why do so many Christian call Hitler an Atheist when he was a devout Catholic.?

Question

And the "Not A True Christian" stuff doesn't wash either.

From the Lansing State Journal BERLIN, Feb. 23 (AP)--A campaign against the "godless movement" and an appeal for Catholic support were launched Wednesday by Chancellor Adolf Hitler's forces. They struck at two of his formidable opponents in the March 5 elections, the first at communists and the latter at the allied Catholic parties.

A campaign against the "godless movement" was announced by Bernard Rust, nazi commissioner for education and culture in Prussia, in an address Tuesday night before students at the technical university here. He said the details would be revealed in the next few days. In his speech opening the campaign for the reichstag and Prussian diet elections, Hitler attacked communists for the spread of atheism.

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Answer 1

Hilter would have hated Jesus for being a Jew.

Answer 2

Hitler being accused of Atheism could desire to nicely have been derived from his and Germany's short association with Communist Russia. Stalin became an Atheist, i won't confirm what Hitler's non secular ideals have been. i comprehend he became raised Catholic yet he flushed that down the drain very early in existence. i don't have self belief he had a creed that he observed different than one that deified him. I quite have self belief he had to be God or a God in some variety of Pantheon. I additionally don't think he became an atheist. I served in Europe as an infantryman for the time of international conflict 2.

Answer 3

Hitler was not Catholic when the Nazis invaded France they destroyed tons of Catholic churches and Hitler also sent Catholics to the Concentration Camps the same goes for other religions if you weren't a Nazi then Hitler probably didn't want you around.

Answer 4

Hitler was a fascist. He believed he was godlike and demanded worship. "Hiel Hitler" means "Praise to Hitler." As a general rule being fascists indicates that the state comes before even god. Technically I guess he wasn't an Atheist but I can see how some would think that. Hitler was an average Catholic just like modern ones! HA HA! C'mon and hate me, I just couldn't resist the comparison! Peace

Answer 5

Hitler was born to a non-practicing nominally Catholic family, raised without any religious upbringing whatsoever, and lived his entire adult life as an atheist. Neither he nor his family were "devout", or even Catholic in any real sense.

Answer 6

Was Hitler a Christian?
By John Baskette - but the information came from Marty Helgesen in a soc.religion.christian post.

The claim is sometimes made that Hitler was a Christian - a Roman Catholic until the day he died. In fact, Hitler rejected Christianity.

The book Hitler's Secret Conversations 1941-1944 published by Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.first edition, 1953, contains definitive proof of Hitler's real views. The book was published in Britain under the title, _Hitler's Table Talk 1941-1944, which title was used for the Oxford University Press paperback edition in the United States.

All of these are quotes from Adolf Hitler:

Night of 11th-12th July, 1941:

National Socialism and religion cannot exist together.... The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity.... Let it not be said that Christianity brought man the life of the soul, for that evolution was in the natural order of things. (p 6 & 7)

10th October, 1941, midday:

Christianity is a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Taken to its logical extreme, Christianity would mean the systematic cultivation of the human failure. (p 43)

14th October, 1941, midday:

The best thing is to let Christianity die a natural death.... When understanding of the universe has become widespread... Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity.... Christianity has reached the peak of absurdity.... And that's why someday its structure will collapse.... ...the only way to get rid of Christianity is to allow it to die little by little.... Christianity the liar.... We'll see to it that the Churches cannot spread abroad teachings in conflict with the interests of the State. (p 49-52)

19th October, 1941, night:

The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges: the pox and Christianity.

21st October, 1941, midday:

Originally, Christianity was merely an incarnation of Bolshevism, the destroyer.... The decisive falsification of Jesus' doctrine was the work of St.Paul. He gave himself to this work... for the purposes of personal exploitation.... Didn't the world see, carried on right into the Middle Ages, the same old system of martyrs, tortures, faggots? Of old, it was in the name of Christianity. Today, it's in the name of Bolshevism. Yesterday the instigator was Saul: the instigator today, Mardochai. Saul was changed into St.Paul, and Mardochai into Karl Marx. By exterminating this pest, we shall do humanity a service of which our soldiers can have no idea. (p 63-65)

13th December, 1941, midnight:

Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery.... .... When all is said, we have no reason to wish that the Italians and Spaniards should free themselves from the drug of Christianity. Let's be the only people who are immunised against the disease. (p 118 & 119)

14th December, 1941, midday:

Kerrl, with noblest of intentions, wanted to attempt a synthesis between National Socialism and Christianity. I don't believe the thing's possible, and I see the obstacle in Christianity itself.... Pure Christianity-- the Christianity of the catacombs-- is concerned with translating Christian doctrine into facts. It leads quite simply to the annihilation of mankind. It is merely whole-hearted Bolshevism, under a tinsel of metaphysics. (p 119 & 120)

9th April, 1942, dinner:

There is something very unhealthy about Christianity (p 339)

27th February, 1942, midday:

It would always be disagreeable for me to go down to posterity as a man who made concessions in this field. I realize that man, in his imperfection, can commit innumerable errors-- but to devote myself deliberately to errors, that is something I cannot do. I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie. Our epoch Uin the next 200 yearse will certainly see the end of the disease of Christianity.... My regret will have been that I couldn't... behold ." (p 278)

Answer 7

A professing believer of any faith is not necessarily a believer.
What comes out of the mouth, and is visible in behaviors and actions is more telling about what the person really is.

Hitler is a perfect example of someone who grew up in religion, but cast off any and all of its teachings.

Answer 8

Were his actions godly or Christlike?
Did he act in harmony with the teachings of Christ?
He destroyed life indiscriminately. He could not be a Catholic. I suppose he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Answer 9

Maybe they are just a BIT embarrassed by his deeds? And by the fact that the Catholic church cooperated with Hitler????

Answer 10

He was into the occult ! Do a little research before you start slamming Christians.Your ignorance is showing.

Answer 11

He was a devout occultist, not catholic. Did he ever go to a catholic church after he was an adult? -I really don't know.