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Paul
is sure that Mr Irving will be greeted warmly on Judgment
Day, writing on Friday, November 8, 2002
Good and faithful servant
FROM all that I see about his public life, I would expect Mr. Irving will hear upon entrance into eternity: "Well done good and faithful servant, come inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you." (I hope the same for Joyce Middleton, despite her thinly veiled sentence of hellfire for Mr. Irving).
Consider the injunction "to those who are given much, much will be expected." Mr. Irving has used his great talents to try to bring to light the truth in general and in particular about a recent era in history. His reward for this effort has been for him and his family to suffer mightily. I myself would not have the stomach for it -- long ago, if I were in his position, I would have given up, become a hack historian writing pulp history stories that would have ensured my material success.
But then again, that would cause Mr. Irving to be utterly forgotten; I am convinced in a more enlightened age, probably well after we have all gone to our just desserts, Mr. Irving's books will be considered the definitive source for WWII history.
Ms. Middleton states that she is a person of faith. From the content of her letter I would say it is a faith in all that the secular media presents to her.
David Irving