The following words, written by Dan Muller, incensed me:
> The conclusion that must be
> drawn here is that Darwin's
> evolution is a direct cause
> and effect of the Holocaust.
> Those who would deny this
> are simply choosing not to
> believe that racism and
> evolution are closely
> interwoven belief systems.
I was angered by this for two reasons: 1) the Holocaust of my people is
trivialized by this opinion; 2) an incorrect view of the true cause and
effect scenario of the Holocaust can blind us to its re-occurance. I
also believe that the above statement served to brand Darwinists as
NAZIs even if that was not Dan's intent. I can't believe that Dan
really believes in the cause and effect that he described.
I know Dan did not intend to hurt anyone's feelings and I'm sorry for
attacking him so directly. I take no personal offense for his statement
because I believe he made it in ignorance. I remain, however, very
sensitive on this issue.
(I believe that the Holocaust will be repeated within the next fifty to
one hundred years. Some of the NAZI justifications for murduring a
class of people have begun to appear in our society. Who do I think
will be the victims? The one's who have been labeled NAZIs today by
certain political extremists.)
In a different line of argument, Jim Bell said:
> Hitler believed that hurt (death)
> could be inflicted on an entire
> people for a higher good. For him,
> hurt was a GOOD thing. And, as
> always, the materialist is
> powerless to contend for the
> "wrongness" of his actions.
In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis employs the behavior of the NAZIs
during and following the European War to demonstrate the existence of
the universal moral law. From his compelling reasoning, it is clear to
me that the Nuremburg trials occurred because the allies believed that
the NAZIs either knew about (or should have known about) the universal
moral law and could be held accountable for their actions against it.
Personally, I don't believe the NAZIs thought that they were doing good
in any transcendent sense. This is demonstrated by the fact that many
of the camps were evacuated before they were overrun. If they really
believed in the transcendent "rightness" of their cause, the NAZIs would
not have hidden their activities. On the contrary, they would have
proclaimed it boldly to all nations as the first great human endeavor to
fulfill the purpose of survival of the fittest leading to the creation
of ubermensche.
The behavior of the NAZIs and the Allied Nations following the European
War testifies to the existence of a transcendent law that they all
agreed about. Read Mere Christianity to get a complete understanding of
the argument in support of this premise.
Russ
Russell T. Cannon
rcannon@usa.net