Exactly why should I feel appreciation for god's "sacrifice" of his only begotten son?

Yes, well, they didn't meant HIM! Besides he isn't a Christian. They also didn't mean Hitler, Andrea Yates, Dennis Rader, Jeff Dahmer, John Gacy and that bunch.

They didn't mean Augustine, Sixtus or any of that bunch. I don't know who they do mean, but not the ones that they don't like, certainly, or the ones they can find no moral way to defend.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.