Holocaust actually has a pre WWII meaning...

A student of cultural/social anthropology I marvel at the ignorance of the representatives who have managed to be deposited in the Legislatures regarding the very existence of differing ideologies. American Legislators seem to think that their point of view (POV) is the basic POV of every human. They seem to think that their POV is just scientific fact. As if there is no other way to believe in a series of events ‘playing out’! For instance they don’t seem to get that there are peoples in the world that do not believe that judaeo/christian morality (set out by the ten commandments?) is sensible. They assume that these premise are inalienable rights of existence everywhere. They dismiss suicide bombers as too unreal to be a threat here IN America. In fact they don’t do their homework regarding the statement that ‘the Holocaust didn’t happen’ by the Arabic leader.



A “Holocaust” in actual definition is ‘a Holy Sacrifice to God by Fire”. It is not simply a name given to the Nazi murders of Jews during WWII. It was a name the Jews gave to that terrible action in the West. To a religious Arab person he cannot say that the murders of Jews in WWII is a Holy Sacrifice by Fire to God. He might be able to admit to Jews being killed en masse by the Nazis. He doesn’t see anything Holy about it. And if it were a Holocaust it would mean that the Jews were completely absolved of their sins as far a his priests and God are concerned, technically speaking. Ask this fellow instead if he knows that the Nazis killed millions of Jews in WWII. He might admit to that.