HHC questioned my integrity regarding this clip, saying, "I can guess which parts of this you will end up clipping and which parts you won't." I'm not going to clip this, but I will respond to it since HHC is so proud of what he did here.
HHC's argument, so far as I can understand it, is that Bonhoeffer was just in trying to undermine and take down an tyrannical government. And so, it follows that his execution for doing so was unjust. The issue that I have (and perhaps EDW does as well) is that this is a category error.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that Bonhoeffer was in the right (morally) for doing what he did, which led to his arrest. That does not mean that he was free from the 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 consequences of said actions. He broke the laws of his country and was executed by the magistrate. Was the magistrate just in doing so? Yes. Was the magistrate moral in doing so? Irrelevant.
Think about this example. If I stood in the streets of Mecca, proclaiming Christ is king and Muhammed is a false prophet, I would be arrested and probably put to death. The moral rightness of my actions would be irrelevant. The state would justly punish me for breaking the law, because that is what the state does. Ultimately, I would be vindicated by God in eternity, while the evil magistrate would receive His wrath in eternity.
So in conclusion, I agree with EDW that Bonhoeffer was "in the game," as it were. He had full knowledge of what he was doing and what the consequences might be. And Bonhoeffer's actions to save Jews (if that's what happened) did not save him from God's wrath; in fact, his heretical views all but guaranteed what he would face in the life to come. We should stop lionizing historical figures based on how they treated Jews, if we actually care about their souls.
Hitler Hated Christ@not_our_guy
Evangelical Dark Web not knowing why Bonhoeffer was arrested, what the Aryan paragraph was, or what the Barmen declaration was.
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