I can has irony?

The sequel/parody/rebuttal should be entitled "Godwin: The Movie", and spend 90 minutes randomly associating things to Nazi Germany via the kinds of correlational evidence made famous by FSM.

Posted by: Jason Failes | March 26, 2008 9:51 AM

There was a follow-up with a martin luther pamphlet that is equally funny

Posted by: rpsms | March 26, 2008 10:13 AM

BRILLIANT, but you have to give props to "Quidem", who did the Martin Luther / Darwin parody also.

Got to teach Both Sides!

Posted by: J-Dog | March 26, 2008 11:52 AM

From: Hitlers Tischgespräche im Führerhauptquartier, 1941-42

"Woher nehmen wir das Recht zu glauben, der Mensch sei nicht von Ur-anfängen das gewesen, was er heute ist? Der Blick in die Natur zeigt uns, daß im Bereich der Pflanzen und Tiere Veränderungen und Weiterbildungen vorkommen. Aber nirgends zeigt sich innherhalb einer Gattung eine Entwicklung von der Weite des Sprungs, den der Mensch gemacht haben müßte, sollte er sich aus einem affenartigen Zustand zu dem, was er ist, fortgebildet haben."

"Whence do we get the right to believe that man was not from his very beginnings that what he is today? A look at nature shows us that, in the realm of the plants and animals, changes and adaptations happen. But no development is shown, inside a species, that includes a leap as large as man would have had to make to evolve from some apelike state to what he is today."

Posted by: Rich | March 26, 2008 3:11 PM

"Whence do we get the right to believe that man was not from his very beginnings that what he is today? A look at nature shows us that, in the realm of the plants and animals, changes and adaptations happen. But no development is shown, inside a species, that includes a leap as large as man would have had to make to evolve from some apelike state to what he is today."

That doesn't sound like much of a Darwinian materialistic quote to me (if it's accurate.) I really feel sorry for creationists because they're always getting owned by their own goals all the time. They never seem to really notice it much though. Hmmm weird.

Posted by: 386sx | March 26, 2008 7:01 PM

I've never heard that particular quote before, so I'm a little skeptical that it's real. Unfortunately, I don't know German, let alone have a copy of Tischgespräche im Führerhauptquartier lying around with which to confirm it.

Can we get some better documentation of it?

Because if it's authentic, it's a pretty darn funny and pertinent quote to toss out in the faces of this latest batch of creationist clowns.

Posted by: Bad | March 27, 2008 10:30 AM

The quote is from Table Talk:

The collection called Table Talk is questioned by some; while most historians consider it a useful source, they do not regard it as wholly reliable. Ian Kershaw makes clear the questionable nature of Table Talk as a historically valid source; see his Hitler 1889-1936 Hubris London, 1998, xiv. Richard Carrier goes further contending that certain portions of Table Talk, especially those regarding Hitler's alleged hatred of Christianity, are outright inventions: see his "Hitler's Table Talk, Troubling Finds" German Studies Review26:3 October 2003. However, although Kershaw recommends treating the work with caution, he does not suggest dispensing with it altogether. (The Holy Reich, p. 253)

Posted by: Alan B. | March 27, 2008 12:57 PM

Table Talk was I think heavily edited by Martin Bormann, possibly in support his own devious aims. But Hitler certainly didn't hesitate to use and abuse religion, economics, science or anything else to get and maintain power. It's all about the power.

Posted by: Dave S. | March 27, 2008 4:47 PM