The problem with this sort of scenario is that we have to ask ourselves what we would have done had we been Christians caught up in Hitler's Germany. Right now there's an abortion holocaust taking place in our own societies, and what are most of us doing about that? And we know it's going on too.
We're in no position to judge Christians who were under a much greater threat than we are, from a cruel, ruthless, totalitarian regime where organised resistance was almost impossible
And once the war started, they became to all intents and purposes people defending their own country. We've often heard the phrase "The Germans obeyed orders!" as though they were unquestioning puppets. But all military personnel obey orders, whether it's to peel the spuds, or launch an ICBM to start World War III.
Having said all that, many years ago I met an older bloke at work who'd been a Australian bombardier in the Royal Air Force bombers that bombed German cities. He's probably dead by now (it was over 40 years ago), but he told me that sometimes they had to hose the remains of the rear gunners out of their gun bays, as the German fighter pilots used to concentrate on them.
His comment after witnessing the war from above? "I've got a lot of respect for Gerry!"
It may have been a brutal regime, but we'd be taking a somewhat one-sided view if all we concentrated on was the seeming lack of moral action by German Christians. When we've been there ourselves, then we'll be in a position to judge.
So I don't find these sorts of discussions very helpful.
