Tag: nazis
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Satan’s delusion
The greatest trick the devil pulled is not to convince people he didn’t exist, it’s to convince himself he didn’t exist. There’s an excellent UK comedy sketch from Miller and Webb of a Nazi asking his commander if maybe they’re the bad guys. The film Conspiracy too shows it. Its just a business meeting to…
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Reason and love
Following on from Informers. Tolstoy tells us (Kingdom of God ~p264) that we are brought from an eternity of nothingness and bequeathed with reason and love. Hinduism’s Krishna says: Without contemplation there cannot be peace – Bhagavad-Gita #66 I take reason and contemplation to be the same. Further I take them to be the opposite…
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Informers
There were a lot of people in fear under the Nazis. I can understand people doing terrible things if they are told to, because the consequences for themselves and their families could be worse if they don’t. Plus most people aren’t that brave. But those people who willingly helped, happily turned Jews or resistance fighters…
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