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The Nazis came to power in a Germany which had been prepared by the theory of evolution and the “superman” philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to accept the Nazi idea of German racial superiority. And the so-called “higher criticism” of German theologians such as Julius Wellhausen gave the evolutionary account of origins higher status than the biblical account in the theology of most of the German churches.

While rejecting Christianity, the Nazis were Deists, invoking God in the process of evolution. Evolution was the “proof” that God was using “survival of the fittest” to perfect humanity, with the Aryan/Nordic/German type being the master race at the pinnacle of God’s use of creation. For example, at the naming ceremony for children of SS men (the secret police and warrior elite of the Nazis), the following blessing was delivered:

                        “We believe in the God of all things

                        And in the mission of German blood,

                        Which grows ever young from German soil.

                        We believe in the race, carrier of the blood,

                        And in the Fuhrer, chosen for us by God.”

Is it really any wonder, then, that when accused of war crimes and “crimes against God” following World War II, the Nazis were known to claim that they were only assisting God in His work of evolving a master race? Is it any wonder that they were simply carrying out the program of “Survival of the Fittest”, which in their minds God had used to create the world including mankind? This applies not just to those infamous Nazis at the Nuremberg trials.

We must remember that Nazi programs of eugenic eradication and racial selection were designed and put in place by respected and respectable academics, judges, heads of hospitals, and heads of scientific institutes. Many of these people had church memberships. Through the distortion of theistic evolution, many Nazis and others were able to justify their actions as co-laboring with God! Theistic evolution has born some bad fruit – and we must be alert not to compromise with it in our theology today. There is no scientific reason to do so!

  • Mark Cadwallader, Board Chairman of Creation Moments

REF.: Clay, C., and Leapman, M., Master Race: The Lebensborn Experiment in Nazi Germany, Coronet Books, Hodder and Stoughton, 1995, pg 34. Photo: Nuremberg Trials, Looking down on defendants, Ray D'Addario, PD, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Mark W. Cadwallader

Mark W. Cadwallader is Board Chairman of Creation Moments and has served on the Board since 1996. He holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston and has worked as an applied materials scientist and engineer in plastics, oil additives, and pollution control for 20 years. He operates his own consulting firm, providing product development and expert failure analysis among other services. Mark has been a supporter of Creation Moments since 1983 and credits the ministry for opening his faith to the unerring credibility of the Bible in all areas including science, and thus helping to transform his life. Mark has published over 100 articles and conference papers in his scientific field of expertise as well as in Creation Science and apologetics. He is a conference and seminar speaker in his field of geosynthetics and pollution control, and in Creation/Intelligent Design. He has given expert testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Hazardous Materials. Mark and his wife Susan homeschool their six children in Conroe, Texas.