I have heard he was buddies with Haj Amin al-Husseini , the Grand Mufti the leader of the Muslims in Jerusalem, and actually had him as his right hand man. I have heard he was Catholic, , some say he was an atheist, and others say he was into a lot of new age stuff.
Please don't just give me a short answer I want to know where your answer came from so I can weight the evidence my self.
2007-02-02 07:10:30 · 14 answers · asked by Mad Maxine 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hitler was, an remained, a Catholic his entire life.
Hitler's religiosity -- he was a Catholic until his death
Born and bred a Catholic, he grew up in a religion and in a culture that was anti-semitic, and in persecuting Jews, he repeatedly proclaimed he was doing the "Lord's work."
You will find it in Mein Kampf: "Therefore, I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the Jews, I am doing the Lord's Work."
Hitler said it again at a Nazi Christmas celebration in 1926: "Christ was the greatest early fighter in the battle against the world enemy, the Jews ... The work that Christ started but could not finish, I -- Adolf Hitler -- will conclude."
In a Reichstag speech in 1938, Hitler again echoed the religious origins of his crusade. "I believe today that I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator. By warding off the Jews, I am fighting for the Lord's work."
Hitler regarded himself as a Catholic until he died. "I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so," he told Gerhard Engel, one of his generals, in 1941.
2007-02-02 07:25:40 · answer #1 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kimo is totally right, I couldn't say it better. And he was raised Catholic and officially remained Catholic for all his life. And he had some relations with that Mufti, but that only because they both hated Jews.
My answer comes from all I know about Hitler's speeches and other public statements he made.
Very often Christians say he was an atheist and atheists say he was a Christian. Here is a website from the atheist perspective, it is based on facts, but is also polemic and biased because it leaves out other facts:
http://www.evilbible.com/hitler_was_christian.htm
I don't know any good website for the anti-Christian stance of Nazis, but it was there. I mean in the excessive propaganda of the Nazis Christianity hardly played a role and it was mostly about an almost religious cult around Hitler. There are also anti-Christian statements of Hitler, but I don't find a link to a website now. It should also be considered that the statements from the link I gave above are often in contradiction with what Christians normally believe.
2007-02-02 07:38:08 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler was born into a Catholic family. He lived most of his adult life as an atheist although many around him dabbled in various pagan beliefs. He was allied with al-husseini but I believe is was a marriage of convenience as both were virulently anti-semitic and anti-british.
2007-02-02 07:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He often quoted the bible. He was trained by occultist on the art of speech. The ss worshiped the Nordic Germanic gods. I would say he was a hybrid between Catholic and occultist. Creating Nazism would eventually be a religion. The SS removed cross and replaced them with swastikas.
2007-02-02 07:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitler grew up 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.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-02 15:20:17 · answer #5 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hitler probably did believe that he had some kind of "divine" mission, at least he frequently said that in his speeches. No, he was not an atheist, he had his personal interpretation of Christianity and spoke a whole lot about the "Almighty" and the "providence" that he believed to be on his side.
2007-02-02 07:13:51 · answer #6 · answered by Kimo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hitler was raised a Catholic and was never excommunicated from the Church. He seriously believed he was doing "The Lord's work".
2007-02-02 07:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was raised in a nonpracticing Christian family and had interest in the occult.
He made friends with whoever helped him the most.
2007-02-02 07:15:01 · answer #8 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He claimed to be Christian in his book and many many many of his speeches. And that's really all we can go by, what the man himself claimed. All else is speculation.
2007-02-02 11:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was nomially catholic because the pope supported him killing people they both didn't like but he was partially jewish by heritage.
2007-02-02 07:14:50 · answer #10 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋