Some of American Christendom’s favorite politicians sound a lot like that emblem of all that went horrifically wrong with modernism, nationalism, and the 20th Century. See if you can guess who uttered what—Adolf Hitler or the American Christian politician…
1A) “We are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want a war, but does not fear it. It loves peace but also loves its honor and freedom.”
1B) “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.”
2A) “We can be confident in the future of our nation as these values are passed on to each new generation. Our children need to know that our Nation is a force for good in the world and must understand our past as they prepare to lead in the future.”
2B) “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
3A) “There is a road to freedom. Its milestones are obedience, endeavor, honesty, order, cleanliness, sobriety, truthfulness, sacrifice, and love of country.”
3B) “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the time when men were free.
4A) “I knew early on that the smartest thing for me to do was to work hard, do the best that I can. And then get myself on a path that could be dedicated to God and ask Him what I should do next. That will be the position I will be in as long as I’m on earth—that is, seeking the right path that God would have laid out for me.”
4B) “Even today I am not ashamed to say that, overpowered by stormy enthusiasm, I fell down on my knees and thanked Heaven from an overflowing heart for granting me the good fortune of being permitted to live at this time.”
For those who don’t know me, lest you be mistaken about where I’m coming from: I am a Christian—and I’m not one of those liberal sell-outs. I’m just currently repenting of being a conservative sell-out. Both ways deny the way of the cross; the liberal denies that there was a cross, and the conservative doesn’t think it means anything anymore.
The answers: 1A) Adolf Hitler; 1B) Ronald Reagan… 2A) Sarah Palin; 2B) Adolf Hitler… 3A) Adolf Hitler; 3B) Ronald Reagan… 4A) Sarah Palin; 4B) Adolf Hitler
HT: a friend who’d rather not be named.