2007-02-01 18:21:16 · 11 answers · asked by Mere Mortal 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hitler was Catholic/Christian until it no longer suited him. His statements denouncing Christianity were made closer to the end of his life. Mostly, he understood what a useful tool religion could be for controlling people.
2007-02-01 18:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by Lee Harvey Wallbanger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The allegation is sometimes made that Hitler was a Catholic - a Christian until the day he died. This claim is based upon the fact that Hitler was born and raised in a Catholic family.
However, as an adult, Hitler specifically rejected the Catholic Church, as well as Christianity in general. He described himself as "a complete pagan".
The book Hitler's Secret Conversations: 1941-1944, published by Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc. (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.
Read the link below where Hitler rejected The Catholic Church and Christianity
God Bless You
2007-02-01 18:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Adolph Hitler was raised in a Catholic family but left the faith early in life.
Automatic excommunication happens when Catholics commit certain offensives. This happens as soon as the offense is committed.
Adolf Hitler committed the following offenses resulting in automatic excommunication:
- Apostasy - the formal renunciation of one's religion. Hitler specifically rejected the Catholic Church, as well as Christianity in general. He described himself as "a complete pagan.”
- Heresy - a doctrine in theology, religion, philosophy, or politics at variance with those of the Catholic Church. Nazism is definitely heretical to Christianity.
There was no reason for the Catholic Church to excommunicate Hitler. He did it all by himself.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-02 15:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is difficult to correct any position after you have made a behavioral commitment to that position. In psychology, this is Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance. Our ideas change to conform to our behavior rather than taking a more difficult step to change our behavior to bring it in line with the truth. Our Protestant friends are heavily invested in their religious behavior, which includes tithing to man-made organizations developed to oppose the church, teaching in their Sunday Schools, and working in their charitable projects. These actions aren't all bad, but they commit Protestants to the errors of Protestantism, most notably salvation by faith alone (which relieves them of the concrete actions required by Christianity) and scripture alone as the only source of revelatory truth (which allows every reader to be a private interpreter of Christianity), I hope all seekers of truth will at least allow that Catholics do not worship statues, nor do they worship Mary, nor do we expect to earn our way into heaven through good works. I hope they can at least recognize that not all priests are pedophiles (probably none in the last 30 years), and that Catholic sacred tradition comes from Jesus and is not man-made (though Catholics have developed traditions like Christmas celebrations). I hope all will recognize that Catholics are Christians, indeed, the original Christians of the Bible. Arguing positions as discredited as those you have listed demonstrates prejudice and a closed mind, and discredits the poster as a truth seeker. Cheers, Bruce
2016-03-29 01:08:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler and his evil minions used to boast that their 3rd Reich would last a thousand years.
That was an unmistakable reference to the Biblical Millenium, when Jesus would come again, bring this age to a close, and usher in the next one.
Hitler was declaring himself to be the Christ ... the savior of mankind ... pure and simple.
He was in every way an anti-christ, and there was no truth and no good in him.
Such actions would also result in automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church.
2007-02-01 18:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not revisionist.He said these types of things:
"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."
He refered to himself as a "complete pagan".
Merely informing you of what he said is not revisionist.
2007-02-01 18:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by Serena 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I as well. Adolf was a practicing Catholic and was never excomminicated. In public and in private he repeatedly claimed to believe that his "Final Solution" was "God's work" for him. While a number of his followers were deeply emeshed in the occult, Hitler himself had little to do with it.
2007-02-01 18:27:19 · answer #7 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
He actually had paintings of himself as an avatar of god meeking out his work on earth. Golden lights and clouds and all.
2007-02-01 18:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by Dethruhate 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am! Boy, I could have swore that those quotes from Hitler that were cited with sources were authentic. Apparently not. Where did they come from? Stalin? Mao? Pol Pot? Castro? Or the 180,000,000 people killed by atheists last century?
2007-02-01 18:25:37 · answer #9 · answered by Free_Thinker 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Hitler was about as Catholic as Genghis Khan.
2007-02-01 18:25:48 · answer #10 · answered by bigjohn B 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋