Was Hitler a Christian?

Moloth · Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

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Naoryunosuke · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

It's easy to assume that Hitler was a Christian, he was after all brought up a Catholic and in speeches would often talk about his Christianity, but we can't forget about how deceitful he was. He was the kind of man who would have said anything to gain power. He was impressed by the organization and power of the Church, he claimed to have learned from it. In Hitler's eyes Christianity was a religion only fit for slaves, he detested its ethics. He would declare that its teachings were a rebellion against the natural law of selection by struggle and the survival of the fittest.

His ideals of eugenics clearly came from nature, but his hate of the Jews seemed to go much deeper than that of mere scape-goating. He honestly believed that to put our future into the hands of the Jewish would be to doom the human race. Perhaps this is due to his upbringing as a Catholic.
However, Hitler was not an atheist, he truly believed in his own destiny and all he truly wanted was power, emotion to him was the raw material of power, and everything that stood in his way had to be removed.

So I don't think we can call Hitler either a Christian or an atheist, he was a combination of his upbringing, his delusions of grandeur, and his lust for power. His methods were merely incidental to the whole picture.

joshuas3521 · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

Who cares what religion he was? He could have easily been christian, he could have easily been using it to manipulate his followers. Makes no difference to me one way or another.
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joshuas3521 · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject:

I'm moving to Australia.
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chookrooter · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject:

SvZurich · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:

I would love to move to there. Especially if y'all have any Victoria's Biscuits. Been hearing of those all through my Navy service from the sailors who had been in Holy Loch, Scotland, and hopefully since Oz is closer to GB than the US culturally, I can finally try some there.

Plus I believe y'all can get Kilkenny's there. Tried it in Hong Kong and loved it, but isn't sold in the States.
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