My project is about the Holocaust. One of the requirements of my project is to do research and come up with an academic source to help with my argument. My paper and blog are a result of a conversation I had with a Jewish girl in my Hebrew class here at OSU. I am in Hebrew so that I can grow in my understanding and this growth leads to a better understanding of the Hebrew God. In this understanding I will learn more about God and how He wants me to love. This theory holds true also about history learning from mistakes is fundamental to any growth in personal or societal life. Meaning if we do not learn from our mistakes we will keep doing them, and if we keep doing them then we can never grow. In the conversation I had with the Jewish girl I came to find out that the ones that hold the Holocaust so dear to their hearts have not learned from the mistakes of the past. But this is just not a Jewish problem it is a Christian, and a secular problem. The plain truth we a turning a blind eye to the Holocaust that is happening today, Abortion and the holocaust are one and the same. But it is far worse than that in my research I found a striking and chilling similarity to the Holocaust, and it moves it off the topic of Abortion to the Handicapped. One of the articles I ran across was written by Wolf Wolfensberger a professor at Syracuse University and His field of expertise special education and rehabilitation. This article is thought provoking and sad. In it he gives the numbers of how many handicapped and less desirables were killed by Hitler. He also points out that Hitler started killing these people first and since there was no response from the German people themselves, they were able to kill 6 million Jews. He goes on to state that we are doing the same thing, and he claims that we are killing through various methods about 200,000 a year. Hitler and the Germans killed 300,000 handicapped, 700,000 undesirable people, and 6,000,000 Jews from the years 1939-1945. You might sit back and think well Hitler is killing more than we are. Think about it we are doing the same thing what does it matter who is killing more? And just so you know Hitler killed 1,000,000 handicapped and less valued in more or less 6 years, we are killing 200,000 a year which adds up to 1,200,000 in 6 years. And that does not include the 1,000,000 or so unborn killed every year in the name of choice and empowerment. The more I learn the more I see, we as individuals, a society, and a world do not value life accept our own, and are living in a Holocaust that out surpasses anything Hitler ever hoped to accomplish. Please wake up, search for truth, and when you find it act upon it, get off the sidelines of selfishness and become a voice for love. Life has VALUE.

Wow dude thanks for making me ball my eyes out for like 10 minutes! I'm so glad I read your post, dude....sooo powerful. People really DO need to wake up. I can tell you have some big things in store for you in life. Keep it up man!
ReplyDelete...MercyMe...nice touch!
Hey I'm in the other English 110 class and we have to give a blog presentation...would you mind if I showed my class this post? It's super powerful and I think they need to see it.
ReplyDeleteGo head in the end that is what I made it for.
ReplyDeleteHey Christopher,
ReplyDeleteClearly your blog posts are attracting a following! You do have a knack for writing in passionate, powerful manner. And I think that will really serve you well on the public project, too. You will really be able to connect with your audience on that level. But, like you address here, it's tough, right?! With a topic like this, it's easy to alienate people or not reach them at all. So I think it will be all about striking a balance--making a powerful point, but doing so in a way that will make your audience think but not push them away/offend them. It's a tricky rhetorical situation, but I have faith that you can navigate it skillfully!
christopher, i love your passion for truth and love in Christ. thank you. we love you. katie
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