K C Sunbeam

The word holocaust comes from the Greek word holokaustos, meaning a whole burnt offering. This term appears in the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Old Testament circa 250 BC which Jesus and His disciples quoted from.  In over 250 places most Bibles use the words burnt offering or offerings. For example, Genesis 8:20, Leviticus chapter 1, Psalm 50:8, and Hebrews 10:8. Some Bibles used the words holocaust, holocausts, holocausto, holocaustos, or holocaustum. This includes the Latin Vulgate circa AD 390, the Douay-Rheims of 1610 and its 18th century revisions, 1970's  New American Bible , and Portuguese and Spanish versions as late as the year 2000. And it only meant burning by fire.  Along came the book titled Night, all of which I listened to on audio. It was written by Elie Wiesel, who was held in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Monowitz concentration camps. In it he made the following claims: In the Gleason Forest infants were tossed into the air and used as targets f...

                                                                       As  you probably know, every list of the most evil or worst people in history features Adolf Hitler. Often number one worst. Sometimes a couple leaders of Hitler's NSDAP party, such as Heinrich Himmler and Herman Goering are also included.  Yes, the majority on such lists had nothing to do with Hitler or so-called Nazis. HOWEVER, a thousand different people can qualify as most evil or worst. Yet we never hear about most of them. In stark contrast, in just one day, if you surf the web, read the city newspaper, or watch television long enough, you'll probably come across a mention of Hitler, Nazis, or what most call the Holocaust. And that's 365 days a year.  And for Mr. Hitler to have done what they say he did, he would have n...