A lot of things lead to Nazism so why do people blame Christianity?

Question

And suggest atheism would've held off the effects of WWI?

Answer 1

let's also consider evolution's close relationship to the science of eugenics, the main philosophy held by Hitler and his minions.

Answer 2

Hitler wasn't even a Christian.These are some of his quotes:"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."
"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."
"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."
"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"

Unfortunately,too many churches under the Nazi's supported Hitler and his regime.Thankfully,there were Christians that stood up to Hitler and tried to protect the Jews.

Answer 3

The argument isn't that Christianity caused Naziism. The argument is a response. Many Christians, when decrying atheism, point at Hitler and claim he is the ultimate Atheist. The reply is to point out that he claimed to be a Christian, was supported by the Pope, and gave rousing Christian speeches his entire reign.... none of which leads one to believe he was an atheist.
Quite the opposite, really. He was a nutjob murdering fanatic, above all else. He just also claimed to be Christian to boot.

Answer 4

Hitler and other Nazi leaders clearly made use of both Christian and Pagan symbolism and emotion in propoganda for the Germanic public. Many Christians believed Nazism to be a Christian movement. Even in the later years of the Third Reich, many Protestant and Catholic clergy persisted in believing that Nazism was in its essence in accordance with Christian precepts.

Answer 5

That's a new one on me - of all the history I have read of both the world wars, that one has definitely never come up. Sounds like 'pseudo-history' to me, one of those off-the-wall theories that people propose for argument's sake.
It is true that some churches and clergy did not speak out against Hitler and the Nazis, but many did, and many went to concentration camps for their efforts and died there.

Answer 6

Evil lead to Nazism Germans were Christians all along Christians didn't lead to Nazism the Christian Nazi were just gullible to evil. Not because they were Christian. World War one wasn't Nazis.

Answer 7

Hitler was not a Christian, he believed in the theory of evolution. He believed in Atlantis, and that the atlanteans were the perfect race.He thought that the Jews did not measure up to the standard he was looking for and so he chose to eliminate them, so he could speed up the process of evolution, he thought he was doing the world a favor. He sent medical staff out to tribes to see if they were part atlantean some of them announced that they were so he spared them, but the rest he killed

Answer 8

Historical ignorance. Hitler was not a Christian, never was. He was an atheist, who received much of his philosophy from Nietzsche (about as anti-Christian as they come) and Darwin. Face it, Christianity has been blamed for about every social ill since the Roman Empire through today. Many Christians died in his death camps as well as Jews. Any Christian who dared to oppose him found themselves dead.

Answer 9

F u c k i n g Jesus Christ churches, Martin Luther, Catholics all denominations singled out a race for disgrace, "the killers of Christ" the Jews, that was the first ideological base for the hatred of the Jews, that's why Pope Jean Paul apologized for the apathy for what the church did not do in time to protect the Jews in Europe the tacit acquiescence and complacency with their Holocaust.

Answer 10

Because no one ever wants to blame themselves. Hitler claimed to be a Christian, but he was to full of hate. honestly I don't think Hitler was an atheism or agnostic (Not that those are bad people) ... He was non-religious though if he was he wouldn't have done that stuff.

Answer 11

Blame the religion or group that protected or did not condone the culprit especially when he hid behind a religion and was supported by its followers.