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Was FDR a religious man?

It's ironic that 'conservatives' and 'libertarians' would be sniveling about atheists when their entire ideological spin is built on 'social Darwinism' and 'free market' fantasies devoid of Christian religion,, but I suppose that irony is lost on them. If anything, the convergence of neo-liberalism and libertarianism of the last 20 years is very similar to the polarization of the Wiemar Republic that resulted in the totalitarian corporate state represented by the electoral successes of the Nazi Party in 1928 and 1933.
 
Here are some selected quotes from FDR on how he felt about Jews.

“Leo,you know this is a Protestant country,and the Catholics and Jews are here on sufferance.”

"You and I Burt are old English and Dutch stock. We know who our ancestors are. We know there is no Jewish blood in our veins, but a lot of these people do not know whether there is Jewish blood in their veins or not.”


"[t]he number of Jews engaged in the practice of the professions (law, medicine, etc.) should be definitely limited to the percentage that the Jewish population in North Africa bears to the whole of the North African population.... [T]his plan would further eliminate the specific and understandable complaints which the Germans bore towards the Jews in Germany, namely, that while they represented a small part of the population, over 50 percent of the lawyers, doctors, schoolteachers, college professors, etc., in Germany were Jews"

So yes, its very reasonable to question FDR's motives in that speech.

How is his views on identity politics any more sinister than the modern Democratic Party's complete reliance on it? They're completely dependent on the very same thing; just because the ethnicities are different doesn't make them any more 'moral'.
 
No they should not be treated differently. They should convert and denounce Islam. But I don't think they should be killed for doing so nor do I believe that non believers in Judaism or Christianity should be forcibly converted, subjugated or killed as many muslims believe about infidels. That is one of the differences between the three major religions. And one of the reasons I believe Islam is an evil death cult.

Should you have to convert and denounce Christianity? It seems that you have forgotten the golden rule, which is only important in equal treatment, but also a major tenant of your own religion. If the president can praise Christianity when speaking to the troops, he can also praise Islam. Anything less is inherently unequal.
 
Have at it, I will take it at face value.

The only face value you have is the ostrich's in the sand. I'm not making some of kind logical leap here. FDR outright stated his contempt for other faiths. I don't really get how you can dispute that.
 
How is his views on identity politics any more sinister than the modern Democratic Party's complete reliance on it? They're completely dependent on the very same thing; just because the ethnicities are different doesn't make them any more 'moral'.

Oh yes, the terrible plight of white people being persecuted by the modern day democratic party. I totally felt the pain of the people who were forced into Japanese internment camps when I couldn't get ethnic scholarships benefits on account of my skin color. A real tragedy that.
 
The only face value you have is the ostrich's in the sand. I'm not making some of kind logical leap here. FDR outright stated his contempt for other faiths. I don't really get how you can dispute that.

I'm not. I just appreciate what the letter he sent to the troops said. FDR may be a scumbag to you, but he was also the president who guided us through the great depression and WWII, almost to the end. This nation wouldn't be as great as it had become without FDR. He was human and some of his beliefs may agitate the heck out of you, but he was just what this country needed during that time period of our history.

Washington owned slaves and yet without him, we would still be part of England and carrying British Passports. Each of our leaders had their human foibles as do you and I. Lincoln wouldn't have freed the slaves if not doing so would have kept the union intact without war. Wilson was also a racists. Yet these presidents accomplished great things and without them, who knows what the future of America would be like or even if we would still be here. I can recognize each's short comings and yet give them credit for what they accomplished.
 
I'm not. I just appreciate what the letter he sent to the troops said. FDR may be a scumbag to you, but he was also the president who guided us through the great depression and WWII, almost to the end. This nation wouldn't be as great as it had become without FDR. He was human and some of his beliefs may agitate the heck out of you, but he was just what this country needed during that time period of our history.

Washington owned slaves and yet without him, we would still be part of England and carrying British Passports. Each of our leaders had their human foibles as do you and I. Lincoln wouldn't have freed the slaves if not doing so would have kept the union intact without war. Wilson was also a racists. Yet these presidents accomplished great things and without them, who knows what the future of America would be like or even if we would still be here. I can recognize each's short comings and yet give them credit for what they accomplished.

I'm not claiming that FDR didn't do many positive things, I was addressing the specific issues regarding that statement to the military. You seem to bemoan how presidents can't extoll the greatness of Christianity to the troops anymore, while ignoring the prejudice inherent in those old speeches.
 

Just imagine the riot that would have arose in the House chamber if Bush had uttered those words, first spoken by the 1st savior of the Democratic Party....FDR.

SgtRock left out the really good stuff.

Storms from abroad directly challenge three institutions indispensable to Americans, now as always. The first is religion. It is the source of the other two--democracy and international good faith.

Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by respecting his neighbors.

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

International good faith, a sister of democracy, springs from the will of civilized nations of men to respect the rights and liberties of other nations of men.

In a modern civilization, all three--religion, democracy and international good faith--complement and support each other.

Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.

An ordering of society which relegates religion, democracy and good faith among nations to the background can find no place within it for the ideals of the Prince of Peace. The United States rejects such an ordering, and retains its ancient faith.

No wonder the liberal school system doesn't want our children to know history well.
 
Many progressives and atheist and progressive atheist really love Franklin D. Roosevelt. The new deal 3 + term president who put Americans to work for the government in the CCC, NRA (National Recovery Act), WPA, and the NYA etc. Other legislation passed was Agricultural Adjustment Act the National Housing Act, Federal Securities Act, and the Social Security Act. He was a liberals dream president expanding government like none of his predecessors. A socialist by any standard. But was he a religious man? Here is something I found that should shed some light on FDR's religious convictions.

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Who cares, he was a terrible President.
 
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