Guess the Party!
This is one of the tennets of a prominent political party. Can you guess which one?
We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses…. [This party] as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination. It combats the…materialistic spirit within and around us, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our nation can only succeed from within on the framework: common utility precedes individual utility.
No cheating!
(Via Dean’s World)
June 21st, 2005 at 5:40 pm
Why, the Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiter Partei (NSDAP), of course!
At least to me, the phrase “we demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses…” sounds like today’s society.
It’s kind of like “you’re free to believe what you want, just don’t tell me what to do. Oh, but if your beliefs are somehow contradictory to mine, you’d better not say anything, otherwise you’ll be an intolerant person.”
June 24th, 2005 at 2:12 pm
Ding ding ding! It’s the Nazis!
I think it’s fascinating to see stuff like this. I wouldn’t have expected a freedom of religion clause in the Nazi charter.
Re: Our society: I think that most people don’t mind others having contradictory beliefs; if they’re at all like me, they find others’ beliefs to be interesting.
I think what people do object to is the tone that many Christians have when they relate their beliefs. One example can be found in the comments of my False Dichotomy post. The implication is that while Christian charity is pure and holy, all other charity is self-centered abomination.
See what I mean?
June 24th, 2005 at 3:20 pm
I’m not surprised — but I don’t think they are talking about real freedom of religion. I think it’s doublespeak. The lines
leads to a lot of interpretation, like whose moral senses?
People who have lived under Naziism can tell you there was not freedom of religion in practice.