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That Ohio Preacher is obviously not only ignorant of evolution but also 
ignorant about Adolf Hitler (or at least has not read Mein Kampf). 
Hitler's racist inspiration was based on divine right not Evolution or 
even eugenics. in MK The Aryans were considered the "highest image of 
the Lord", created to rule over the "subhuman" other races: "Human 
culture and civilization on this continent are inseparably bound up with 
the presence of the Aryan. If he dies out or declines, the dark veils of 
an age without culture will again descend on this globe. The undermining 
of the existence of human culture by the destruction of its bearer seems 
in the eyes of a folkish philosophy the most execrable crime. Anyone who 
dares to lay hands on the highest image of the Lord commits sacrilege 
against the benevolent Creator of this miracle and contributes to the 
expulsion from paradise."
Hitler's view was purely creationist "It is a sin against the will of 
the Eternal Creator if His most gifted beings by the hundreds and 
hundreds of thousands are allowed to degenerate in the present 
proletarian morass, while Hottentots and Zulu Kaffirs are trained for 
intellectual professions."
Like other extremist Christians he held the view of a pure race of 
believers who were the only people worthy of salvation. Hitler involked 
the Lord Almighty as forcing him to  his "divine task" of eliminating 
Jews and other "subhuman" groups. "What we must fight for is to 
safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people, the 
sustenance of our children and the purity of our blood, the freedom and 
independence of the fatherland, so that our people may mature for the 
fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the Creator of the universe." 
Further: "I am fighting for the work of the Lord," a "truly high mission".
If these words sound frighteneingly similar to some of what the 
creationists are saying, then you are probably shaking as you read this 
just as I am shaking as I write it. The quotes here are from the online 
version of Mein Kampf, which is freely available on the web.

Regan Forrest wrote:

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> <<Today, an Ohio preacher - apparently a very politically powerful one -
> lambasted schools for failing to teach students that Hitler was a fan of
> evolution. Really.>>
> 
> Presumably Hitler was also of the opinion that gravity pulled us down
> and that the sky was blue too. Guess those theories are off limits too
> then! 
> 
> Off I float into the pink skies . . .
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