Christians, many of you keep saying that Adolph Hitler was an atheist. You know that's a lie right?

Question

Because, clearly he was a christian.
And a devout one.
In fact, the Nazi party could not have existed had it not been for the church's support.
Want the proof?
Read here. I won't spoil it for you, suffice to say that the similarities between the Nazi party and christianity are numerous and frightening in their dogma.

http://nobeliefs.com/Hitler1.htm

Ok , one quote to whet your appetite...;

"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.." Mein Kampf

Ah the first two apologists have arrived.
Sorry kids, the FACTS speak for themselves. Read the friggen website and learn. Just this once ok?

Answer 1

He was 100% Catholic and the Church never excommunicated him. He also did what was basically spelled out my Martin Luther specifically as well as many other Christian Theologians throughout the ages.

Answer 2

I know he was not a atheist. But he was know talking about my God. He was a new ager illuminatist and he was heavyly skilled in the art of occult. He was also interested in polluting the human bloodline by demon-human offspring, he did all those experiments so that he could find out how a demon could be born into a human. He hated the Jews because in the old testament God flooded the earth and destroyed them, then the first people after that were the Jews, Gods people. Hitler was not a christian, but a antichrist, not the Antichrist, but he was a enemy of God and it is blashemy to say he was a Christian, even if he was he was not a true one ,but instead used mein kampf as a tool of propaganda, which I think Joseph Gurbles wrote. Don't call hitler a christian.

Answer 3

surely, i do no longer discover whether Hitler replaced into an Atheist, Christian or Occultist to be an extremely interesting question. And it specific gets asked lots. i think of it somewhat is greater interesting to contemplate that maximum folk of the German inhabitants that voted for and went alongside with Hitler have been Christians. Hitler's followers weren't in basic terms some psychos interior the better training yet lots of the German public.

Answer 4

This is probably my least favorite religious argument. It's fraught with logical fallacies on both sides. Guilt by Association, False Dilemma, the No True Scotsman Fallacy, Redefinition, Non Causa Pro Causa, Hasty Generalization, and Abstraction are all present in many of the arguments presented above. Here are the facts:

Hitler was baptised as a Roman Catholic and served as an altar boy as a child. He was probably a Christian in his youth.

As an adult, Hitler was a skilled politician who made statements both supporting and condemning Christianity. He led a public initiative to stamp out atheism. To the best of our knowledge, he never publicly supported atheism.

The Nazi party, under Hitler's direction, made many attempts (some of them successful) to blend elements of Christianity into Nazi symbolism and philosophy. This practice served as strong propaganda for the party, regardless of the spiritual intentions of the men who directed it.

The official state religion of Germany during WWII was Naziism. Whether or not Naziism (as a religion) may be considered a Christian denomonation is open for debate.

Statements made by people who knew him well indicate that Hitler believed in God in some sense of the world.

Hitler's actions as leader of Germany are antithetical to the wide majority of traditional, canonical, biblical, and contemporary Christian values.

Based on his actions and written beliefs, it is very fair to infer that Hitler was psychopathic and highly delusional. His understanding of terms like God, Christian, and morality were likely radically different from traditional definitions of those terms. It is a futile effort to speculate on the private beliefs or personal and spiritual motivations of someone whos perception was so divorced from reality as we know it.

If Hitler was a Christian, it would not reflect in any way on Christians who are alive today. Being a Christian does not make someone a good person. Neither does it make them a bad person.

If Hitler was a atheist, it would not reflect in any way on atheists who are alive today. Being an atheist does not make someone a good person. Neither does it make them a bad person.

In sum, the argument over what religious beliefs Hitler may or may not have held is moot. Please, let's put this one to rest.

Answer 5

That one considers themselves a member of a group does not make it so.

To use your quote: "I BELIEVE (emphasis added) 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.." That does not mean he actually was acting in accordance with God's will...only he believed he was.

The Nazi Party was extremely adept at manipulating symbols and words to deceive and lead to their taking and keeping power. The idea of a master race (a group for which Hitler did not qualify) , blaming jews was a way for a humiliated German people to believe they were meant for great things without looking inward towards their own faults and to the Armistice and its harsh settlement of WW 1.

Answer 6

I wouldn't say that Hitler was a Christian just because he made such statements. Remember, many atrocities have been commited in the name of the Lord, that does not make the people committing these acts Christians, nor will it gain them Heaven. By claiming to do these acts in the Lords name or by His will, it simply clears the human conscience and allows the weak minded to feel they are doing right. It is no different for any religion where evil deeds are performed by perverting the teachings and intent of that religion. (muslim) So do I believe Hitler was Christian? No Actions, not words, prove your heart, prove your faith.

Answer 7

As many others already said before me, God judges us by what is in our heart. Anyone can say or do something that is nothing but a lie. Many times the person themself, might not know they are living a lie and deny the yuckies that are inside them, which is what many of us will do.

When we become a Christian we are suppose to allow God to prune the weeds from the garden of our heart. Some allow God full control of their heart, others might hang on to a small portion, while others hang on to a larger portion.

My ex-husband was a professed Christian & had everyone at church fooled, me including myself when I married him. Away from other Christians, my children & I lived with a monster, but whenever at church he would change back into this kind, gentle person. He no longer goes to church regularly, is having affairs and back to drinking. He goes once in awhile only because we have a custody case going on over our 16 year old daughter & he still has many convinced that he is who they think he is. I know God will expose his deeds in His time.

There are many stories where someone who has served the Lord in church for even as much as 20 years or more, maybe he was even a deacon in the church, and then he will finally discover that he truly had never given his heart to the Lord. He had been living a good life doing good things for others. Unfortunately, being good and doing good deeds is not what will get us to heaven, and fortunately for him, he heard this enough times over the years and got honest enough to search his own heart. Despite the embarrassment, he was able to confess and now lives a richer life for having come to terms with living a life of deception.

It only takes one little lie we tell ourselves to live one great big lie. Hitler's life was evil, everything he did was evil, thus, he had an evil heart. He could say he was a Christian 100 times a day and fool many to believe his lies, but we can not fool God.

Answer 8

So if he was such a good catholic why did he put preists in his concentration camp as well as other christians? It is a real historians view point that Hitler manipulated Christianity as Germany's major religon at first, but I have also seen pictures of him using maypoles, a pagan symboly in some areas. Fragmentary, misconstrued evidence has always been used to blame the Church for all kinds of problems, do a better job next time, please. I need a real challenge.

Answer 9

Just because he says he "believes he's acting in accordance" doesn't mean its so. Mind control is what the Nazis were ultimately after, total domination of the human spirit, and allowing people to think and act freely defeats the purpose.
Remember, you're quoting the man who also said "Tell a big enough lie and they WILL believe you."

Answer 10

If you think Hitler was a Christian, then you believed the lies he told Germany and the world. He clearly was not a Christian, not in word OR deed. The quote you've given from Mein Kampf is not sufficient to prove Hitler's TRUE theological beliefs (if any). Hitler is quoted to have said in 1933: "It is through the peasantry that we shall really be able to destroy Christianity because there is in them a true religion rooted in nature and blood."

Here's a greatly enlightening article on the subject that you might find helpful:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhitlerchristian.html

EDIT: "Quantrill," you make an excellent point -- the Catholic Church SHOULD have excommunicated Hitler. It's inexcusable that it didn't. But the fact that the "Holy" Roman Catholic Church urged the U.S. to stay out of WWII proves the extent of its anti-Semitism.

Answer 11

I've watched enough history documentaries to know he "professed" to be a Christian. But lots of people who profess to be something may or may not be. And a lot of people have used, and still use Christianity or some other religion, as a way to justify their own agendas. I think that's closer to what he did.
The simple fact is that he was WRONG in what he did. God would never cause him, or anyone else to try to eradicate a whole group of people. God tells us to love and accept each others.