Religion is in decline, tradition takes a back seat to fashion, and same-sex marriage is now looked upon as normal. Previous taboos are accepted, such as swearing on television, and watching films about flesh-eating zombies and blood-sucking vampires feasting amidst car crashes and explosions, not to mention non-stop violence on screen. How to balance ethics and entertainment seems to have been lost for ever among the creative types our media take so seriously. But it’s Christmas time once again, and the one thing the Christian religion preaches is to live in peace with our fellow man, which I suppose makes Christianity one hell of a failed doctrine.
Let’s face it, nothing is less Christian than war. Christianity promotes brotherly love, social and cultural continuity, and charity. Show me a war leader with such traits and I’ll show you one big loser. The first world war was the kind of mindless slaughter that led to Bolshevism in Russia and Hitlerism in Germany. Two great evils came about because of a great evil perpetrated by posturing popinjays in London, Paris and Berlin, and in that order. Germany lost its Almanach de Gotha in the trenches, not to mention the British and French nobility who bit the dust. I still insist that, if Germany had won in 1914 in the Marne, the world today would be a much better place.
In 1939, Poland was betrayed by the Nazis and the Soviets, as well as the Anglo–French. The last two went to war with brave words, but not a single rifle was sent to help the bravest people of Europe. No one went to Poland’s rescue in 1939, and no one helped in 1945. The Brits didn’t even have the courtesy to allow the Poles to march in the victory parade after Germany had surrendered.
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