

2. Priests are pedophiles ??

Cases of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, nuns and members of religious orders, and subsequent cover-ups, in the 20th and 21st centuries have led to numerous allegations, investigations, trials and convictions. …

Clerical celibacy has always been a bad idea.

Many problems would be solved if the Catholic Church (and others) allowed priests to wed.

Pope Francis made headlines across the globe when he suggested he was open to the idea of ordaining married men as a way to alleviate priest shortages in remote areas.

Some raised their eyebrows and took note, whereas other Catholics shrugged, pointing out that paths, although they are narrow, already exist for married men to enter priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.

Experts say as many as 120 Catholic priests in the U.S. are married. …

Married Catholic priests? There are perhaps 120 in the U.S. already. Here’s how

it’s International Fact-Checking Day

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After being fooled a number of times on April Fool’s Day, I’m ready for this.

#FactCheckIt

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

March for Our Lives protest

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Saturday March 24th, 2018.

Get out and advocate for gun control with the peaceful protesters if you can.

There are over 830 events planned as I post.

March For Our Lives

why I don’t like Chile

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I originally wrote a post on this topic 2 years ago.

why I don’t like Chile

This is an update after my 2018 trip.

Chile is a lousy travel destination, in general. It’s expensive yet quality is comparatively poor for what tourists get. Low value. ☹️

To expand, I’m disappointed in Chile, Argentina and many other nations for their national priorities.

I can’t recommend any destination that has not figured out trash collection.

Ancud, Chile

I can’t recommend any nation that in 2018 still tolerates feral dogs. Why aren’t they spayed or neutered? Why hasn’t the SPCA come to Chile?

I can’t recommend any destination that doesn’t provide enough public toilets.

Every time you turn around in Chile something is broken or closed. Not much money is spent on maintenance. ☹️

closed overhead walkway in Valparaiso

Most buildings are made of wood. They have a lot of fires, needless to say, due to crappy fire prevention.

Street art is great. But there are far too many vandals and taggers in Chile. Nobody seems to do anything about them.

BEST empanadas in Valpo

New Zealand or Australia are far better tourist travel destinations than Chile, by comparison.

racist young Jews in Jerusalem

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Video blogger Nuseir Yassin has 700 million views on Facebook. I watch a lot of his uplifting videos.

In this one he happens to meet some racist Jews.

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Not even Jared Kushner can solve hate in Israeli.

Archie Bunker on gun control

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Norman Lear was the famously left wing genius behind the ground breaking All in the Family comedy satire.

Trump is STILL Archie Bunker. A dinosaur from the past. Lear partly based the character on his father Herman.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

how did I not know Henry Ford was a racist?

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Hitler had a portrait of Henry Ford on his office wall in Munich

Ford’s plan was to have American people square dance … to insulate them from the evil influences of black Jazz music and THE JEWS.

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Do I have to boycott Ford products now?

He died 1947 at the age of 83.

Obama vs Trump on racism

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Trump is a racist. Beloved by KKK and the worst deplorables.

Obama believes all men are created equal.

Heart this on Twitter.