Mark Landis

Not sure I remember how to Twitter

[Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild]

MAGA MONDAY: "The Confederates were good becayse they were only fighting for state's rights."

YESTERDAY: Colorado removes Trump from ballot.

MAGA TODAY: "Waaahhhhh, do something government! States don't have rights!"

[Derek Vreeland @DerekVreeland]

That feeling when a late afternoon Zoom meeting gets canceled.

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

protestants: “deconstruction is bad because it questions historic christian beliefs”

also protestants:

[Mark Landis @mlandis_]

@sean_muldowney The typo is the best (worst?) part 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Growing up in mainstream Evangelical Christianity, I would often hear “God’s chosen one” used for Ronald Reagan. Then George Bush Sr.

Then as a teen it was George Bush Jr.

Then in ministry it was Donald Trump.

This cultic obsession with presidents is nothing new (🧵).

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

In every majority-Christian nation, the systems are set up to ensure those with the most resources receive the most care and support. We're so accustomed to this that we may even consider it "natural." But this is not how Christian sacred texts want social orders designed...

[Jeffrey Guterman @JeffreyGuterman]

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on this date August 6 in 1945. Photo by George R. Caron. #OTD

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Whatever we do to the widows and orphans and refugees, we do to Christ.

“When I was a stranger you did not welcome me… for what you did unto the least of these you did unto me.” -Jesus (Matthew 25)

The border crisis is a compassion crisis. It’s not just a political issue, but a deeply spiritual issue. According to Jesus, we will be judged as a nation by how we care for the “least of these.”

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

While it is true that some Jews may have used their skills or usefulness to increase their chances of survival during the Holocaust, it is essential to contextualize this statement properly and understand that it does not represent the complex history of the genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany.

Viktor Frankl's observation about the specific situation in Auschwitz, which at some point became a camp that connected the functions of a concentration camp and extermination center and where deported Jews went through the selection process, highlights how some Jews became registered prisoners and might have used their skills to gain favor or prolong their lives in that particular setting. Yet, it never gave them complete protection.

However, we must not overlook the larger picture of the Holocaust. Nazi Germany's ultimate goal was to exterminate all the people it considered Jews (Nazis created their racial definition of a Jewish person). Millions of Jews were brutally murdered in execution sites, mainly across the east of occupied Europe, with entire communities wiped out regardless of their usefulness or contributions to society. While some of the ghettos seemed to have the goal of being productive and Jews were used as slave labor there, being "useful" did not guarantee safety, as the Nazis eventually decided to liquidate them, leading to the murder of those considered valuable as well.

There were no selections in extermination camps, such as Treblinka or Sobibor, and almost all deported Jews were murdered upon arrival, irrespective of any perceived usefulness. Being skilled or useful did not spare them from the horrors of the gas chambers.

Furthermore, during the final stages of the Holocaust, as the Nazi system was collapsing, concentration camp prisoners were evacuated to shrinking camp systems, resulting in the death of many. In these circumstances, being useful did not offer protection either.

Therefore, while it is accurate to acknowledge that some Jews may have survived temporarily due to their perceived usefulness, it is crucial to remember that the Holocaust was a systematic genocide with the ultimate aim of exterminating the entire Jewish population. It would be more appropriate to say that some Jews survived the Holocaust because they were considered temporarily useful, and the circumstances of the Nazi regime's collapse prevented their murder. We should avoid such oversimplifications in talking about this complex tragic story.

@greggutfeld @FoxNews

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955), brutally murdered in Mississippi, honored today.

[Matt Tebbe @matttebbe]

“Black Lives Matter”

Some guy: No All Lives Matter

Same guy:

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Fake Christian persecution is insufferable.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

Who said all political ads are boring? This is probably the hottest political ad you’ll ever see.

OHIO vote NO on August 8th 🔥

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

The bodies of 12 Paiute children have been found in unmarked graves at a Utah Indian boarding school.

Where’s the media coverage? Where’s the public outrage? Why doesn’t anyone care about what happened to our children?

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Welp https://t.co/iwlxTyG2em

[Mark Landis @mlandis_]

5 of 5 stars to Romans Disarmed by Sylvia C Keesmaat https://t.co/M1JmeuC9lQ

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

In banning affirmative action, the Supreme Court has *not* banned using race in college admissions. "Race neutral" is a legal fantasy, the latest to conserve racism. As Uma Jayakumar and I write @TheAtlantic, “race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.”
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