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| The religious wing-nuts like to claim that Hitler was an atheist. It helps bolster their world view. In fact, there is no evidence that Hitler was an atheist and plenty of evidence that he was a Christian. To maintain he was an atheist, you have to pretty much discount everything that he actually said. He often spoke of doing the "Lord's work" or working on behalf of the "Almighty Creator". He declared he was a catholic. Denying Hitler's Christianity is the moral equivalent of holocaust denial and the Christians should be ashamed of it. |
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Hitler was a christian. |
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" 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.." quoted from Mein Kampf.
" My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man
who once in loneliness, surrounded only 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. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how
the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of
vipers and adders. How terrific was His fight for the world against the Jewish poison. To-day, after
two thousand years, with deepest emotion I recognize more profoundly than ever before in the fact
that it was for this that He had to shed His blood upon the Cross. As a Christian I have no duty to
allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.... And if
there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting rightly it is the distress that daily
grows. For as a Christian I have also a duty to my own people.... When I go out in the morning and
see these men standing in their queues and look into their pinched faces, then I believe I would be
no Christian, but a very devil if I felt no pity for them, if I did not, as did our Lord two
thousand years ago, turn against those by whom to-day this poor people is plundered and exploited.
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-Adolf Hitler, in his speech in Munich on 12 April 1922 |
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Yes he was |
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Hitler was, in fact, a true christian. People say hitler was an athiest but he absolutely was not.
In fact before the wars, in his autobiography Mein Kampf, he wrote himself that he was a sublime
christian of pious devotion for his God. Later in his bunker diaries at the end of the war he stated
that he was a "christian through high and low squalls" If these aren't self proclaimations of
Christianity, I dont know what is. |
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Hitler was religious (just not REALLY religious). In fact, the Nazi cross came from a church that
Hitler lived near as a boy. If you look into his history, it wouldn't be going too far to say that
he was a tiny bit Jewish (ironic, huh?). |
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He was a christian, just not a very good one. He was like Mel Gibson, just he did something about
the Jews, not just yell wildly at them while intoxicated. |
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Hitler WAS a Catholic, yes. A Christian-christian? No way. |
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I'm a christian, and can see both sides of this debate, but:
1) Hitler was probably a christian
2) he was psychotic
3) Christians believe that everyone is equal
4) it was his own hate towards the Jews that made him do what he did, not his religion. |
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It’s no doubt that Hitler was an unstable person. His religious views seemed obvious in his public
speeches, but appear to be mixed during private conversations. However, what isn’t disputable
among historians is the fact that Hitler was not an atheist. It’s prominently expressed that he
was, in fact, a religious person. Most historical references site Hitler as being a religious
fascist. Whether or not he was Christian is still unclear, although many quotes from the man himself
appear to place him under that particular category. "As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself
to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice". With all this stated,
however, I'll still have to agree with Sceptic101 that Christianity is poorly defined. |
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There isn't any question that Hitler was a Christian, nor that anti-Semitism has a long history in
Germany, going back all the way to Martin Luther, who openly taught that the Jews should be thrown
from their homes and if they didn't like it, they could whine to their God.
Further, not only was Hitler a Christian, but the Catholic Church openly supported Hitler until it
became a bad public relations move to do so. Even so, after the war, the Catholic Red Cross was
instrumental in smuggling Nazi war criminals out of Germany to avoid prosecution.
Whether or not Stalin was an atheist is really irrelevant. Stalin never said he was killing people
in the name of atheism, nor that atheism had any impact on his policies. Hitler said very plainly
that he believed God had told him to exterminate the Jews. |
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That Hitler was an atheist is one of the bible-believers favourite rhetorical points. In fact, it is
completely false.
The scientist Stephen Jay Gould maintains a helpful page with quotes from the Fuhrer in which he
affirms his Christian faith. "
we should never tolerate the lie that Hitler was an atheist again. Christians should acknowledge the
iniquities for which their faith is historically responsible. Anything else is the equivalent of
holocaust denial. |
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Hitler was a satanist he was involved in alot of cult stuff |
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Simply because Hitler declared himself Catholic does not mean he really believed it. Lopts of
horrendous dictators declare themselves one religion or another just to win votes. Just look at
American politics today. It happens. |
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Hitler started well,he was in seminary but his hatred ruined him. Other than his murdering Gods
chosen people, Hitler committed 3 sins, anti semitic, hatred towards his neighbor,and suicide. |
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Uhhhhhh do christian kill jews and toture people |
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Yeah because Christians commit suicide and send people into gas-rooms FOOL |
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He is the second anti christ. Now we cant prove it but all sighs point to him. The anti christ in
the incarnate of the devil. |
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Hitler waqs mentally ill...and he had "littleman syndrome". He needed a straight jacket and
traquilizers. |
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Hitler was the Devil himself. He knew nothing about God. He worshipped the Devil and his lapdogs.
Had those six individuals not failed he would have been murdered and he would have gotten what he
deserved. |
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A true Christian wouldn't do that. |
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He used the faith of Christians to "bolster" his agenda, but if he was a Christian, it was only in
name. No Crusader or Nazi who killed Jews because of their rejection of "Jesus" or very existence is
a real Christian, since the Bible says a Christian is supposed to love all and "by their fruit you
will know them."
I don't think he was an atheist. The so-called Aryan faith has elements of other religions, it
seems, so that was not very atheistic of him.
It's impossible to belong to the King of the Jews when you hate Jews. |
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He was raised a catholic and later went off his own religious beliefs that he was intended to create
his own perfect race. |
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He may have carried the label, but was definitely not a Bible believing Christian. |
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The whole Holocaust thing really supports this ridiculous claim... |
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Even though Hitler may has professed to be a Christian and I don't really know if he did or not. A
Christian is supposed to be one who is following Christ. OBVIOUSLY Hitler was not doing what Christ
would have done. Unstable....a gross understatement. If someone goes
crazy, is it the parents fault? You might say sometimes, but NO religion would condone what he
did... |
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Some say he was and some say he wasn't. No one really knows for a fact unless you actually studied
him. |
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No way he was a Christian he was a phony Christian real christians don't kill gods chosen people. |
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If he was a christian why would he want to kill Jews and why would he kill all the other christians
and other people |
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Hitler saw Christianity as an ingrained, biological reality, rather than a faith that anyone of any
background may choose to adhere to. Hitler therefore may have seen himself as a Christian in this
false biological sense of the term, but there is no evidence that he indeed subscribed theologically
to Christian beliefs.
There is, however, ample historical evidence to suggest that Hitler was not a Christian, even if the
extent of his atheism may be the subject of debate. This is most clearly shown in private comments,
where Hitler expressed his disappointment that Christianity (a faith that he felt was both "meak"
and "flabby") was the majority religion in Germany and not Islam, which he saw as being more
decisive.
It is pointless to refer to Hitler's public statements (as Hidell does in his elaboration), where
the Nazi leader occasionally sounded more positive about Christianity, since these formed part of a
political tactic to win over a still hesitant population before 1933. He was pandering to voters.
Hitler rarely spoke in these terms about Christianity after his take-over.
In 1941, on the threshold of the implementation of the Final Solution, Hitler clearly and
unequivocally renounced his Christian faith, by noting that Christianity was the "heaviest blow that
ever struck humanity." In that same year, Hitler labelled Christianity "a rebellion against natural
law, a protest against nature," while in 1942 Hitler observed that there was "something very
unhealthy about Christianity." Most dramatically, however, Hitler mused that he wanted to "let
Christianity die a natural death, [since] when understanding of the universe has become
widespread...Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity." Does this last quote not sound
eerily similar to the language used by some atheists on this site when they talk of the "primitive"
nature of Christianity and how it will one day crumble away, when people see the light of reason? |
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I don't think there is truly evidence that you can point to that will pin him down as an atheist.
However, if you look at a book called Hitler's Table Talk, you will see that his public words on his
religious affiliation are very different from his private conversations. It is also important to
understand that the truth was not something that Hitler found as a virtue, but rather as something
to be distorted for political purposes. He is pretty blunt about this in his comments about the use
of propaganda. I don't think he possesses a great deal of veracity when he was speaking publicly in
general.
He also called Christianity the illegitimate creation of the Jews and said things like National
socialism and religion cannot coexist.
I wouldn't call him a Christian, but i also cannot prove he is an atheist. In any case he did not
practice the ideals of the church, or spiritual principles.
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Hitler. Hitler claims he was a Christian.
If he was a STRONG Christian, he would have followed the ten commandments..
One of the ten commandments say, "Thou shall not kill"
And Look at how many lives he took. And from Jews too.
Hitlers claims it, but never shows it. |
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Hmmmm.......Forgive me for posting against, but I wasn't sure where to post my comment, and I
thought this column was a little more appropriate.
What defines a Christian? That itself is a debate. Just because someone declares themselves as such,
does not mean they should be automatically classed as a Catholic. For example, for one to truly
follow Christianity, surely one must follow the Ten Commandments one of which is the necessity for
the Lord's followers NOT to kill. For Hitler to go against this in the extreme he did would render
him a none-Christian in my eyes. |
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Stalin, Lenin and Mao were atheists and exterminated over 100 million innocence between the three of
them. The behavior of individuals does not necessarily support or refute a given worldview, belief
system or religion. The issue is whether or not a particular world view is true, based on good
reasons, evidence and justifications.
Hitler and the Nazi movement was largely based on the philsophy of the time, primarily good ole
Frederick Nietzche, combined with the notion of social Darwinism. Together, according to the Nazis,
it was truly consistent to come up with the idea of a super race. Certain people are most fit to
survive, since Darwinism would imply a clear inequality of people based on various functions such as
intelligence, strength, virility, reproducibility, etc. There is no way to explain equal rights of
all and the dignity of each person based on an evolutionary, Darwinian worldview.
Christianity is the basis of equality and dignity of each person--clearly if Hitler believed this,
he would not have been a mass killer. |
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