1937 Communism vs Christianity Debate

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1937 Communism vs Christianity Debate

Postby Masato » Mon Apr 19, 2021 3:14 pm

Hey all

This was really cool.

Apparently from 1937 - Consider both Hitler and Stalin were in power. Christianity had been recently abolished in Russia, the Czars were gone, and full Communism was in play. WWII had not yet completely ignited.

This is a recorded debate between a Christian(Catholic?) in the US, and someone else I guess would be a Communist. They debate whether or not Mankind is better to live under Communist, or Christian values. What's freaky is that this is no mere intellectual or philosophical debate - this was the question that was actually physically shaping the destiny of entire continents and leading them both into the Second World War

The vid is an hour long but the actual debate is only 31 or 32 minutes. Then the Father Coughlin guy goes off on a different rant, I haven't listened to that. But the debate is really cool.

Put it into context, imagine you are in 1937. Some smart stuff in there, eerily relevant to many of the debates alive today in 2021


Father Coughlin - Primer On Communism Vs. Christianity (February 14, 1937)





Father Charles Edward Coughlin (October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979) was a priest at Royal Oak, Michigan's National Shrine of the Little Flower church.

He was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience, as possibly thirty million listeners tuned to his weekly broadcasts during the 1930s. Early in his career Coughlin was a vocal supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his early New Deal proposals, before later becoming a harsh critic of Roosevelt as too friendly to bankers.

In 1934 he announced a new political organization called the National Union for Social Justice. He wrote a platform calling for monetary reforms, the nationalization of major industries and railroads, and protection of the rights of labor. The membership ran into the millions, resembling the Populist movement of the 1890s.

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Postby Masato » Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:12 am

Something about it seems a bit unnatural, I wonder if this was a script that Father Coughlin wrote as a vehicle to prove his point. His 'opponent' seemed a bit too cooperative and set up all Coughlin's points perfectly.

Either way, an interesting trip back in time, and a window into the fundamental conflicts of ideologies playing out once again today almost 90 years later


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