I am also the product of a very devout Christian upbringing. I was born into a family whose small church had been banned by the NAZI regime in 1936. The simple fact is that institutionalized Christianity has never exhibited compassion. There were the occasional exceptions like this young nun. My parents were constantly threatened by the …
I am also the product of a very devout Christian upbringing. I was born into a family whose small church had been banned by the NAZI regime in 1936. The simple fact is that institutionalized Christianity has never exhibited compassion. There were the occasional exceptions like this young nun. My parents were constantly threatened by the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945. They were members of a religious organization that was declared illegal in 1936 and my father was known as a Social Democrat (SPD). We (my mother) learned in 1969 that our father who had recently passed away that he had been saved from incarceration in a concentration camp by two former schoolmates (brother) who were members of the SS. My mother was told of this action by one of these former SS brothers. They had removed his name from a list of deportees. I doubt they did it out of compassion (or Christian charity), though I have no way to proof it. I say this because I do not accept that religion is a major basis for humane behavior; it maybe a contributing factor in some individual cases.
I am also the product of a very devout Christian upbringing. I was born into a family whose small church had been banned by the NAZI regime in 1936. The simple fact is that institutionalized Christianity has never exhibited compassion. There were the occasional exceptions like this young nun. My parents were constantly threatened by the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945. They were members of a religious organization that was declared illegal in 1936 and my father was known as a Social Democrat (SPD). We (my mother) learned in 1969 that our father who had recently passed away that he had been saved from incarceration in a concentration camp by two former schoolmates (brother) who were members of the SS. My mother was told of this action by one of these former SS brothers. They had removed his name from a list of deportees. I doubt they did it out of compassion (or Christian charity), though I have no way to proof it. I say this because I do not accept that religion is a major basis for humane behavior; it maybe a contributing factor in some individual cases.