Was Hitler a Christian?

proatheism · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: Was Hitler a Christian?

Hitler

1922 speech

"My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter."

"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."

"We were convinced that the people need and require this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out".

Hitler killed 5,933,000 Jews and did it in the name of the Christian Lord.

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Nimitz · Guest Local time: 10:45 PM

We always forget about the 20 million Russians that died in WW2 don't we?!

romans120 · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:33 am Post subject:

here is a good link

I didn't take the time to look them up but on similar threads I have posted links to quotes where Hitler articulated how he would use Christianity only to accomplish his means.

Also consider this quote

Bukaj · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

Hitler's views do not exonerate atheism over christianity or vice versa. His hunger was power. Even if religion were swept off the earth there would still be Hitlers in the world. Religious fervor would die in favor of political or idealogical fervor.

As soon as a ridiculous group of people find that they agree with each other, they become dangerous.

(Note that we here are not in a hundred percent agreement with each other here on social, biological, or political issues.)

As to the topic at hand, Hitler used what he could when he could to gain the favor of Germany. If not Christianity, he would simply have used some other idealogical tool at his disposal.
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Nimitz · Guest Local time: 10:45 PM

Hitler and Martin Luther

quotes and speeches

Evil Bible.com

BarkAtTheMoon · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject:

It makes sense that a lot of totalitarian dictators strive to eradicate religions. Religion is, in general, all about controlling people, their minds and their actions, which makes it a direct competitor to the dictator. Though religion is often used by such leaders, eventually, it must always be eliminated for the leader to truly dominate all aspects of society and fully control the people.

As far as Hitler goes, I think his goal was to effectively become a god. His dealings with the occult and searches for Christian religious symbols would fit in with this idea and the thousand year Reich would cement that status.
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Tormentor · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but he also stole the swastika from an occult organization... You decide.

blackapologetics · Visitor Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 9 Local time: 7:45 AM

Just because a crazy psycho decides to kill a bunch of people in the name of God, doesn't mean that everyone from that religion is evil.

Just because he misrepresents the faith doesn't mean anything.

Moloth · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Hitler

rickcopeland648 · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

John Stossel says "no!"

The discussion is over.
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Hit_me_up024 · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

hitler was a confirmed atheist
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Hit_me_up024 · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject:

richard dawkins said it in a video i watched and i believe that is a reliable source.

hitler along with stalin
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