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Post by Terrordar on Mar 22, 2009 20:34:16 GMT
For the record! Hitler did NOT believe in Darwinism, he believed, as did Stalin, in a competing idea by a French Scientist, I forget his name, similar concept except it had grander views for mankind and superiority of races. It was embraced by Hitler, Stalin, and one other who I forget.
Hitler was not a Darwinist. In fact, Hitler didn't know what he was. He had an off-again on again relationship with religions and non-beliefs in many forms.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Mar 22, 2009 22:18:05 GMT
Well, probably noone can tell what Hitler actually believed in - but from his writings can be deduced that he was inflicted with an acute case of chronic prejudicitis.
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Post by Lews on Mar 23, 2009 0:02:18 GMT
He believed in some pretty weird [Censored] Just read the wikipedia articles on the SS, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Hitler's religious views, the SS views, etc. Will only take you a few days to get through it all, but quite interesting if you're bored out of your mind.
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Post by Flix on Mar 23, 2009 0:53:43 GMT
The article was almost respectable until the end, when it finally got around to the true thesis:
As if the misuse of scientific theory proves it's not true! What a non sequitur. It doesn't matter if Darwinism is true, Hitler's crime was heinous either way. Natural selection is real, and in no way does its truth mandate that humans take the fate of other humans or species in their own hands through "artificial" selection. Nowhere did Darwin write or imply that morality ceases to exists because species evolve.
What crap.
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Post by kitty on Mar 23, 2009 4:11:23 GMT
Natural selection is real, and in no way does its truth mandate that humans take the fate of other humans or species in their own hands through "artificial" selection. Nowhere did Darwin write or imply that morality ceases to exists because species evolve. What crap. Um.. what's with abortion, that's humans deciding over th fate of other humans but I know, potential humans aren't humans yet so... anyway. Hitler was all for Old Germanic Religions, he wanted that we all put runes on our christmas trees (he kept the christmas trees because they are traditional and german) so he wasn't much of a nonbeliever, more a... weirdo. (yes yes what else is new ;D) |
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Post by Flix on Mar 23, 2009 5:40:47 GMT
That's true, but then we don't use Darwin's writings to support abortion policies.
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Post by kitty on Mar 23, 2009 7:10:18 GMT
^ alright yes. But so didn't Hitler... oh well, I guess we are a bit in a circle here.
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Post by Flix on Mar 23, 2009 9:11:00 GMT
I actually think the article made a pretty good case that Hitler and his regime espoused a form of social and racial 'Darwinism,' albeit a diluted and perverted one. But then the article makes this outrageous claim (that it had been hinting at the entire time) which bascially boils down to: Hitler was evil, Hitler liked Darwinism, therefore Darwin's theories are evil untruths!
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